Athelstan Braxton Hicks (abt. 1855 - 1902)

Ancestors

Died 20 May 1902 at about age 47 in Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Served as Coroner in southwest London and Surrey in the 1880s-1890s where he was known as being especially thorough in investigating children's deaths, regularly opening inquests, earning him the nickname of "The Children's Coroner". He was active in bringing awareness to suffocation by "overlying" in shared beds as a cause of death, especially where parental intoxication was involved.

Married c. Oct.-Dec. 1883 to "the only daughter of a popular surgeon of Belgravia"^[1].

Occupation

1881: Barrister At Law

1880s-1890s: Coroner, Surrey and SW London

Sources

1. ↑ Chemist and Druggist: The Newsweekly for Pharmacy, Volume 42, Benn Brothers, 1893

• Massacre of the Innocents: Infanticide in Great Britain 1800-1939, Lionel Rose, 1986
• Songs of Innocence: The Story of British Childhood, Fran Abrams, 2012
• Chemist and Druggist: The Newsweekly for Pharmacy, Volume 42, Benn Brothers, 1893

Census

• England and Wales Census, 1881, household of John B Hicks (St George Hanover Square, London,Middlesex, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast

Marriage

• England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005, Atheletas Braxton Hicks, Oct.-Dec. 1883; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast, St. George Hanover Square, London, England

Death

• British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries, Athelstan Braxton Hicks, 1902

Research Notes

• Atheletas Braxton Hicks probably married one of the following people (see:England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005, Atheletas Braxton Hicks, Oct.-Dec. 1883; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast, St. George Hanover Square, London, England):
  • George Henry Lane
  • Ansley Eliza Mercer
  • Fanny Sarah Sutton
• Work through Chemist and Druggist: The Newsweekly for Pharmacy, Volume 42, Benn Brothers, 1893
• "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q26M-Q51D : 8 March 2017), A Braxton Hicks, 1902.
• "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2N59-SHC : 31 December 2014), Athelstan B Hicks, 1902; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, St. George Hanover Square, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9XR-36N : 28 August 2015), John Athelston Braxton Hicks, Epsom, Surrey, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Epsom subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
• "England, London Electoral Registers, 1847-1913," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99FL-QVJ4?cc=2228170&wc=3FHL-92H%3A1068630103%2C1068631101 : 14 May 2014), Borough of Saint George, Hanover Square division > image 224 of 312; London Metropolitan Archives, London.
• May have consulted on Jack the Ripper cases.