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Frederick Richards Leyland

Frederick Richards Leyland

Male 1831 - 1892  (60 years)Deceased    Has 2 ancestors and 34 descendants in our family tree.

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  • Name Frederick Richards Leyland 
    Born 30 Sep 1831  Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 28 Oct 1831  Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Saint Peter 
    Gender Male 
    Census 6 Jun 1841  Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Age: 9y 
    Address:
    Gill Street 
    Census 30 Mar 1851  Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Age: 19y 
    Address:
    27, Seymour Street 
    Occupation 30 Mar 1851  Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Book Keeper and General Merchant 
    Census 7 Apr 1861  Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Age: 29y 
    Address:
    104, Huskisson Street 
    Occupation 7 Apr 1861  Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Steam Ship Owner and Merchant 
    Residence 1867  Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Speke Hall 
    Speke Hall, Liverpool.    		 Speke Hall, Liverpool.
    Census 2 Apr 1871  Kensington, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Age: 39y 
    Address:
    23, Queens Gate Court 
    • In this census, Frederick is referenced as Patrick R Leyland. This could be an enumerator's error.
    Occupation 2 Apr 1871  Kensington, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Steam Ship Owner and Merchant 
    Residence From Jul 1876 to Jan 1892  Kensington, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    49, Princes Gate, St George Hanover Square 
    • Although Frederick acquired the property in 1874 from Charles Somers (3rd Earl Somers), he didn't move in until July 1876. This was probably because he had the entire house extensively re-modelled.
    Census 3 Apr 1881  Kensington, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Age: 49y 
    Address:
    49, Princes Gate, St George Hanover Square 
    • In this census, Frederick has his daughter with him and he is employing 12 servants.
    49, Princes Gate, Kensington, London    		 49, Princes Gate, Kensington, London
    The London home of Frederick Richards Leyland and the house that once contained the famous "Peacock Room". For a detailed look at this house and the work of Whistler there, click here.
    Occupation 3 Apr 1881  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Steam Ship Owner and Merchant 
    Retired 1888  [6] 
    • Frederick retired from active business leaving his son, Frederick Dawson Leyland in charge of the shipping line.
    Census 5 Apr 1891  Much Woolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Age: 59y 
    Address:
    Woolton Hall, Ashton Square 
    • In this census, it would seem that Frederick is living alone and employing 3 servants.
    Woolton Hall, Ashton Square, Woolton, Liverpool    		 Woolton Hall
    This now grade 1 listed building, was once one of the homes of Frederick Richards Leyland.
    Occupation 5 Apr 1891  Much Woolton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Steam Ship Owner and Merchant 
    Died 4 Jan 1892  Blackfriars, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Heart Disease 
    Address:
    Blackfriars Station of the District Railway 
    • Frederick died suddenly and unexpectedly whilst travelling on a London underground train.
      After his death, it became clear that he had provided fully for Annie Wooster and her two illigitimate sons, Frederick and Francis. They both received a boarding school education.
    Buried Aft 4 Jan 1892  [8] 
    Find A Grave Memorial - Frederick Richards Leyland (1831 - 1892) (1831 - 1892)    		 Find A Grave Memorial - Frederick Richards Leyland (1831 - 1892) (1831 - 1892)
    LEYLAND, Frederick Richards (1831-1892)    		 LEYLAND, Frederick Richards (1831-1892)
    Leyland's funerary monument is the only such work by Edward Burne-Jones - the finest Arts and Crafts funerary monument in the UK, and Grade II listed.
    Probate 4 Feb 1892  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Annie Wooster received the income from £20,000 (with a guaranteed interest of 4%) until her marriage or death. The same sum was held in trust for each of her 2 children, Frederick and Frank. To raise the necessary capital to fund these bequests, the trustees (Daughters Florence and Elinor) were instructed to sell from the estate whatever was required. This resulted in the sale of 49, Prince's Gate, including all of it's art and furnishings.
    Probate: LEYLAND, Frederick Richards 18920204    		 Probate: LEYLAND, Frederick Richards 18920204
    Siblings 3 siblings 
     1. John Elphich Leyland
              b. 1833, Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1893, Wandsworth, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     2. Elizabeth Leyland
              b. 1836, Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Thomas Alexander Leyland
              b. 1838, Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1914, Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     
    Person ID I17930  Mitchell Families
    Last Modified 4 Dec 2014 

    Father John Leyland (ID:I17942)
              b. 1810, Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1839, Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years) 
    Mother Ann Jane Richards (ID:I17943)
              b. Cal 1812, Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1877, Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Married 1830  Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    St Michael 
    Family ID F4430  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Frances Dawson (ID:I17934)
              b. 1836, North Shields, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1910, Chelsea, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 23 Mar 1855  Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He was 23 years and 6 months - She was 19 years and 3 months  
    Seperation 1879 
    • After a difficult period, Frederick and Frances seperated. Prior to their seperation, Frances and the artist, JM Whistler, were seen out together. As a result, Frederick had written on more than one occasion to Whistler suggesting that he should stay away from his wife and family. In a letter dated 17 July 1877, Frederick writes ..... "I am told that on Friday last you were seen walking about with my wife at Lord's Cricket Ground. After my previous letter to you on the subject, it is clear that I cannot expect from you the ordinary conduct of a Gentleman; and I therefore now tell you that if after this intimation I find you in her society again, I will publicly horsewhip you."
    Children 
    +1. Frederick Dawson Leyland (ID:I17935)
              b. 19 Jan 1856, Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 20 Apr 1916, St George Hanover Square, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
    +2. Frances Leyland (ID:I17936)
              b. 29 Oct 1857, Huyton-with-Roby, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 2 Mar 1880, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years)
    +3. Florence Leyland (ID:I17933)
              b. 1859, Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 22 Jul 1921, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    Married: 1x4. Elinor Leyland (ID:I17938)
              b. 16 Oct 1861, Liverpool, Merseyside, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 22 Aug 1952  (Age 90 years)
    Last Modified 19 Apr 2013 
    Family ID F4428  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Rose Laura Gateley (ID:I23343)
              b. 1843, Manchester, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 23 Feb 1890, Westminster, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Relationship 1873 
    • The exact dates are unknown but we know from the divorce of Frederick and Frances that the affair started in, or even before, 1873. Their son Frederick was born in April 1883 and that Rose was removed from Denham Lodge in 1884 as part of their agreement that Frederick would maintain the child.
    Marriage Status Never Married 
    Children 
     1. Frederick Richards Leyland Caldecott (ID:I23345)
              b. 2 Apr 1883, Hammersmith, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1941, Durban, South Africa, Africa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
    Last Modified 28 Apr 2013 
    Family ID F5640  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Ancestors Annie Ellen Wooster (ID:I11498)
              b. 1861, Peckham, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 18 Apr 1919, Deal, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Relationship 1884 
    • The exact dates are unknown but we know that Leyland's relationship with Rose Caldecott had ended and that Annie Wooster's first son was born in September 1884. In 1891, Annie's boys were living in Broadstairs, Kent, in the house that Leyland had provided for them both to live in.
    Marriage Status Never Married 
    Children 
    +1. Frederick Richards Wooster (ID:I17931)
              b. 21 Sep 1884, Dover, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 2 Mar 1957, Maldon, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    Married: 1x2. Francis George Leyland Wooster (ID:I17929)
              b. 13 Jan 1890, Broadstairs, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 Apr 1953, Westminster, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Last Modified 28 Apr 2013 
    Family ID F4425  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 30 Sep 1831 - Liverpool, Merseyside, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - Address:
    Saint Peter - 28 Oct 1831 - Liverpool, Merseyside, England    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 9y,Address:
    Gill Street - 6 Jun 1841 - Liverpool, Merseyside, England    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 19y,Address:
    27, Seymour Street - 30 Mar 1851 - Liverpool, Merseyside, England    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Book Keeper and General Merchant - 30 Mar 1851 - Liverpool, Merseyside, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 23 Mar 1855 - Liverpool, Merseyside, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 29y,Address:
    104, Huskisson Street - 7 Apr 1861 - Liverpool, Merseyside, England    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Steam Ship Owner and Merchant - 7 Apr 1861 - Liverpool, Merseyside, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Address:
    Speke Hall - 1867 - Liverpool, Merseyside, England    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 39y,Address:
    23, Queens Gate Court - 2 Apr 1871 - Kensington, London, England    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Steam Ship Owner and Merchant - 2 Apr 1871 - Kensington, London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Address:
    49, Princes Gate, St George Hanover Square - From Jul 1876 to Jan 1892 - Kensington, London, England    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 49y,Address:
    49, Princes Gate, St George Hanover Square - 3 Apr 1881 - Kensington, London, England    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Steam Ship Owner and Merchant - 3 Apr 1881 - London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 59y,Address:
    Woolton Hall, Ashton Square - 5 Apr 1891 - Much Woolton, Lancashire, England    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Steam Ship Owner and Merchant - 5 Apr 1891 - Much Woolton, Lancashire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Heart Disease,Address:
    Blackfriars Station of the District Railway - 4 Jan 1892 - Blackfriars, London, England    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 4 Feb 1892 - London, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S6802] Census 1841 Liverpool, Merseyside, England HO107/561/19/15/23 (Anne [Leyland]), (HO107/561/19/15/23).

    2. [S6801] Census 1851 Liverpool, Merseyside, England HO107/2183/11/14 (Ann Jane [Leyland]), (HO107/2183/11/14).

    3. [S6795] Census 1861 Liverpool, Merseyside, England RG9/2687/14/21 (Frederick Leyland), (RG9/2687/14/21).

    4. [S6800] Census 1871 Kensington, London, England RG10/29/52/25 (Patrick R Leyland), (RG10/29/52/25).

    5. [S6796] Census 1881 London, England RG11/121/12/18 (Frederick R Leyland), (RG11/121/12/18).

    6. [S8489] Grace's Guide to British Industrial History, http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Frederick_Leyland_and_Co (Reliability: 3), 13 May 2013.

    7. [S6797] Census 1891 Much Woolton, Lancashire, England RG12/3008/91/19 (Frederick R Leyland), (RG12/3008/91/19).

    8. [S9252] Find-a-Grave Memorials.
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1928