George
Matthews
Arnold
Born in Gravesend, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Coles Arnold
and Sarah (Pizzey) Arnold
Brother of
Sarah Ann Arnold, Alfred John Arnold, Edwin Lester Arnold KCIE CSI, Robert Arthur Arnold, Augustus Alfred Arnold F.S.A., Laura Elizabeth (Arnold) Pinchard, Emma Ann Arnold, Henry Edward Arnold and Sarah Ann Arnold
Husband of
Elizabeth (Cotton Essell) Arnold
— married
31 May 1847 in London Aldgate, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Father of
Alice Maude (Arnold) Callaghan, Mabel Catherine (Arnold) Chadwick, Beatrice Emmaline (Arnold) Fooks, George Charles Arnold, Bernard Xavier Brithwald Arnold, Mary Chante Elizabeth (Arnold) Chadwick, Irene Ann Delores Arnold, Magdalene Anne Mary (Arnold) de Trafford and Wulfhad Leslie Joseph Arnold
Died
at age 81
in Gravesend, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Jul 2019
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Biography
George Arnold was born in Kent, England.
George was born on the 4 July 1826[1]. He was the son of Robert Arnold and Sarah Pissey.
George became a Solicitor under George Essell of Rochester, Kent, ; an auditor for the Poor Law Board for more than 30 years and legal adviser to successive RC Bishops of Southwark. JP, DL and County Alderman for Kent;
He became Mayor of Gravesend, Kent eight times Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and a keen local historian. He amassed a museum of local antiquities which occupied a series of buildings on the estate and which was dispersed by auction in 1911 and is now housed the county museum at Maidstone. Kent. He also published a biography of the historian Robert Pocock.
He married, 31 May 1847 at St Botolph Aldgate, London, Elizabeth Cotton,[2] daughter of George Essell JP of Rochester, and had issue with two other children who presumably died in infancy as no record of them has been found. [3]
He appears in the 1881 census living at Milton Gravesend, Kent[4]
He passed away in 1908[5]
Sources
- ↑ Arnold George Matthews 1827 England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975 Gravesend, Kent, England (https://www.findmypast.co.uk)
- ↑ (https://www.ancestry.com.au) England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 Name Elizabeth Essell Spouse George Arnold Father George Essell Marriage 31 May 1847 St. Botolph Aldgate, London, England St. Botolph Aldgate, London, England
- ↑ Taken from:- (http://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2015/10/186-arnold-of-milton-hall-gravesend.html) and (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32042708/george-mathews-arnold)
- ↑ Arnold George M 1828 — 1881 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Milton-Next-Gravesend, Gravesend, Kent, England (https://www.findmypast.co.uk)
- ↑ Arnold George Matthews 1827 — 1908 Kent Burials Gravesend, Municipal Cemetery, Kent, England (https://www.findmypast.co.uk)
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