Born in Bath, Somerset, England
Ancestors 
Son of Guy Atkinson DD
and Jane (Wray) Atkinson
Husband of
Leonora Wray
— married
1797 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Maria Atkinson, Jane Atkinson, Leonora Atkinson, Louisa Atkinson, Jackson Wray Atkinson, Charlotte (Atkinson) Mackenzie, Henry Basil Brooke (Atkinson) Wray, George Cecil Gore Wray, William Guy Wray, Sarah Anne (Wray) Cary and Juliet Elizabeth Wray
Died
at age 78
in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Apr 2020
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Biography
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George Atkinson (later Wray) (1773-1852). Captain in the Dunseverick Infantry.
George was the son of Rev Guy Atkinson and Jane (c.1736-98), daughter of Jackson Wray of Oak Park (Donegal). [1]
In 1797 he married Leonora (d. 1832), daughter of Jackson Wray of Brentford (Antrim) and had issue three sons.
George assumed the name and arms of Wray by royal license on 8 Nov 1809 as a condition of his inheritance from Henry Wray.
He spent his final years living in Dublin - Fitzwilliam Square. He died in Dublin, 6 April 1852. [2]
Sources
- ↑ https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2016/10/235-atkinson-of-cangort-and-ashley-park.html
- ↑
"Belfast, Northern Ireland, The Belfast Newsletter (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925"
Linen Hall Library; Belfast, Northern Ireland; Periodicals & Newspapers, Irish & Reference
Ancestry uk Record 2193 #15110 (accessed 17 November 2021)
Name: George Atkinson Wray Esq; Gender: Male; Death Age: 79; Notice Type: Death; Birth Date: abt 1773; Residence Place: Dublin, Ireland; Death Date: 6 Apr 1852; Death Place: Dublin, Ireland; Publication Date: 14 Apr 1852.
- The Wrays of Donegal Londonderry and Antrim by Charlotte Violet Trench Oxford University Press 1945.
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