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The Galton Family….

Posted on 7th October 20142nd September 2016 by Kieran Hunter

The Galton family were first encountered in Dorset in the 16th century, and gradually, through five generations, moved via Hinton St. George in Somerset to Yatton in Somerset, where in Read More …

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The Carrow & Tomes Families….

Posted on 2nd September 20142nd September 2016 by Kieran Hunter

The Reverend Harry Carrow was curate of St. Andrew’s church Loxton from 1842-1850, when he became the rector until 1865. The descendants of Harry Carrow together with Fisher Tomes are Read More …

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Erasmus & John Lethbridge

Posted on 9th March 20132nd September 2016 by Kieran Hunter

The Lord of the Manor of Loxton Erasmus Galton, J.P.(1), D.L.(2), was the brother of Sir Francis Galton, cousin to Sir Douglas Strutt Galton, and half-cousin to Charles Darwin. Erasmus Read More …

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Eminent Members

Posted on 16th April 20052nd September 2016 by Kieran Hunter

In 1806 Mary Anne Galton (1778-1856) the daughter of Samuel John Galton, married Lambert Schimmelpennick, a Dutch tobacco trader. The family knew her as ‘Aunt Skim’. She seems to have Read More …

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Early Reminiscences of Elizabeth Anne Galton (Mrs. Edward Wheler) (1808-1906)

Posted on 25th May 20042nd September 2016 by Kieran Hunter

Alongside is a photograph of Mrs Edward Wheler (né–‘ Elizabeth Anne Galton) aged 96 taken in 1904. Elizabeth Anne Galton was the daughter of Samuel Tertius Galton and the eldest Read More …

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An extract from the Lethbridge Family Book written by Millicent Lethbridge

Posted on 16th May 20042nd September 2016 by Kieran Hunter

The following is an extract from the Lethbridge Family Book written by Millicent Lethbridge, the mother of John Guy Baron Lethbridge- Galton and niece of Erasmus Galton, at about the Read More …

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