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136. Margaret Scott GLASS

Birth SP: GLASS MAGGIE SCOTT, F, 1894, 586/ 74, Dalmellington

Marriage SP: GLASS MARGARET SCOTT, LYBURN ANDREW, 1917, 578/1 212, Ayr

Death SP: LYBURN MARGARET SCOTT, aged 93, mother maiden name - SCOTT, 1988, 417/ 60, Cupar

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Andrew LYBURN

Probate Index:
LYBURN Andrew of 21 Douglas Cres Edinburgh died
29 January 1969.
Confirmation sealed London 15 April.

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199. William LYBURN

Birth SP: LYBURN WILLIAM, M, 1919, 586/1 37, Dalmellington

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200. Janet Scott LYBURN

Birth SP: LYBURN JANET SCOTT, F, 1920, 475/ 116, Campsie

Marriage SP: LYBURN JANET SCOTT, MACKENZIE NEIL CHARLES H, 1949
685/4 500, St Giles

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201. Alexander Stewart LYBURN

Birth SP: LYBURN ALEXANDER STEWART, M, 1922, 691/ 179, Lasswade

Marriage SP: LYBURN ALEXANDER S, HAY MABEL DOUGLAS, 1953, 387/ 193, Perth

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202. Andrew Usherwood LYBURN

Birth SP: LYBURN ANDREW USHERWOOD, M, 1928, 685/7 266, Morningside

Marriage SP: LYBURN ANDREW U, STEVENSON JOAN ANN, 1958, 685/4 421, St Giles

Marriage SP: LYBURN ANDREW USHERWOOD, KNOX EVELYN ALISON, 1999, 734/ 945, Edinburgh

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137. David Scott GIRDWOOD

England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
David S Girdwood
Registration Date: Apr 1934
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration District: Romford Essex
Spouse: Vera M Webb
Volume Number: 4a
Page Number: 1336

In 1939 David was a Company Secretary.

England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
David Scott Girdwood
Death Age: 67
Birth Date: 17 Jul 1903
Registration Date: Apr 1971
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration District: Ipswich
Inferred County: Suffolk
Volume: 4b
Page: 2269

Probate Index:
G1RDW00D David Scott of 24 Cottesford Clo Hadleigh Suffolk died
25 May 1971 Administration Ipswich 4 November. pounds3878.

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Vera Mary WEBB

England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Vera Mary Girdwood
Death Age: 87
Birth Date: 16 Jul 1910
Registration Date: Jul 1997
Registration District: Kings Lynn Norfolk
Register Number: 50A
District and Subdistrict: 6371A
Entry Number: 107

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203. William Scott GIRDWOOD

England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
William S Girdwood
Registration Date: Jan 1936
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration District: Essex South Western Essex
Mother's Maiden Name: Webb
Volume Number: 4a
Page Number: 505

England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
William S Girdwood
Registration Date: Jul 1968
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration District: Claro Yorkshire West Riding
Spouse: Eileen M Ford
Volume Number: 2c
Page Number: 359

England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2019
Mr William Scott Girdwood
Gender: Male
Age: 81
Birth Date: 22 Jul 1936 (probably not July?)
Last Residence: London, London, England
Postal Code District: W5
Death Date: 12 Mar 2017

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140. William Watson SCOTT

Birth: William Watson Scott was born 9th January 1924 at "Nothcote" Blairbeth Road, Rutherglen to Robert Scott, Engineer -Mechanic, and Janet Lindsay Scott, m.s. Watson who were married 14th April 1911.  Informant: Robert Scott, father - present.

William did his secondary schooling at the Glasgow Academy.  When Bill was 16 he joined P & H Henderson & Co of Glasgow, serving as a cadet officer from October 1941 until September 1944 on the ships "Kanbe" and "Salween". He progressed to 3rd Officer on the "SS Empire Mauritius" in early 1945 with MacLay & McIntyre.  He then moved to 2nd Officer on the "MV Empire Saturn" in 1946 with Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co.  Bill operated in a number of war zones during the second world war and he had a number of stories about ships he left or missed catching which later sank.  He was awarded the Atlantic Star, the Burma Star and the War Medal.

He then joined Anchor Line Limited of Glasgow serving on "TSS Cameronia, TMV Circassia, MV Tarantia and TMV Caledonia" through until late 1948.

Bill joined the Shaw Savill Line in 1949 through until 1954 in positions up to 2nd officer.  He served on the ships; "SS Mataroa, SS Gothic, MV Dorig, SS Delphic, New Australia, Ceramic, SS Suevig, MV Taranaki, MV Coptic, Arawa and MV Cedric".

While on the "New Australia", on one of the voyages to Sydney, Bill proposed to Margaret Baxendell, who was an assistant purser on the same vessel. They married on 19 December 1953 in Wilmslow, England and he completed his last long voyage in May 1954.  For the next year he acted as a relieving officer on short trips.

Marriage: On 19th December 1953 at Wilmslow, Cheshire, William Watson Scott, aged 29, Bachelor, Master Mariner of 63 Blairbeth Road, Burnside, father - Robert Scott, Company Director, married Margaret Baxendell, aged 27, spinster of 17 Carrwood Road, Wilomslow, father Robert Holden Baxendell, Company Director.
Witnesses: David Robert Baxendell, Mary Alison Bealtee Fotheringham.

After his sea days he had a position with The Walter Kidde Company of Middlesex. From 1955 he was in their Marine Division designing and estimating smoke detecting and CO2 systems for ships' cargo spaces, CO2 flooding systems for engine rooms and accommodation alarm systems.  He later was in charge of industrial sales of industrial fire extinguishing equipment.

In 1970 Bill answered an advertisement for a job with Fire Fighting Enterprises in Sydney.  Margaret and Bill then moved from England to Australia on 1 August 1970 with Jane, Lucy and Helen, their three teenage or near teenage daughters.  On migrating to Australia with his family he took the position with Fire Fighting Enterprises. In this company he took a leading role in the fire protection special hazards division and finally he managed the fabrication manufacturing facility at Ermington in Sydney.

In 1980 Bill and his wife Margaret moved to Thursday Island for five years.  During this time Bill "skippered" the Diocese of Carpentaria's boat the "Yosepha Tauki" for the Australian Board of Missions.  He became familiar with these northern Australian waters around the Torres Straight over the five years he was there.  

On returning to Sydney he again took up a position with Fire Fighting Enterprises until retiring on 23 February 1990.

Bill was known by his grandchildren as "Noisy Grandad" because of his loud voice and even louder sneezes.  He died of a heart attach on 1 December 1992.

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148. Helen Francis HOULDSWORTH

Probate Index: Helen Frances Lighton
Death Date 12 Jan 1927
Death Place North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Probate Date 1 Mar 1927
Probate Registry London, England

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Christopher Robert LIGHTON

Probate Index: Christopher Robert Lighton
Death Date 15 Aug 1929
Death Place East Lothian, Scotland
Probate Date 12 Sep 1929
Probate Registry London, England

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208. Christopher Robert LIGHTON

1939 Register: Christopher R (Bart) Lighton
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 30 Jun 1897
Residence Year 1939
Address Roundhill Crange Wincanton, Somerset, England
Occupation Capt The Kings Royal Rifle Corp Room 277 War Office (Travelling
Schedule Number 37 Sub Schedule Number 3 Enumeration District WQFC Registration district 310/2
Spouse Rachel G O (Lady) Lighton

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Rachel Gwendoline GOODRIDGE

Probate Index: Lady Rachel Gwendoline Lighton
Death Date 7 Jul 1991
Death Place Salisbury Wilts
Probate Date 17 Sep 1991
Probate Registry Winchester

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149. Florence Mary HOULDSWORTH

She appeared on the census on 3 Apr 1881 in , Cambusnethan, Lanark, Scotland. Coltness House.

Probate Index: Florence Mary Sulivan
Death Date 15 Oct 1936
Death Place Surrey, England
Probate Date 20 Nov 1936
Probate Registry London, England

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Ernest Frederick SULIVAN

Probate Index: Ernest Frederic Sulivan
Death Date 14 Oct 1928
Death Place Surrey, England
Probate Date 7 Dec 1928
Probate Registry London, England

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209. Eugene Gilbert SULIVAN

Probate Index: Eugene Gilbert Sulivan
Death Date 8 May 1917
Death Place Surrey, England
Probate Date 12 Jan 1918
Probate Registry London, England

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210. Philip Hamilton SULIVAN

War Death: Philip Hamilton Sulivan
Death Date 27 Aug 1914
Rank 2 Lieutenant Regiment Royal Munster Fusiliers
Type of Casualty Killed in action
Other Records Philip Hamilton Sulivan - Royal Munster Fusiliers

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152. Rev James Hamilton HOULDSWORTH

Wishaw Press - 17 Nov 1888
J Hamilton Houldsworth attended a short time a preparatory school at Slough, Windsor, and was enrolled a student in Eton College, and from thence he passed to Trinity College, Cambridge. Having successfully finished his curriculum at these two most famous educational establishments in England, he has since been studying under a private tutor for the army. For the last three years as lieutenant in the Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders, he has attended the annual training of the regiment at Irvine.

By an unrecorded lease dated 26 and 29 August 1914, James Hamilton Houldsworth of Coltness let to the Coltness Iron Company Limited, the whole coal, fireclay, ironstone, shale and other minerals (but excluding freestone) in and under the lands and estate of Coltness in the Parishes of Cambusnethan and Shotts (under certain exceptions).

The lease was still subsisting at 1 January 1939. Accordingly, the other minerals that were let, along with the coal vested in the Coal Commission on that date, under section 3(4) of the Coal Act 1938 are now vest in consequence in British Coal. Since the minerals have vest as stated, the lease itself is now spent.

In 1897 James Hamilton Houldsworth succeeded his father as owner of the Castlebank Park estate. He was an army man, he took up residence between 1894-1904 and carried out many improvements to the estate. He also extended the park and grounds. In 1913 James Hamilton Houldsworth purchased the neighbouring estate of Braxfield. On the death of the last Mrs Houldsworth of Castlebank in 1950, some of the garden furniture was moved to other Houldsworth properties and the estate was sold to Margraves Estate Ltd, who had bought the estate for its timber value.

James Hamilton Houldsworth, of Coltness and Castlebank, was a director of the Coltness Iron Company from 1895 until 1941.

Probate Index: James Hanilton Houldsworth
Death Date 5 Dec 1941
Death Place Lanarkshire, Lanark, Scotland
Probate Date 11 Jun 1942
Probate Registry Llandudno

James Hamilton Houldsworth of Coltness and Castlebank belonged to the fourth generation of his family to be in the Coal and Iron business. He came into it at a later age than any other members of his house, but that was due to his choice of the
Army as a career. Born at Richmond, Surrey, in 1867, and educated at Eton and Cambridge, he entered the Army through a Militia battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, and was commissioned in the Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) in 1889. After six years with that Regiment he resigned his commission at the request of his father, who was anxious that he should enter the iron and steel industry and maintain the family’s direct connection with the Company. He became a Director of theColtness Iron Company in 1895, and two years later he succeeded to Coltness estate. On the death of his uncle, Walter J. Houldsworth, in 1903 he joined the Board of the London and North-Western Railway, and after the formation of the London Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923 he became a member of its Scottish Committee and its Central Board in London. Hamilton Houldsworth, as he was generally known in the family circle, was a simple and humble-minded man. Although he was not a technician, he could grasp quickly
any point that was explained to him by one of his experts. His interests were wide, and his imagination ranged over a variety of subjects, while his views on the coal-mining industry, formed by careful study of everything involved, were enlightened and sound. In politics he called himself a Conservative, and, like other members of his family, was active in local affairs. He was at heart a social reformer - always seeking means of helping anyone in distress. When one came to know him (and he was not easy to know because of a certain innate reserve and self-repression), Hamilton Houldsworth presented a most likeable character. He was a man of high ideals, so straightforward himself that lack of directness, shuffling and quibbling in others he despised.
Ref: The Coltness Iron Company - A Study in Private Enterprise by John L. Carvel

Grave Transcription:
585/4 James Houldsworth of Coltness died 8th September 1897 aged 71 years. His wife Katherine Jane died
2nd March 1931 aged 92 years. Their daughter Lelia Katherine died 27th January 1943 aged 80 years. Their
eldest son Henry Herbert died 15th May 1876 aged 11 years. Their son Rev James Hamilton Houldsworth of
Coltness & Castlebank born 11th August 1867 died 5th December 1941. (His wife Albina Mary, daughter of
Rev J Filmer-Sulivan, born l3th April 1865 died 28th December 1950).

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Albina Mary FILMER-SULIVAN

Death: HOULDSWORTH at Castlebank, Lanark on 28 Dec 1950, ALBINIA MARY, 85, widow of JAMES HAMILTON HOULDSWORTH, late of Coltness & Dallas. Funeral in Parish Church of Lanark 30 December and private burial at Cambusnethan Cemetery, Lanark.

Probate Index: Albinia Mary Houldsworth
Death Date 28 Dec 1950
Death Place Lanark, Scotland
Probate Date 3 Mar 1951
Probate Registry London, England

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Gerard William Egerton HEATH

Probate Index: Gerard William Egerton Heath
Death Date 13 Jul 1980
Death Place Avebury Wilts
Probate Date 4 Sep 1980
Probate Registry Winchester

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Lt-Col Willoughby CHAPMAN

Probate Index: Willoughby George Chapman
Death Date 7 Jun 1958
Death Place Hampshire, England
Probate Date 10 Oct 1958
Probate Registry London, England

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214. Margaret Frances BUCHANAN-RIDDELL

Marriage: Margaret F Buchanan Riddell
Registration Date Oct 1924 Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district St. George Hanover Square London
Spouse Stafford H Ferrand
Volume Number 1a Page number 982a
Buchanan Riddell, Ferrand - 1a 982a

Probate Index: Margaret Francis Ferrand
Death Date 10 Jul 1980
Death Place North Yorks
Probate Date 21 Oct 1980
Probate Registry Leeds

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157. Sir William Thomas Reginald HOULDSWORTH

C.B.E. Award 1946

Eton, Buckinghamshire, England, Eton
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, Christ Church College B.A. 1897, M.A. 1898.

Military Service
Hon. Col. Ayreshire Yeo. (Lieut.-Col. Comdg. 1923)
Hon Col (Lt-Col cmdg 1920-23). Ayreshire Yeo, served in WW I 1914-18, had Order of the Nile, 3rd Cl

He worked as a JP Essex and Ayshire

William married Ethel Mary Alberta WHITMORE, daughter of Capt Thomas Charles Douglas WHITMORE D.L., J.P. , on 20 Jul 1899.1 (Ethel Mary Alberta WHITMORE died on 7 May 1937 1.)

He was the third Baronet after succeeding his brother Henry Hamilton Houldsworth in 1947.

Colonel Sir William Thomas Reginald Houldsworth, 3rd Bt. gained the title of 3rd Baronet Houldsworth.

Probare Index: Sir William Thomas Reginald Houldsworth
Death Date 31 Dec 1960
Death Place Maybole
Probate Date 30 Aug 1961
Probate Registry London, England

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218. Walter William Whitmore HOULDSWORTH

Major (ret.) in the 149th (Sherwood Foresters) L.A.A. Regt R.A. 6th Bn Sherwood Foresters, served in World War II 1939-45 (despatches).

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159. Evelyn Mary HOULDSWORTH

Scotland Birth: Evelyn Mary Houldsworth
Birth Date 02 Jun 1858
Birth Place Anderston,Glasgow,Lanark,Scotland
Father William Houldsworth
Mother Sarah Abercromby
FHL Film Number 6035516

Marriage: Evelyn Mary Houldsworth
Record Type Marriage
Marriage Date 24 Jan 1882
Marriage Place St Jude, South Kensington Kensington and Chelsea, England
Spouse Father William Houldsworth
Spouse Thomas McDougal
Register Type Parish Register


Edinburgh Evening News 25 January 1882
FASHIONABLE MARRIAGES.
The marriage of Mr Thomas MacDougall, of Eskvale, Penicuik, with Miss Evelyn Mary, the daughter of Mr William Houldsworth, Mount Charles, Ayrshire, was celebrated at St Jude's Church, South Kensington, London, yesterday forenoon, the officiating clergyman being the Rev. Robert Colo, M.A., incumbent of St. Modoc's Church, Doune, Perthshire, assisted by the Rev. Dr Forrest, vicar of St Jude's.


Burial: Evelyn Mary Houldsworth
Birth Year 1858
Burial Year 1903
Burial Place Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland
Death Age 45
Cemetery St Mungo
Date of death is given on the grave monument as 12/08/1903

Probate: Evelyn Mary Houldsworth
Death Date 12 Aug 1903
Death Place Dalhousie-Castle
Probate Date 5 Nov 1903
Probate Registry London, England

Death UK GRO: Evelyn Mary McDougal
Estimated birth year: abt 1858
Registration Year: 1903
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death: 45
Registration district: Isle of Wight Hampshire
Volume: 2b
Page: 339

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219. Thomas William Houldsworth MCDOUGAL

Marriage: Thomas W H McDougal
Spouse: Mabel H Hart
Registration Year: 1912
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Westminster London
Volume: 1a
Page: 1171

Burial: Thomas William Houldsworth McDougal
Birth Year: 1885
Burial Year: 1931
Burial Place: Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland
Death Age: 46
Cemetery: St Mungo
Date of death is given on the grave monument as 13/03/1931

Probate Index: Thomas William Houldsworth McDougal
Death Date 13 Mar 1931
Death Place Midlothian, Scotland
Probate Date 21 Aug 1931
Probate Registry London, England

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220. Evelyn Flora Abercrombie MCDOUGAL

Marriage: Evelyn F A McDougal
Spouse: Hugh I Webb-bowen
Registration Year: 1914
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district: Kensington London
Volume: 1a
Page: 277

Marriage: Evelyn Flora Abercromby McDougal
Marriage Age 25
Birth Dateabt 1889
Marriage Date 18 Jul 1914
Marriage Place Holy Trinity, Brompton Kensington and Chelsea, England
Father Thomas Mcdougal
Spouse Hugh Ince Webb-bowen
Register Type Parish Register

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Hugh Ince WEBB-BOWEN

UK Soldiers Who Died in WW1
Hugh Ince Webb-bowen
Death Date 23 May 1915
Rank Captain
Regiment The Royal Welsh (Welch) Fusiliers
Type of Casualty Died of wounds

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164. James Torquill Magnus MACLEOD

Marriage Scotland GRO: MACLEOD JAMES TORQUIL M KEARY EDITH LUCY 1901 567/1 1 Inverkip

Probate Index: James Torquil Magnus Macleod
Death Date 19 Sep 1929
Death Place Blandford, Dorsetshire, England
Probate Date 27 Feb 1930
Probate Registry London, England

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171. Margaret Helen ST CLAIR

London Marriages: Alexander Christian Fraser
Marriage Age 29
Marriage Date 1 Oct 1902
Marriage Place St Peter, Cranley Gardens Kensington and Chelsea, England
Father Alexander Caspar Fraser
Spouse Margaret Helen St Clair
Father Charles William St Clair
Register Type Parish Register

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