Augusta Le Poer (Trench) Childers (abt. 1823 - 1914)

Born about 1823 in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of William Henry (Priestly) Priestley — married 3 Feb 1858 (to 28 Sep 1861) in British Embassy, Paris, France

Wife of Charles Childers BA — married 10 Jun 1869 (to 15 Feb 1896) in Dresden, Germany

Died 10 Dec 1914 at about age 91 in Florence, Italy

Biography

Augusta Le Poer Trench was born in about 1823 and was baptised at South Hamlet in Gloucestershire on 10 September 1823^[1]. She was the daughter of Robert Trench and Letitia Dillon.

In the England Census of 1851, Augusta Le Poor Trench (aged 27 and single) was recorded in the household of her mother Letitia Le Poer Trench (66) in Bathampton, Somerset, England. Also in the household were two of her nephews Robert Burrowes (9) and Edward Mansfield, three visitors and five servants^[2].

She married Reverend William Henry Priestly on 3 February 1858 at the British Embassy in Paris, France. Notice of their marriage was printed on page 12 of the Dorset County Chronicle dated 25 February 1858:

PRIESTLY —TRENCH.—Feb. 3, at the British Embassy, Paris the Rev. William Henry Priestly, to Augusta, youngest daughter of the late Colonel the Hon. Sir Robert Le Poer Trench, K.C.B., K.T.S.^[3]

They had one daughter; Florence Letitia Priestly (b. abt. 1861, d. 5 Oct 1941). Her husband William died on 28 September 1861.

She married, secondly, widower Reverend Charles Childers (the son of Colonel John Walbanke-Childers) on 10 June 1869 in Dresden, Germany^[4]. Notice of their wedding was printed on page 4 of the Globe newspaper dated 18 June 1869:

CHILDERS-PRIESTLY.- On the 10th inst., at the British Legation, Dresden, the Rev. Charles Childers. English chaplain at Nice and Canon of Gibraltar, to Augusta, widow of the Rev. W. H. Priestley, and youngest daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Sir Robert Le Poer Trench, K.C.B., K.T.S.^[5]

Her husband Charles was the Rector between 1884 and 1886 at Armthorpe, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1896.

Augusta Le Poer Childers died on 10 December 1914 and was buried at Cimitero Evangelico degli Allori, Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy^[6]. PLOT 2PPsSB VII 76s

Sources

1. ↑ WO 42 - War Office: Officers' Birth Certificates, Wills and Personal Papers WO 42. T.202
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGGY-7CH : 20 October 2017), Augusta Le Poor Trench in household of Letitia Le Poor Trench, Bathampton, Somerset, England; citing Bathampton, Somerset, England, p. , from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census,"
3. ↑ Dorset County Chronicle dated 25 February 1858 page 12 (requires subscription to view)
4. ↑ "Great Britain Marriages, 1797-1988", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HGXZ-HRZM : 10 June 2020), Charles Childers, 1869.
5. ↑ the Globe newspaper dated 18 June 1869 page 4 (requires subscription to view)
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160527359/augusta-le_poer-childers: accessed 16 December 2023), memorial page for Augusta Le Poer Trench Childers (unknown–10 Dec 1914), Find A Grave: Memorial #160527359, citing Cimitero Evangelico degli Allori, Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy; Maintained by Elisa Rolle (contributor 48982101)

See also:

• The Peerage