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317. Cecil Henry POLHILL

Baptism: Cecil Henry Polhill
Father: Frederick Charles Polhill
Mother: Emily Frances Turner

Probate Index: Cecil Henry Polhill
Death Date 9 Mar 1938
Death Place Bedfordshire, England
Probate Date 22 Apr 1938
Probate Registry London, England

Cambridge University Alumni
Cecil Henry Polhill-Turner (post Polhill)
College: Jesus
Entered: Michs 1879, Born 23 feb 1860
Adm. pens. (age 19) at JESUS, Oct. 1, 1879. [2nd] s. of Capt. Frederick C[harles], M.P. for Bedford, of Howbury Hall, Beds. (and Emily Frances, dau. of Sir Henry Winston Barron, 1st Bart.). B. there, Feb. 23, 1860. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1879. Lieut., Bedfordshire Militia, 1880. Lieut., 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays). One of the ‘Cambridge Seven,’ who, with his brother Arthur T., joined the China Inland Mission, 1885, and worked in that country, and in Tibet and India. Married, May 3, 1888, Eleanor Agnes, dau. of Dr Marston, and had issue. Returned to England, and succeeded his unmarried brother, Frederick E. F., in the estate of Howbury Hall, Beds. Adopted the surname of Polhill only, by deed poll, in 1902. Died Mar. 9, 1938, aged 78, in London. Brother of Arthur T. (1881) and the next. (Burke, L.G.; Fox-Davies, Armorial Families; Army Lists; Walford, County Families; Cambridge Review, Apr. 24, 1931; The Times, Mar. 11, 1938; Eton Sch. Lists.)

In 1901 Cecil is described as a Protestant Missionary to China.

Cecil stayed in the same province with the others for a while before moving to the northwest, in the direction of Tibet. During a violent riot there he and his wife were both nearly killed in 1892. In 1900, his health failed and he was sent home to England where he was strongly advised against a return to China. Despite this ban, his heart remained there and throughout the rest of his life, he made seven prolonged missionary visits. In 1908 in Sunderland he became the leader of the Pentecostal Missionary Union and was greatly used in the formation of the Pentecostal Movement in Britain.

He died in England in 1938.

321. Cecil Charles POLHILL

Probate Index: Cecil Charles Polhill
Death Date 9 Dec 1957
Death Place Bedfordshire, Bedford, England
Probate Date 6 Jun 1958
Probate Registry London, England