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Thanks for that Roger - I have read the document several times. Some names are familiar but none of them have a Robert Falcon MD flavour. I have found information re brothers John & William Bacon who after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, were given pensions & allowed to marry. The descendants of one of these brothers settled in Northamptonshire & they are well documented including the one who settled in the Isle of Man. Descendants of the other brother settled in Brisco/Briscoe near Carlisle and this is the family I'm trying to flesh out as they may have Falcon connections in Cumberland.
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Stephanie

Rosie, you're right - he could have been born in Workington or Gosforth or elsewhere in Cumberland. He & Margaret Steward had 9 children that I have found. His eldest son Rev. Robert Falcon-Steward has Falcon Arms quartered with Steward & he died (1887) Newton Manor, Gosforth, Cumberland. Second son Rev. Thomas William Falcon died (1883) Clifton House, Workington. Youngest son Charles William Falcon died (1938) Chichester, Sussex. The Falcon Arms for Rev Robert F-S differ from those of John Falcon of Garston House, Herts, (son of John Falcon of Workington). I haven't found a record of where Dr. Robert Falcon was educated or where he studied medicine but he was practising in Whitehaven by 1828, the year in which he married Margaret Steward.

Grasc

Would anyone be able to direct me as to where I might find the name of the family whose Arms are shown on the right (as you look at the photo) of the Arms of Warton of Beverley Parks, Yorkshire?
I am familiar with the Warton Arms & Crest but the other Arms are not known to me.
Thank you
Grasc

Dear Leanne
Your info about the 2 Armstrong children born at Scone in 1895 & 1896 was very helpful. The O in John O Armstrong born 1895 may well stand for Octavius, the name of Wyndham Francis Armstrong's father. Octavius was a younger brother of Wyndham Fitzgerald Armstrong.
Then I found a McDonald website that shows the marriage of Wyndham Francis Armstrong to Margaret Sarah McDonald at Scone in 1894. This fits nicely with the info shown in the NSW records. It doesn't appear that Margaret's family & my Macdonald family are connected but you never know.
With help from you, Annie & JM, I'm well on the way to putting Wyndham Fitzgerald Armstrong to rest.
Gratefully
Grasc

Dear JM
Have just had a breakthrough. Wyndham Francis Armstrong was born 1866, Bowen, Queensland & was a nephew of Dr. Wyndham Fitzgerald Armstrong.
Wyndham Francis married 1894 at Scone, New South Wales, Margaret Sarah McDonald. There is a website for the McDonald family of Margaret  Sarah & it doesn't seem that the McDonalds & my Macdonalds are connected although I will keep an open mind as the spelling of the name varies.
Wyndham Francis & Margaret Sarah had a daughter Kathleen Armstrong born in Qld in 1899 & N.S.W. records show 2 sons born at Scone (1895 & 1896) to Wyndham F Armstrong & Margaret/Margaret S.
NSW records show a marriage at Scone in 1894 for Wyndham F Armstrong & Margaret T McDonald & Wyndham F Armstrong married 1894 at Scone, Margaret Macdonald. Many thanks for your interest. Grasc