Alfred Karslake Bovill Esq ISO (1854 - 1925)

Born 24 Nov 1854 in St Giles, Middlesex, England

Husband of Margaret Elizabeth Russell (Colvin) Bovill — married 20 Jun 1903 in Nikosia, Cyprus

Died 15 Sep 1925 at age 70 in South Walsham, Norfolk, England

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Biography

Alfred Bovill Esq ISO is Notable.

Alfred Karslake Bovill was born in 1854 in St Giles, London, the son of William Bovill, barrister, and Maria, his wife.^[1][2]

On the 20th June 1903, he married Margaret Elizabeth Russell Colvin in Nikosia, Cyprus.^[3][4]

Mr Bovill was employed as Principal Forest Officer in Cyprus.^[3][5] He was also a Member of the Legislative Council for the Island of Cyprus.^[6][7]

On 31st May 1917, Mr Bovill was appointed to the Imperial Service Order (ISO).^[8]

Alfred Karslake Bovill, Esq., I.S.O., died at South Walsham in Norfolk, on the 15th September 1925, aged seventy years.^[9][10]

Issue of the marriage

• Lilian Margaret Colvin Bovill (1904–1999)
• Elliott Russell Karslake Bovill (1906–1969)

Sources

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish of St Giles in the Fields, Holborn (London), Middlesex. Alfred Karslake Bovill, born 24th November 1854; son of William Karslake, Barrister, and Maria (his wife), of 20 Bedford Square, St Giles; baptised 27th April 1855 by T.F.Fenn. Original record: Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick by subscription, 2018-08-14).
2. ↑ Index of civil registrations of births, England. Alfred Karslake Bovill, 1st quarter ending 31st March 1855, St Giles RD (Middlesex), vol. 1b, pg. 395. Original record: General Register Office, England and Wales, Southport, Hants. Index and digital image online at FreeBMD, www.freebmd.org.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-08-12).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Reading Mercury, 27 June 1903 (pg 7). Marriage notice: “BOVILL—COLVIN.—On the 20th inst., at St. Paul’s Church, Nikosia, Cyprus, Alfred Karslake Bovill, Principal Forest Officer, to Margaret E. Russell Colvin, elder daughter of the late Russell Pakenham Colvin, formerly of the Indian Forest Service, and of Reading.” Digital image online at The British Newspaper Archive, britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (accessed by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-08-12).
4. ↑ Dundee Evening Telegraph, 7 May 1935 (pg 4). “Broken Romance. The marriage arranged between Mr. E.R.K. Bovill and Miss Diana Baxendale will not now take place. Their engagement was announced last November. Miss Baxendale, who is 22, is a cousin of Lord Polwarth. She is the younger daughter of Colonel J.F.N. Baxendale, C.B., and Mrs. Baxendale, of Froxfield Green, Petersfield. Mr. Bovill is the only son of the late Mr. A.K. Bovill, I.S.O.” Digital image online at The British Newspaper Archive, britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (accessed by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-08-12).
5. ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 6 December 1932 (pg 5). “Bride in Pale Rose Gold. Bishop of Sheffield’s Cousin. London Ceremony.” Wedding of Miss Lilian Margaret Colvin, only daughter of the late Mr. A.K. Bovill, Principal Forest Officer in Cyprus, to Mr. G.F.A. Burgess, elder son of the late Mr. G.F. Burgess and Mrs. Burgess. Digital image online at The British Newspaper Archive, britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick by subscription, 2018-08-12).
6. ↑ Edinburgh Gazette. Issue 11891 (18 December 1906, pp 1349-50). “Downing Street, December 12, 1906. The King has been pleased to re-appoint Frederick Charles Heidenstam, Esq., C.M.G. (Chief Medical Officer); George Smith, Esq. (Registrar-General); and Alfred Karslake Bovill, Esq. (Principal Forest Officer), to be Members of the Legislative Council of the Island of Cyprus.” Digital image online at www.thegazette.co.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-08-12).
7. ↑ Morning Post, 15 December 1906 (pg 9). “Legislative Councils. Downing Street, December 12. The King has been pleased to reappoint … Alfred Karslake Bovill, Esq. (Principal Forest Officer), to be Members of the Legislative Council of the Island of Cyprus.” Digital image online at The British Newspaper Archive, britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (accessed by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-08-12).
8. ↑ London Gazette. No. 13099 (4th June 1917, pp 1054-5). “Whitehall, 31 May, 1917. IMPERIAL SERVICE ORDER. The KING has been pleased to make the following appointments:—To be Companions of the Imperial Service Order. … Colonial Civil Service. Alfred Karslake Bovill, Esq., Principal Forest Officer, Cyprus.” Digital image online at www.thegazette.co.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-08-12).
9. ↑ National Probate Calendar, England and Wales. “BOVILL, Alfred Karslake, of The Glebe-cottage, South Walsham, Norfolk, died 15 September 1925; Probate: London, 22 December [1925] to Margaret Elizabeth Russell Bovill, widow.” (ref. 1925, pg 329). Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-08-12, by subscription).
10. ↑ Index of civil registrations of deaths, England. Alfred K Bovill, aged 70 years, 3rd quarter ending 30th September 1925, Blofield RD (Norfolk), vol. 4b, pg. 180. Original record: General Register Office, England and Wales, Southport, Hants. Index and digital image online at FreeBMD, www.freebmd.org.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-08-12).