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I am looking for information on Herbert Mather - particularly when he died. He married Amelia Whitlock of Barnoldwick in 1899 at Gill Church, Barnoldswick. They had three children - Clara b 1899, Albert b 1907 and William b 1908 all births registered in Skipton. By the 1911 Census the family, without Herbert, were living with Amelia's father Frederick William Adams in Barnoldswick where she is noted as a widow.

I am trying to connect the two Russell's above. Cecil attended Lancing College as did John Russell's sons Charlie, Hubert, and Leonard - see below. In the Lancing Register it refers to Charlie, Hubert and Leonard as being cousins of Cecil Henry, but I cannot find how this connection works - perhaps the register meant second cousins ? John Russell became a well known brewer in Kent.


Extracts from the Lancing Register covering 1848 - 1900 ( from the web site  https://archive.org/stream/registerofsnicho00lancuoft/registerofsnicho00lancuoft_djvu.txt) :-

791.Russell, Cecil Henry St. Leger, born 8 April, 1862, eldest son of
Richard Russell, Esq., Receiver-General of Trinidad, entered S. H. as
Exhibitioner, Sept., 1873, lef t July, 1881 (Football XL, 1877-81 ;
Cricket XL, 1877-81 ; Captain, 1879-81 ; Prefect, 1878 ; Captain of
School, 1879-81). Scholar of Trinity College, Oxon, 1881 ; Second
Class Mods.; Second Class Lit. Hum.; Chancellor's Latin Verse, 1883;
Gaisford Greek Verse, 1883 ; Gaisford Greek Prose, 1884; Tutor to Lord
Hugh Cecil, 1885-86; Assis- tant Master St. Paul's School, 1887-94 J
VIth Form Master, Clifton, since 1894. Married, 29 July, 1890,
Blanche Wellsted, daughter of Arthur H. Wansey, Esq., of Stoke Bishop,
Bristol. Address 40, Clifton Park Road, Clifton, Bristol.
1076. Russell, Harley, born 24 Sept., 1865, second son of Richard
Russell, Esq. (see No. 791), entered S. H. Jan., 1 88 1. Died at
Lancing 14 March, 1882 buried in Lancing Churchyard. (Brother of
791.)

1208. Russell, Charlie, born 12 June, 1870, son of John Russell, Esq.,
of Rosherville, Kent, entered S. H. Jan., 1883, left Dec., 1886.
Subsequently in Switzerland. Now Brewer and Maltster. Address
Hillside, Milton next Gravesend, Kent. (Brother of 1209 and 1344 ;
cousin of 791, &c.)

1209. Russell, Hubert, born 31 Aug., 1871, son of John Russell, Esq.
(above), entered S. H. Jan., 1883, left July, 1887. Address
Glenthorne, Gravesend. (Brother of 1208 and 1344 ; cousin of 791,
&c.)

1344. Russell, Leonard, born Christmas Day, 1872, son of John Russell,
Esq., of The Mount, Rosherville, entered S. H. Sept., 1885, left Dec.,
1888. Subse- quently at R. M. A., Sandhurst ; 2nd Lieut. East
Lancashire Regt., 1895; Lieut. 2nd Batt., 1897. Address Rhani Ket,
Bengal, India. (Brother of 1208 and 1209 ; cousin of 791, etc

Hello Bob,
Yes my grandmother was Gwendolen Russell who wrote under her middle name of Cecil G Trew. She married Neil Trew, a doctor in Los Angeles when he was in Bristol England helping with WWI. They then moved back to LA  where she lived until his death, at which time she moved back to Bristol with her family. I do not have a copy of the bool you mention but have most of her others. I would be more than happy to give you any information that I have which might be of interest to you.
Michael Mather

The reference to 'arm' for Richard Russell came from the book 'Oxford Men  1880 - 1892' by Joseph Foster published in 1893 listing Oxford Alumni. The Book has no key to the abbreviations used (presumably all in common usage then). He uses "gent." "gen"  "esq." and "cler" (cleric ?)  when not ascribing a particular profession to the father of the student e.g. captain 14th light infantry or director-general ordnance factories. Do you have any insight into these abbreviations and whether there is any overlap with the term "arm." or subtleties of use ?