Archibald Edmonstone 5th Bt (1867 - 1954)

Ancestors

Husband of Ida Agnes Eleanor (Forbes) Edmonstone — married 1895 in St Paul, Wilton Place, Knightsbridge, London, England

Descendants

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Biography

Archibald Edmonstone was the son of William Edmonstone and Mary Elizabeth Parsons. His birth was registered at Greenwich, London in the third quarter of 1867.^[1]

He was a lieutenant in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. From 1907 to 1910 he was a Groom in Waiting to King Edward VII. He was made a Commander of the Order of Vasa (with star).^[2]

In 1895 he married Ida Eleanor Agnes Forbes at St Paul's, Wilton Place, Knightsbridge, London.^[3] She was the daughter of Sir George Stewart Forbes, 3rd Bt of Newe and a Woman of the Bedchamber of Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, third daughter of Queen Victoria.^[2] They had three sons:

• William George, b.1896. lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, killed in action in the Battle of the Somme, 15 Sept., 1916^[2]
• Archibald Charles Edmonstone, 6th Baronet. (16 Jun 1898 - 5 Jun 1954)^[2]
• Edward St John (for whom Edward VII stood proxy in person) b.1901, Commander (Royal Navy), served in both World Wars, married (1936) Hon. Alicia Evelyn Browne, only dau. of 5th Baron Kilmaine, and had 1 son & 1 daughter. He died in 1984; his wife Alicia died in 1992.^[2]

His wife Ida died in 1949.^[2]

Archibald died on 1 April 1954 and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son.^[2] His death was registered in the SW district of Surrey in the second quarter of 1954.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2X3V-4KL
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} http://www.edmonstone.com/ - A 2 - Genealogy of the Edmonstones
3. ↑ Westminster Marriages, FindMyPast
4. ↑ England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVC6-C84T

• http://www.edmonstone.com/
• http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetse.htm