John Ashton Fielden (1859 - 1942)

Ancestors

Died 31 Oct 1942 at age 82 in Holmwood, Peterborough, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Child: John Ashton was born 11 December 1859 (1859-1942) son of Samuel, who inherited the bulk of the Fielden fortune. ^[1]

In the 1861 census of Todmorden, Lancashire, he is 1. Samuel (cotton merchant and manufacturer) is 45 and Sarah 39.

In the 1871 census he is 11, a boarder at Felsted Grammer School, Todmorden, Lancashire. ^[2]

In 1874 he is listed as a boarder in the Harrow School Register, in Bowen House. ^[3]

In the 1891 census of 10 Princes St, St Mary, Huntingdonshire he is 31, single. He has a housekeeper, groom, and 2 servants.

He funded the Fielden Hospital on Langfield Hill out of the family estate. The Fielden Hospital was built at Leebottom in 1892 by John Ashton Fielden, who was carrying out the wishes of his father, the late Mr. Samuel Fielden of Centre Vale. Samuel had long displayed an interest in the welfare of children and the building of a children's hospital had always been his dearest wish. ^[4]

In the 1900 electoral roll John Ashton Fielden is registered at Higher house, Cragg vale, Sowerby, West Yorkshire. [now Luddendenfoot, Hebden Bridge].^[5]

In the 1901 census he is 41, at Debden Hall, an employer, with 8 servants. ^[6]

In the 1911 census of Holmewood House, Holme, Peterborough^[7] he is 52, single, with a house of 10 servants.

John Ashton Fielden of Holmwood near Peterborough, died on 31 October 1942.

In the probate of his will his estate is valued at £1.4 million. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ The Fielden Papers
2. ↑ iCensus Returns of England and Wales, 1871/i. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1871. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England.
3. ↑ Harrow School Register 1801-1893
4. ↑ [https://566.myt.li/tours/1601289893/stops/259825885/index.html Smallpox and Isolation Southall Hospital - audio
5. ↑ West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 for John Ashton Fielden, Sowerby, 1900
6. ↑ 1901 England Census for John A Fielden, Debden, Essex
7. ↑ iCensus Returns of England and Wales, 1911/i. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA) Series RG14, 1911. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England.
8. ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for John Ashton Fielden, 1943