Family Tree of John Sennett
of Southwark, Surrey, England
- 1. John Sennett and Elizabeth Connor, both of the parish of Saint Saviour, Southwark, married by banns on November 2nd 1777 and had issue:
- 1.1. Christopher John Sennett, baptised August 17th 1783 at the parish of Saint Mary, Newington, Surrey, and buried there the following September 21st.
- 1.2. Mary Sennett, buried July 3rd 1783 at the parish of Saint Mary, Newington; probably a daughter of John Sennett and his wife, although this is not stated in the burial register.
- 1.3. Christopher Sennett. Born February 22nd 1791 and baptised March 6th following at Saint George’s Roman Catholic Chapel, London Road, Southwark, his godmother being Anne Honeyman. Successively a mariner (as described in the baptismal entries of his children Sarah Jane and Joseph in 1814 and 1818) and porter (1821), and subsequently (1822) a furrier living at 114 Snowsfields, St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey. Married Elizabeth Jane Dunford1 at Saint Saviour’s, Southwark, on December 30th 1812, after banns. Died of consumption on August 27th 1844 at 114 Snowsfields, Saint Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, having had issue:
- 1.3.1. Sarah Jane Sennett, born July 12th 1814 and baptised August 21st at Saint John Horselydown, Bermondsey. Married by banns at Saint John’s, Southwark, June 28th 1840 William Henry Hannaford, tailor, son of Henry Hannaford.
- 1.3.2. Joseph Sennett, born April 12th 1818 and baptised May 3rd at Saint John Horselydown, Bermondsey.
- 1.3.3. John Sennett. Furrier. Born May l3th 1819 and baptised June 10th 1821 at Saint John Horselydown, Bermondsey. Married by banns at Saint Saviour, Southwark, on March 13th 1845 Louisa Amelia May (died June 17th 1851 at Guy’s Hospital, Saint Saviour, Southwark, aged 32), daughter of John Brett May, wine merchant. Died at 71 Corso Seina, Palermo, Sicily, September 6th 1885. In his will, dated December 10th 1884, he gives
all and every my real and personal estate moneys and securities for money and my partnership estate and all other personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever
unto his brother Richard, the sole executor. Issue:- 1.3.3.1. Henrietta Helen Sennett?, born 1845?
- 1.3.3.2. James Sennett?, born 1849?
- 1.3.3.3. Louisa Amelia Sennett, born February 27th 1851 at 14 Princes Place, Lambeth. Died 1852.
- 1.3.4. Jane Elizabeth Sennett, born May 27th 1822 and baptised June 16th at Saint John Horselydown, Bermondsey.
- 1.3.5. Ann Sennett, born October 30th 1823 and baptised November 23rd at Saint John Horselydown. Died of whooping cough, March 20th 1825, and buried at Saint John Horselydown.
- 1.3.6. Esther Sennett, born November 2nd 1824 and baptised November 21st at Saint John Horselydown. Died of convulsions, December 19th 1824, and buried at Saint John Horselydown.
- 1.3.7. Christopher Andrew Sennett, born August 12th 1827 and baptised September 2nd at Saint John Horselydown. Will dated April 13th 1895; probate granted on October 25th 1906 to his executors Sarah Williams Sennett and Christopher Thomas Sennett. Married 1stly? 1852. Married 2ndly? Sarah Williams (died August 10th 1908). Died September 23rd 1906. Issue from 1st marriage:
- 1.3.7.1. Christopher Thomas Sennett. Born 1855. Lieutenant Colonel, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Author of "All About Montecarlo And Roulette, by O. Plucky, B. Careful and C. Wisdom", published by Edmund Seale, London, in 1913.
- 1.3.7.2. Alfred Richard Sennett. Born 1858.
- 1.3.8. Richard Sennett, born May 17th 1834 and baptised June 8th at Saint John Horselydown. Skinner and furrier. Married November 10th 1856 at Saint James, Bermondsey, Eleanor Bradley (died of rheumatic fever November 15th 1880 at 79 Blackfriars Road), daughter of Cornelius Bradley2 (died of chronic bronchitis on December 6th 1862 at the Workhouse, Mint Street, Saint George, Southwark) and his wife Ann Cokeley (died of diphtheria on August 6th 1859 at 6 New Court, Saint George, Southwark). He married 2ndly Mrs Ann Catlin. Will dated May 9th 1887, with a codicil dated July 24th 1896; the probate was granted to the executors Richard Christopher, Joseph Ernest and Ann Sennett on January 17th 1898. Died in 1898, having had issue from his first marriage, two sons and four daughters:
- 1.3.8.1. Elizabeth Jane Sennett. Born 1860 and baptised May 14th 1876 at Christchurch, Southwark. Married 1883 William Thomas Thorne3. Issue,
- 1.3.8.1.1. William Thorne. Married?
- 1.3.8.1.2. Terence Thorne. Married. Died in a bombing raid on the Guard’s Chapel with his wife and mother.
- 1.3.8.1.3. Dudley O. Thorne. Lieutenant, Suffolk Regiment and Royal Berkshire Regiment T.F. Killed in action in 1918. Unmarried.
- 1.3.8.2. Sir Richard Christopher Sennett. Knighted 1924. Sheriff of the City of London in 1923-24, father of the Loriner’s Court, past master of the Court of Basketmakers, liveryman of the Clockmaker’s Company, Master of the Guild of Freemen in 1929, represented Farringdon Within on the Corporation of London, member of the London Chamber of Commerce, life member of the Imperial Society of Knights Bachelor, Knight of Grace of the Venerable Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, President of Wimbledon and Merton Division of the Saint John Ambulance Brigade, Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy, Commander of the Order of the Star of Roumania, President of the London Tradesmen’s Club in 1944, member of the Royal Automobile, City Livery, Ranelagh Sailing, Sandown Park, and Wimbledon Park Conservative Clubs. Granted the following Arms: or, three cygnets in pale, wings elevated purpure, between two swords erect gules; mantling purpure and or; crest, on a wreath of the colours, between a sennett or barracuda fessewise proper, a cygnet as in the arms; motto, Sine Macula. Born July 23rd 1862 at 48 Castle Street, parish of Saint Saviour, Southwark, and baptised May 14th 1876 at the parish of Christchurch, Southwark. Married 1stly 1887 Amy Georgina Hughes (died May 8th 1927 at 3 Shorncliffe Road, Folkestone), daughter of William Hughes (born Lanarkshire 1842; died Brighton December 18th 1901), painter of still life. Married 2ndly Mrs Florence Jessie Nolan (died April 4th 1952), Commander Sister of the Venerable Order of Saint John of Jerusalem. Died February 19th 1947 and buried at Streatham Vale Cemetery, Surrey. Issue:
- 1.3.8.2.1. Richard Hughes Sennett. Born January 13th or 16th 1888 at 47 Angell Road and baptised at St John the Evangelist, Brixton, the following April 15th. Served RASC 1/II/1916-16/XI/1918. Master of the Loriners Company. Married 1stly at Kensington in 1915 Zarina Vieira (a Brazilian citizen, born c. 1893). Married 2ndly Mary Pilbeam (born 1st February 1906). Died 23rd July 1978 and buried at Streatham Vale Cemetery, Surrey. No issue.
- 1.3.8.2.2. Noel Stanton Sennett. Captain. Member of the Vintners Company. Married 1stly Nan Macdonald4. Married 2ndly c. 1953 Mrs Alison Pegram. Issue from first marriage:
- 1.3.8.3. Florence Eleanor Sennett. Born 1866. Married 1891 Alfred Faulkner. Issue,
- 1.3.8.3.1. Roy Faulkner. Married 1stly -. Married 2ndly -. No issue.
- 1.3.8.3.2. Thelma Faulkner. Married Leslie Hartmann. Issue,
- 1.3.8.3.2.1. Diana Hartmann. Married William Rice. Issue,
- 1.3.8.3.2.1.1. (Son).
- 1.3.8.3.2.1.2. (Son).
- 1.3.8.3.2.1.3. (Son).
- 1.3.8.3.2.1.4. (Son).
- 1.3.8.3.2.1. Diana Hartmann. Married William Rice. Issue,
- 1.3.8.3.3. Graham Faulkner. Unmarried.
- 1.3.8.4. Gertrude Annie May Sennett. Born 1870. Married 1894 Frederick Charles Wolfe. Issue,
- 1.3.8.4.1. Russell Wolfe. Married. No issue.
- 1.3.8.4.2. Paula Wolfe. Married Daniel Barnes. Issue,
- 1.3.8.4.2.1. Daniel Barnes. Married 1stly -. Married 2ndly -.
- 1.3.8.4.2.2. Merle Barnes. Married Patrick Campbell. Issue,
- 1.3.8.4.2.2.1. Lucy Campbell.
- 1.3.8.4.3. Derek Wolfe. Killed in W.W.I.
- 1.3.8.5. Louisa Sennett. Born November 16th 1867 at 48 Castle Street, parish of Saint Saviour, Southwark, and baptised May 14th 1876 at the parish of Christchurch, Southwark. Married Thomas Harris Wrangham on March 20th 1897 at the church of the Holy Trinity and Saint Mary, Lambeth. Died 1953 having had issue,
- 1.3.8.5.1. Lieutenant Colonel Louis Harris Wrangham, M.C., R.M. Born December 28th 1897. Educated Hailey School, Bournemouth, 1908-12, and Dulwich College, 1912-14.
Joined the Royal Marines on December 20th 1915 as Temporary 2nd Lieutenant. From June 1916 to the end of the war he served with the Royal Naval Division in France. He was wounded on three occasions and awarded the M.C. on September 28th 1918. Transferred to the permanent list after the war, he served for a short period on H.M.S. Repulse. In September 1921 he was appointed to H.M.S. Renown for the period of the Prince of Wales’s tour to the Far East. He then served as a Lieutenant in the 11th Royal Marine Battalion in the Mediterranean and soon after his return was seconded in December 1924 for employment under the Sudan Government. Promoted to Captain in October 1926, he served altogether for seven years in the Sudan being G.S.O III, Sudan Defence Force, during 1927 and 1928, and D.A.A.G. during his remaining three years there. He was never fond of normal peace-time routine, and service in the Sudan suited him perfectly; he was, in fact, anxious to remain there for a further three years, but some further experience with the Royal Marines being deemed necessary he returned home at the end of 1931 and his subsequent service included periods in H.M.S. Berwick, Colombo and Glorious. It was while serving in the last named ship in the Mediterranean that he decided to retire, and he was placed on the retired list at his own request on November 25th 1936. He was recalled for service in June 1939 and appointed to the Admiralty for duty in the Naval Intelligence Division, where he served until his death on September 1st 1941
(Temporary 2nd Lieutenant 20/12/15 to 19/12/16; Temporary Lieutenant 20/12/16 to 27/12/16; Royal Marines Lieutenant 28/12/16; Captain 20/10/26; attached to Sudan Defence Force -Staff Captain 18/11/28- 6/12/24 to 5/12/31). Married Mary Bellingham Senior (died February 22nd 1977), daughter of Doctor Arthur Senior. Died September 1st 1941 on war service. Issue:- 1.3.8.5.1.1. John Robin Wrangham. Educated Clayesmore School. Married 1stly 1959 Carolyn V. Epps. Married 2ndly in India in 1966 Anthea M. Hannay. Resident in Papua New Guinea. Issue from 1st marriage:
- 1.3.8.5.1.1.1. Nicholas Louis de Reimer Wrangham. Assumed the name of Dixon. Born in India in 1960. Educated Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester?
- Issue from 2nd marriage:
- 1.3.8.5.1.1.2. Jonathan Senior Wrangham. Born in India in 1969. Educated Clayesmore School. Married September 1991 Mrs Susan Collihole (nee Palmer). Issue:
- 1.3.8.5.1.1.2.1. Sophie Suzanne Wrangham. Born 1989?
- 1.3.8.5.1.1.2.2. Gemma Robyn Wrangham. Born 1991.
- 1.3.8.5.1.1.3. Wendy Stewart Wrangham. Born in Calcutta, India, August 6th 1970. Educated Bristol University, B.A. (Hons), Classical Studies.
- 1.3.8.5.1.2. Peter John Wrangham. General Manager, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Born 1934. Married Bridget Beach (born 1937), daughter of Surgeon Rear Admiral William Vincent Beach, C.B., O.B.E., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., F.R.C.S.E., and his wife Daphne Muriel Joseph. Issue:
- 1.3.8.5.1.2.1. Fiona Wrangham. Born 1964 in Hong Kong. Married at Chelsea Old Church September 8th 1990 Simon Vaughan-Johnson, eldest son of Charles Vaughan-Johnson.
- 1.3.8.5.1.1. John Robin Wrangham. Educated Clayesmore School. Married 1stly 1959 Carolyn V. Epps. Married 2ndly in India in 1966 Anthea M. Hannay. Resident in Papua New Guinea. Issue from 1st marriage:
- 1.3.8.5.2. Joan Wrangham. Born January 22nd 1899 at The Holme, Portarlington Road, Bournemouth, and baptised March 27th at the parish church of Saint Michael, Bournemouth. Married at the church of the Holy Trinity, Kensington Gore, Middlesex, April 20th 1929 Lieutenant Colonel Claude Percy Fisher, R.A.V.C., M.R.C.V.S, knight 3rd and 4th Class of the Order of the Nile, mentioned in despatches, chairman Poulton Parish Council (born March 12th 1893 at Dunlavin Co. Wicklow and baptised at Dunlavin Church of Ireland Parish Church; died September 14th 1985 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, and buried in Poulton Parish Church), younger son of Thomas Fisher (born August 5th 1859 at Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow, and baptised October 2nd at Dunlavin Church of Ireland Parish Church; died May 4th 1939) and his wife Susanna Hosford (baptised December 14th 1851 at the Scot’s Presbyterian Church in Bandon Bridge, Co. Cork, and died January 3rd 1934). Died January 25th 1992 in Cirencester and buried January 31st at Poulton Parish Church. Issue, an only daughter:
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1.3.8.5.2.1. Sheelah Louise Fisher. Born October 21st 1931 at 8 Avonmore Mansions, North East Fulham, London, and baptised on December 16th at the parish of the Holy Trinity with All Saints, Kensington Gore. Educated Lanherne House (Dawlish, Devonshire, 1940-44), Cheltenham Ladies College (1944 to Easter 1949), Saint Hilda’s College, Oxford University, and Chelsea Polytechnic, London. Granted the following Arms on October 21st 1993 (by the Earl Marshal’s warrant dated December 1st 1992): Argent, two bars wavy between three horseshoes reversed Sable; the Arms to be borne by Sheelah Louise Fisher de Avendaño and by her descendants and to be placed on a memorial or otherwise displayed to the memory of her late father. Married at the Church of Saint James, Spanish Place, Manchester Square, Saint Marylebone, November 24th 1956 señor don José Luis de Avendaño y Porrúa (born November 20th 1915 in Santander, Spain, and died September 21st 1967 in Madrid), commander of the orders of Isabella the Catholic and Civil Merit, elder son of don Luis de Avendaño y Conte (born Santander March 21st 1887 and died Santander November 21st 1933) and his wife doña Josefa Porrúa de Agüeros (born Santander April 3rd 1890 and died Santander November 23rd 1918). Issue:- 1.3.8.5.2.1.1. Luis de Avendaño. Born in London on September 25th 1957 and baptised at the church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and Saint Thomas More, Cheyne Row, Chelsea SW3. Educated at the French Lycee, London, and Runnymede College, Madrid. Served 1978-81 3rd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment. Married Victoria Gillen, only daughter of Henry Gillen and Rosemary Jenison. Issue:
- 1.3.8.5.2.1.1.1. Michael Henry de Avendaño. Born in Madrid on August 9th 2004. Educated at Runnymede College, Madrid, and King’s College London.
- 1.3.8.5.2.1.2. Miguel de Avendaño, M.R.A.C. Born in London on March 22nd 1960 and baptised April 10th at the church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and Saint Thomas More, Cheyne Row, Chelsea SW3. Educated Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, 1986-88. Married at the church of Santiago de los Caballeros, Cáceres, Spain, October 25th 1997 Rocío Ramírez de Haro y Alós, eldest daughter of don Juan Ramírez de Haro y Ulloa, II Marqués de Cambil and III Conde de Villamarciel, and doña Carmen de Alós y Merry del Val.
- 1.3.8.5.2.1.3. Sylvia de Sienes. Born in Madrid December 31st 1971. Issue:
- 1.3.8.5.2.1.3.1. Carlotta Spinelli. Born in Rome on June 17th 2004.
- 1.3.8.5.2.1.1. Luis de Avendaño. Born in London on September 25th 1957 and baptised at the church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and Saint Thomas More, Cheyne Row, Chelsea SW3. Educated at the French Lycee, London, and Runnymede College, Madrid. Served 1978-81 3rd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment. Married Victoria Gillen, only daughter of Henry Gillen and Rosemary Jenison. Issue:
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- 1.3.8.5.3. John Basil Wrangham. Lieutenant, Royal Tank Regiment; P.O.W. 1941-45. Born October 26th 1908. Educated Brightlands School and Dulwich College, 1922-25. Married 1946 Mrs Patricia Sarah Elizabeth Tudor (née Truscott; died January 24th 1991). Died at Stoke Knapp Farm, Broadwindsor, Beaminster, Dorset on June 8th 1964. No issue.
- 1.3.8.5.1. Lieutenant Colonel Louis Harris Wrangham, M.C., R.M. Born December 28th 1897. Educated Hailey School, Bournemouth, 1908-12, and Dulwich College, 1912-14.
- 1.3.8.6. Joseph Ernest Sennett. Furrier. Born 1873. Married 1899 Annie Mary Catlin (died August 16th 1919). Died November 14th 1949. Issue:
- 1.3.8.6.1. Ethel Marjorie Sennett. Married Sir Philip Eric Millbourn. Issue:
- 1.3.8.6.1.1. John Adrian Millbourn. Born June 13th 1933. Educated Cheltenham College 1947-51. Married. Issue.
- 1.3.8.6.1.2. Susan Millbourn. Married. Resident in South Africa.
- 1.3.8.6.1. Ethel Marjorie Sennett. Married Sir Philip Eric Millbourn. Issue:
- 1.3.8.1. Elizabeth Jane Sennett. Born 1860 and baptised May 14th 1876 at Christchurch, Southwark. Married 1883 William Thomas Thorne3. Issue,