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Title: Rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford & his three wifes !
Post by: alveleyhistorian on Sunday 05 December 10 23:37 GMT (UK)
Hi there,
I have been working on this line of my family tree for some time, so apologies for anyone reading a similar item a few months back..

Rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford was born in the Chelsea or  Islington ? area in 1907
His first wife was Hilda Stella Lacey in 1927. But she petitioned him for divorce in 1934 and she later married a Henry Jacobs in 1944.
Rupert's second wife was Helen Irene Sherry ( born 1916) ....his third wife was possibly a Joan Willis ?
Rupert later emigrated to New York in 1954...
Ring any bells with anyone ?
 :) :) :)
Title: Re: Rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford & his three wifes !
Post by: avm228 on Sunday 05 December 10 23:43 GMT (UK)
Rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford was born in the Chelsea or  Islington ? area in 1907

He was born in Holborn, by the looks of it (Rupert Seymour C BERESFORD, Sep qtr 1907 Holborn 1b 570).

Is there anything in particular you are hoping to find out?
Title: Re: Rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford & his three wifes !
Post by: alveleyhistorian on Sunday 05 December 10 23:49 GMT (UK)
Hello, Yes, I am hoping his very 'unique' name rings a bell with someone.
I can also find no children.....which does seems very strange ?....a brickwall for me for sometime  :-[
Title: Re: Rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford & his three wifes !
Post by: avm228 on Sunday 05 December 10 23:55 GMT (UK)
So you're not trying to find his parents? (who don't seem to have married one another until 1929)...

Someone who has RSCB in an Ancestry tree attributes 3 living offspring to the Lacey marriage, though various other things about that tree make one wonder about its reliability.
Title: Re: Rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford & his three wifes !
Post by: alveleyhistorian on Monday 06 December 10 00:06 GMT (UK)
Yes, it does seems a very difficult line to trace.
Fanny Binder and her two illegitemate sons Claude and Rupert are recorded as  living in a posh apartment in 1911.
and she finally marries Rupert Beresford in 1929....?
The poorer side of family talk of Fanny Binder and her family living in a posh house, and giving gifts of food and chocolate.
But I can only find wifes for Claude & Rupert....no further descendants ??
I am always struggling to find a death for Fanny Gertrude Beresford ( nee Beresford)
Any help much appreciated :)
Title: Re: Rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford & his three wifes !
Post by: avm228 on Monday 06 December 10 00:11 GMT (UK)
Fanny marries a Rupert in 1929:

Marriage, Sep qtr 1929

Fanny G BINDER
Rupert S BERESFORD

Kensington 1a 565

Possible death for him:

Death, Mar qtr 1947

Rupert S BERESFORD aged 81

Barnet 5a 909
Title: Re: Rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford & his three wifes !
Post by: alveleyhistorian on Monday 06 December 10 00:14 GMT (UK)
Sorry my mistake, I meant to put Rupert !
Fanny marries a Rupert in 1929:

Marriage, Sep qtr 1929

Fanny G BINDER
Rupert S BERESFORD

Kensington 1a 565

Possible death for him:

Death, Mar qtr 1947

Rupert S BERESFORD aged 81

Barnet 5a 909

Title: Re: Rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford & his three wifes !
Post by: avm228 on Monday 06 December 10 00:30 GMT (UK)
I can see a possible son for Claude and his wife - have sent you a PM.
Title: Re: Rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford & his three wifes !
Post by: Tricia Topping on Wednesday 15 January 14 14:56 GMT (UK)
My father was Rupert Seymour Beresford and I am interested in his previous wives. Rupert died in Kenya in 2007
Title: Re: Rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford & his three wifes !
Post by: alveleyhistorian on Thursday 16 January 14 07:51 GMT (UK)
My father was Rupert Seymour Beresford and I am interested in his previous wives. Rupert died in Kenya in 2007
Hi there, now I am confused - that would make him about a 100 years old when he died ?...unless of course it's a later generation ??

Title: Re: Rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford & his three wifes !
Post by: Tricia Topping on Thursday 16 January 14 08:41 GMT (UK)

rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford was my father. My mother was the third wife Joan Willis. I am keen to find out more about my father's previous marriages, Also my grandfather Rupert Beresford who died in 1947 and married Fanny Binder in Chelsea in 1929. Can anyone help?











Hi there,
I have been working on this line of my family tree for some time, so apologies for anyone reading a similar item a few months back..

Rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford was born in the Chelsea or  Islington ? area in 1907
His first wife was Hilda Stella Lacey in 1927. But she petitioned him for divorce in 1934 and she later married a Henry Jacobs in 1944.
Rupert's second wife was Helen Irene Sherry ( born 1916) ....his third wife was possibly a Joan Willis ?
Rupert later emigrated to New York in 1954...
Ring any bells with anyone ?
 :) :) :)
Title: Re: Rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford & his three wifes !
Post by: alveleyhistorian on Thursday 16 January 14 08:47 GMT (UK)

rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford was my father. My mother was the third wife Joan Willis. I am keen to find out more about my father's previous marriages, Also my grandfather Rupert Beresford who died in 1947 and married Fanny Binder in Chelsea in 1929. Can anyone help?


Yes, Fanny Binder is in my family tree. I will send you a private message. Rupert and Fanny Beresford, lived in very posh apartments around London in the 1930's, my step-sister who is , nearly 90 remembers it all in detail..










Hi there,
I have been working on this line of my family tree for some time, so apologies for anyone reading a similar item a few months back..

Rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford was born in the Chelsea or  Islington ? area in 1907
His first wife was Hilda Stella Lacey in 1927. But she petitioned him for divorce in 1934 and she later married a Henry Jacobs in 1944.
Rupert's second wife was Helen Irene Sherry ( born 1916) ....his third wife was possibly a Joan Willis ?
Rupert later emigrated to New York in 1954...
Ring any bells with anyone ?
 :) :) :)
Title: Re: Rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford & his three wifes !
Post by: Tricia Topping on Thursday 16 January 14 13:21 GMT (UK)
I can confirm the RSC Beresford went to Kenya in 1947 and died in Nairobi. Thanks for help.
Title: Re: Rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford & his three wifes !
Post by: Cilia on Saturday 11 February 17 14:45 GMT (UK)
Rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford. It is not possible for him to have died in Kenya in 2007. He was born 8 Jul 1907. BERESFORD, RUPERT SEYMOUR CECIL mother's maiden name BINDER
GRO Birth Reference: 1907 S Quarter in HOLBORN Volume 01B Page 570. There's a death notice in The Times 12 Oct 1986, published 16 Oct 1986
Title: Re: Rupert Seymour Cecil Beresford & his three wifes !
Post by: Cilia on Saturday 11 February 17 14:51 GMT (UK)
Death Notice in the times.
12 Oct 1986 • Nairobi Kenya
: On Sunday 12th October peacefully at home in nairobi kenya, Rupert Seymour Cecil, father to Patricia, Diana and Alan (Source: The Times (London, England), Thursday, October 16, 1986