?Richard Cosway MP

[wendygreatorex]

Thank you keyboard 86! I have most of that (sorry!) but need to go backwards to try to link these Cosway's (my d-I-laws family) to the Sir WR Cosway branch. I'm thinking he  may be a brother of her ancestor somewhere along the line. Both families originate in Tiverton Devon so although this will take some time I'm cautiously optimistic! and quite happy to be proved there is no link either! Joys of genies

[keyboard86]

Thank you keyboard 86! I have most of that (sorry!) but need to go backwards to try to link these Cosway's (my d-I-laws family) to the Sir WR Cosway branch. I'm thinking he  may be a brother of her ancestor somewhere along the line. Both families originate in Tiverton Devon so although this will take some time I'm cautiously optimistic! and quite happy to be proved there is no link either! Joys of genies

  Good fun this, any idea of where George snr is in 1851/61?
Keyboard86

PS Appreciate you have all I have given, but not only for me, but others searching, need to see dates of birth etc!

[avm228]

Here's a baptism for WR Cosway:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J3XL-YF9

[Slimpickins]

Here's a family tree of Sir William Richard Cosway: http://www.009.cd2.com/history/images/family_tree.jpg
And on the same site a brief history of the Halliday family - Sir William married Elizabeth Halliday.
http://www.009.cd2.com/history/hallidays.htm

The photo of "Sir William Benjamin Halliday" bears a striking resemblance to Albert Einstein.

Sir William Richard Cosway and the Halliday family appear on the FamilySearch tree with some more detail and sources included.