A-Z of People
(and occasional notable animal)
from or connected to Bevois Mount
(and occasional notable animal)
from or connected to Bevois Mount
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ASCUPART, legendary giant and comrade of Sir Bevois of Hamtun.
Leonard G. ANDREWS of Forster Road, died at the battle of Cambrai, November 1917, aged 19.
John H. AYLES of Forster Road, died at the battle of Arras March 1918, aged 25.
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Albert V. BALL , of Middle Street, died in action at the Dardanellles in December 1915.
Edward BANCE, (1842–1925) 47, The Avenue, three times mayor of Southampton.
Elanor BARNS/BARNES of Bevois Mount House, was principal of a private boarding school for girls 1871–1900.
Fiona BARNES, founding member and researcher for Bevois Mount History.
Arthur BARRINGER, ship steward of Padwell Road, at aged 33 lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
Maurice David BATCHELOR, of 29, Cambridge Road,was killed in action at Le Boeufs, November 1916.
Francis BENALI (1968–) popular and long serving Saints player who grew up in Cambridge Road.
Sir BEVOIS of Hamtun, local legend and namesake of the estate.
William BETTS, owner of Bevois Mount house.
William BONE (1836–1910) of 29, The Avenue, was Mayor of Southampton in 1893.
Miss M. BOSWELL, 109, Alma Road, secretary of the Southampton branch of the National Union of
Women’s Suffrage Societies 1909.
George BOWYER (1859–1945) pilot from Alma Road, sailed the Titanic from Southampton to the Nab on
its maiden voyage.
William BRICKNELL built Spear hall in 1765.
Frederick Lee BRIDELL (1830–1863), popular Victorian artist, born in Southampton. From 1857 his patron was
James Wolff shipping agent, who established a gallery of the artist’s work at Bevois Mount House.
Albert BRIXEY, 44, Liverpool Street, was killed in action whilst serving with the 21st Lancers in India,
May 1916.
Fred BRIXEY, 44, Liverpool Street, served with the Wiltshire Regiment died from his wounds in Iraq,
February 1917.
Thomas BROWNRIGG, Highcliff House, Highcliff Gardens, died whilst serving with the Royal Flying Corps
in August 1918.
Sidney Thomas BUNGEY, 9, Castle Street, survived the Battle of the Somme but was killed in action in
April 1917.
Levi BUTTON, Northwood Lodge, The Avenue, Mayor of Southampton 1894.
Gerald BYRNE (1861–1938) Ordnance Survey accountant and choir director of St. Edmund’s Church,
The Avenue.
Mary Rose BYRNE, the ill fated wife of Saints player John McCoy (aka Jack Mckie), grew up in Bevois Mount.
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Robert Shedden Sulyarde CARY (1828–1898) resident of Bevois Mount House, inherited Torre Abbey Devon.
Percy CAREY, 138, Avenue Road, served with the Corps of the Royal Engineers and was killed in action in
July 1917.
Henry William CHICK, of 21, Earls Road, was serving with the Hampshire Regiment when killed in action in
May 1915.
Archibald CHITTY, a baker aged 28 of Bevois Valley Road, lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
George CHITTY, ship steward aged 52 of Bevois Valley Road, lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
Brian COFFEY, poet, philosopher and scientist, resident of Alma Road 1973–1995.
Annette Rigbye COLLINS (1822-1893) daughter of Sir John Lethbridge, lived at Bevois Hill House, 1871-1893.
Herbert COLLINS, Southampton architect, designed 92-112 Lodge Road and Ascupart House.
Captain Christopher Rigbye COLLINS (1809–1891) of the 16th Lancers lived in Bevois Hill House , 1871-1891.
Ernest Arthur COLLIS, Rosetrevor, Castle Street, of the Hampshire Regiment was killed in action June 1917.
Percy Harold COLLIS, brother of Ernest, was serving with the Hampshire Regiment when killed in action
July 1917.
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Walter James DACOMBE, 74, Alma Road, Mayor of Southampton in 1915.
Charles DAY (1770–1846) 1834 founded Day, Summers & Co., Northam.
Charles Arthur DAY (1816–1892) owner of Day, Summers & Co., engineers and shipbuilders, Northam.
George Fiott DAY (1820–1876) born at Spear Hall. First Southampton recipient of the Victoria Cross.
Eileen De LISLE, author of Nine Betts Lane and Inherited Fear, which tell the story of an Avenue Road family.
Hippolyte le Cocq Du DOMAINE (1881–1911) 38, The Avenue, professor of French.
Henry Dyer, an engineer aged 24 of Middle Street, lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
Samuel Dyte, born 1846, baker of Warner & Dyte bakers, Cambridge Road, c. 1871–1913.
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EMPRESS the horse that pulled the cart of milk, ladled from churns to customers, for Vines Model Dairies.
Henry ETCHES, ship steward of Gordon Avenue, at aged 41 survived the sinking of the Titanic.
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John Goodman FAY of J.G. Fay & Co., yacht builders and chandlers, lived at 14, The Avenue c. 1887–1913.
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Thomas Sandon HACK, Southampton architect, resident of Bevois Mount House 1841–1848.
Maria HACK, children’s author, lived at Bevois Hill House till her death in 1844.
Captain Herbert HADDOCK, first Captain of the Titanic, lived at 40 The Avenue (now 144 Lodge Road).
Arthur HALESTRAP (1898-2004) M.B.E., Legion d’honneur, grew up in Cedar Road.
Arthur HALESTRAP snr. (1872–1953) a police constable, lived in Cedar Road for at least 40 years.
Ally HAYES, researcher for Bevois Mount History.
Des HAYWARD, founding member of Bevois Mount History.
John HAYWARD, founding member and ‘Commander’ of Bevois Mount History.
Edward HORNE lived at Bevois Mount House 1791–1808.
Henry and Sophia HULTON, residents of Bevois Mount House and ancestors of David Cameron.
Humphrey HUMPHREYs, ship steward aged 31 of Rockstone Lane, lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
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Mary ISTED of Ecton, wife of William Sotheby and resident of Bevois Mount House from 1780–1791.
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Major General Sir Henry JAMES, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey 1854–1875.
Frank Jordan, attended Bevois Town School and played for Southampton Football club 1905–1910.
Josian, wife of Sir Bevois of Hamtun.
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Percy Keen, ship steward of Rigby Road, at aged 28 survived the sinking of the Titanic.
Thomas Kemp, an engineer of Cedar Road, at aged 43 lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
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Sir James LEMON , public health reformer and Mayor of Southampton (1891 & 1892) lived at 11, The Avenue
for 50 years.
Thomas (Tommy) LEWIS, Trade Unionist, Alderman and Labour MP for Southampton. Spent last 11 years of
his life at 66, Alma Rd.
Henry LINNEY , 10, Dover Street, served with the Military Police dying of bronchitis in France in February 1917.
Albert Durer LUCAS, artist, lived at 50, Padwell Road 1887–1918.
George LUNGLEY, ship builder and resident of Spear Hall, 1859–1868.
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Charles MARKHAM R.N., 102, Bevois Valley Road, was lost on the sinking of H.M.S. Britannia
9th November 1918.
John MARKS, pantryman aged 26 of Livingston Road, lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
Isaac MAYNARD, a cook of Earls Road, at aged 30 survived the sinking of the Titanic.
Frank McFADDEN (1857–1933) artist of Avenue Road.
John McFADDEN (b. 1822) lived in Norman House, Avenue Road 1871. Married to Lucy.
Lucy McFADDEN (nee Blackey, b. 1825) lived in Norman House, Avenue Road 1871. Had seven children with John.
Eric MEADUS, Southampton artist, born in Rigby Road 1931.
Frederick Clifford MILLER, a Chief Steward from 19, Spear Road, died when S.S. South Western was torpedoed
March 1918.
Arthur MINNS, greengrocer and sub-postmaster at 93, Alma Road c. 1913–1940.
William MINNS , related to Arthur, butcher at 91, Alma Road. c. 1907–1940.
Lawrence MITCHELL, a trimmer aged 18 of Bevois Valley Road, lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
Charles MORDAUNT, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and first owner of the Bevois Mount Estate.
General Sir John MORDAUNT, nephew of the 3rd Earl and owner of the Bevois Mount Estate from 1755–1780.
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Captain Nathaniel Ross NEILSON, Alma Road, joined the Union Castle Line in 1879, serving as Captain
1895–1921.
William Albert NIGHTINGALE R.N., The Royal Arms, 19, Padwell Road, died on H.M.S. Victory April 1916.
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Lewis OWEN, ship steward of Earls Road, at age 49 lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
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James PARR (1848–1913), son of John Parr jnr., coach builder and inventor, Avenue Carriage Manufactory,
London Road.
John PARR senior (1785–1859), Bevois Mount estate Coachman and owner of Carlton & Anglesea Mews.
John PARR junior (1815–1897) born on Bevois Mount estate, stable proprietor Bedford Mews, Carlton Place.
Captain Edgar PENNY, Trinity House pilot for the Union Castle Line, lived at 33, Avenue Road c. 1916-1940.
He called the near and offside of his car “port and starboard” and apologised for not being very good
at “going astern”.
William PENNY, ship steward aged 29 of Lodge Road, lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
Miss PICKARD had St Faith’s Mission Hall (now Bevois Town Church) built in memory of her sister.
Rev. Thomas A. PINCKNEY (1809–1887) freed slave from South Carolina, lived in Avenue Road, 1871–1887.
R.K. PINHORNE, Chandler & Co., shop on corner of Portswood Road/Alma Road, and Cambridge Road
garage c. 1935.
Alexander POPE, poet, friend of Charles Mordaunt and frequent visitor to Bevois Mount.
Harold PRIOR, ship steward of Padwell Road, at aged 22 survived the sinking of the Titanic.
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Anastasia ROBINSON, opera singer who often worked with G.F. Handel, was resident of Bevois Mount House
1723–1755.
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Jemima SAWYER, Thanet House, Bevois (now Lodge) Road, secretary of the first Southampton Women’s
Suffrage Society 1870.
Derek SHACKLETON (1924–2007) Hampshire and England Bowler who lived in Cavendish Grove.
Robert SHEDDEN (b. 1776) resident of Bevois Mount House in 1841, was High Sherriff of Southampton, 1822.
Charles SILLENCE, mechanic at Cambridge Road Garage 1928–1935.
Alfred SIMMONS, a scullion of Bevois Valley Road, at aged 20 survived the sinking of the Titanic.
Rear Admiral Charles SOTHEBY, midshipman at the Battle of the Nile with Lord Nelson, was born at
Bevois Mount.
William SOTHEBY, poet, resident of Bevois Mount House 1780–1791.
Jonathan SPILSBURY (1737–1812) engraver and portrait painter, resident of ‘Bevers Hill’ Southampton.
Maria SPILSBURY (1776–1820, patron George IV) resident of ‘Bevers Hill’ Southampton.
Nathaniel ST. ANDRE, neighbour and owner of Bellevue Estate, frequent visitor to Bevois Mount House.
John STEWART, a steward of Earls Road, at aged 27 survived the sinking of the Titanic.
William George STROUD R.N., 9, Rose Road, lost his life when his ship H.M.S. Bulwark sank in November 1914.
Johnathan SWIFT, author of Gulliver’s Travels and frequent visitor to Bevois Mount House.
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Tommaso TRAETTO, Italian composer of the opera Buovo d’Antona (Bevois of Southampton), 1756.
Benjamin THOMAS, a steward of Avenue Road, at age 32 survived the sinking of the Titanic.
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Thomas VEAL, a steward of Forster Road, at aged 38 lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
VOLTAIRE, writer and philosopher, frequent visitor to Bevois Mount House c. 1723.
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Henry WARNER (1826–1891) Master baker of Warner & Dyte bakery, Cambridge Road.
George Edward WEBB , 67, Alma Road, a private in the Dorchester Regiment died in action in France
January 1917.
Janet WEBB (nee Groves) lived at 19, Padwell Road where a German Heinkel crashed in 1941.
William Wise WEBB, brother of George Webb, a Lance Corporal died on the Western Front in France July 1916.
Walter WHITE, landlord of the York Tavern, York (now Methuen) Street c. 1910–1940.
William WINDEBANK snr. (1800–1879) was estate gardener c. 1820s – 1840s living in estate lodge house.
He became owner of Bevois Mount nurseries, living at ‘Holly Mount’, Avenue Road.
William WINDEBANK jnr. (1830–1878) of Windebank & Kingsbury nursery, was born on Bevois Mount estate.
William WINDEBANK b. 1866, grandson of William snr., Hon. Secretary of Southampton Ramblers Club,
Lodge Road.
James WOLFF, shipping agent and consul to Chile and Nicaragua, resident of Bevois Mount House and patron to artist Frederick Lee Bridell, from 1857.
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ASCUPART, legendary giant and comrade of Sir Bevois of Hamtun.
Leonard G. ANDREWS of Forster Road, died at the battle of Cambrai, November 1917, aged 19.
John H. AYLES of Forster Road, died at the battle of Arras March 1918, aged 25.
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Albert V. BALL , of Middle Street, died in action at the Dardanellles in December 1915.
Edward BANCE, (1842–1925) 47, The Avenue, three times mayor of Southampton.
Elanor BARNS/BARNES of Bevois Mount House, was principal of a private boarding school for girls 1871–1900.
Fiona BARNES, founding member and researcher for Bevois Mount History.
Arthur BARRINGER, ship steward of Padwell Road, at aged 33 lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
Maurice David BATCHELOR, of 29, Cambridge Road,was killed in action at Le Boeufs, November 1916.
Francis BENALI (1968–) popular and long serving Saints player who grew up in Cambridge Road.
Sir BEVOIS of Hamtun, local legend and namesake of the estate.
William BETTS, owner of Bevois Mount house.
William BONE (1836–1910) of 29, The Avenue, was Mayor of Southampton in 1893.
Miss M. BOSWELL, 109, Alma Road, secretary of the Southampton branch of the National Union of
Women’s Suffrage Societies 1909.
George BOWYER (1859–1945) pilot from Alma Road, sailed the Titanic from Southampton to the Nab on
its maiden voyage.
William BRICKNELL built Spear hall in 1765.
Frederick Lee BRIDELL (1830–1863), popular Victorian artist, born in Southampton. From 1857 his patron was
James Wolff shipping agent, who established a gallery of the artist’s work at Bevois Mount House.
Albert BRIXEY, 44, Liverpool Street, was killed in action whilst serving with the 21st Lancers in India,
May 1916.
Fred BRIXEY, 44, Liverpool Street, served with the Wiltshire Regiment died from his wounds in Iraq,
February 1917.
Thomas BROWNRIGG, Highcliff House, Highcliff Gardens, died whilst serving with the Royal Flying Corps
in August 1918.
Sidney Thomas BUNGEY, 9, Castle Street, survived the Battle of the Somme but was killed in action in
April 1917.
Levi BUTTON, Northwood Lodge, The Avenue, Mayor of Southampton 1894.
Gerald BYRNE (1861–1938) Ordnance Survey accountant and choir director of St. Edmund’s Church,
The Avenue.
Mary Rose BYRNE, the ill fated wife of Saints player John McCoy (aka Jack Mckie), grew up in Bevois Mount.
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Robert Shedden Sulyarde CARY (1828–1898) resident of Bevois Mount House, inherited Torre Abbey Devon.
Percy CAREY, 138, Avenue Road, served with the Corps of the Royal Engineers and was killed in action in
July 1917.
Henry William CHICK, of 21, Earls Road, was serving with the Hampshire Regiment when killed in action in
May 1915.
Archibald CHITTY, a baker aged 28 of Bevois Valley Road, lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
George CHITTY, ship steward aged 52 of Bevois Valley Road, lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
Brian COFFEY, poet, philosopher and scientist, resident of Alma Road 1973–1995.
Annette Rigbye COLLINS (1822-1893) daughter of Sir John Lethbridge, lived at Bevois Hill House, 1871-1893.
Herbert COLLINS, Southampton architect, designed 92-112 Lodge Road and Ascupart House.
Captain Christopher Rigbye COLLINS (1809–1891) of the 16th Lancers lived in Bevois Hill House , 1871-1891.
Ernest Arthur COLLIS, Rosetrevor, Castle Street, of the Hampshire Regiment was killed in action June 1917.
Percy Harold COLLIS, brother of Ernest, was serving with the Hampshire Regiment when killed in action
July 1917.
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Walter James DACOMBE, 74, Alma Road, Mayor of Southampton in 1915.
Charles DAY (1770–1846) 1834 founded Day, Summers & Co., Northam.
Charles Arthur DAY (1816–1892) owner of Day, Summers & Co., engineers and shipbuilders, Northam.
George Fiott DAY (1820–1876) born at Spear Hall. First Southampton recipient of the Victoria Cross.
Eileen De LISLE, author of Nine Betts Lane and Inherited Fear, which tell the story of an Avenue Road family.
Hippolyte le Cocq Du DOMAINE (1881–1911) 38, The Avenue, professor of French.
Henry Dyer, an engineer aged 24 of Middle Street, lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
Samuel Dyte, born 1846, baker of Warner & Dyte bakers, Cambridge Road, c. 1871–1913.
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EMPRESS the horse that pulled the cart of milk, ladled from churns to customers, for Vines Model Dairies.
Henry ETCHES, ship steward of Gordon Avenue, at aged 41 survived the sinking of the Titanic.
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John Goodman FAY of J.G. Fay & Co., yacht builders and chandlers, lived at 14, The Avenue c. 1887–1913.
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Thomas Sandon HACK, Southampton architect, resident of Bevois Mount House 1841–1848.
Maria HACK, children’s author, lived at Bevois Hill House till her death in 1844.
Captain Herbert HADDOCK, first Captain of the Titanic, lived at 40 The Avenue (now 144 Lodge Road).
Arthur HALESTRAP (1898-2004) M.B.E., Legion d’honneur, grew up in Cedar Road.
Arthur HALESTRAP snr. (1872–1953) a police constable, lived in Cedar Road for at least 40 years.
Ally HAYES, researcher for Bevois Mount History.
Des HAYWARD, founding member of Bevois Mount History.
John HAYWARD, founding member and ‘Commander’ of Bevois Mount History.
Edward HORNE lived at Bevois Mount House 1791–1808.
Henry and Sophia HULTON, residents of Bevois Mount House and ancestors of David Cameron.
Humphrey HUMPHREYs, ship steward aged 31 of Rockstone Lane, lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
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Mary ISTED of Ecton, wife of William Sotheby and resident of Bevois Mount House from 1780–1791.
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Major General Sir Henry JAMES, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey 1854–1875.
Frank Jordan, attended Bevois Town School and played for Southampton Football club 1905–1910.
Josian, wife of Sir Bevois of Hamtun.
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Percy Keen, ship steward of Rigby Road, at aged 28 survived the sinking of the Titanic.
Thomas Kemp, an engineer of Cedar Road, at aged 43 lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
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Sir James LEMON , public health reformer and Mayor of Southampton (1891 & 1892) lived at 11, The Avenue
for 50 years.
Thomas (Tommy) LEWIS, Trade Unionist, Alderman and Labour MP for Southampton. Spent last 11 years of
his life at 66, Alma Rd.
Henry LINNEY , 10, Dover Street, served with the Military Police dying of bronchitis in France in February 1917.
Albert Durer LUCAS, artist, lived at 50, Padwell Road 1887–1918.
George LUNGLEY, ship builder and resident of Spear Hall, 1859–1868.
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Charles MARKHAM R.N., 102, Bevois Valley Road, was lost on the sinking of H.M.S. Britannia
9th November 1918.
John MARKS, pantryman aged 26 of Livingston Road, lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
Isaac MAYNARD, a cook of Earls Road, at aged 30 survived the sinking of the Titanic.
Frank McFADDEN (1857–1933) artist of Avenue Road.
John McFADDEN (b. 1822) lived in Norman House, Avenue Road 1871. Married to Lucy.
Lucy McFADDEN (nee Blackey, b. 1825) lived in Norman House, Avenue Road 1871. Had seven children with John.
Eric MEADUS, Southampton artist, born in Rigby Road 1931.
Frederick Clifford MILLER, a Chief Steward from 19, Spear Road, died when S.S. South Western was torpedoed
March 1918.
Arthur MINNS, greengrocer and sub-postmaster at 93, Alma Road c. 1913–1940.
William MINNS , related to Arthur, butcher at 91, Alma Road. c. 1907–1940.
Lawrence MITCHELL, a trimmer aged 18 of Bevois Valley Road, lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
Charles MORDAUNT, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and first owner of the Bevois Mount Estate.
General Sir John MORDAUNT, nephew of the 3rd Earl and owner of the Bevois Mount Estate from 1755–1780.
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Captain Nathaniel Ross NEILSON, Alma Road, joined the Union Castle Line in 1879, serving as Captain
1895–1921.
William Albert NIGHTINGALE R.N., The Royal Arms, 19, Padwell Road, died on H.M.S. Victory April 1916.
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Lewis OWEN, ship steward of Earls Road, at age 49 lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
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James PARR (1848–1913), son of John Parr jnr., coach builder and inventor, Avenue Carriage Manufactory,
London Road.
John PARR senior (1785–1859), Bevois Mount estate Coachman and owner of Carlton & Anglesea Mews.
John PARR junior (1815–1897) born on Bevois Mount estate, stable proprietor Bedford Mews, Carlton Place.
Captain Edgar PENNY, Trinity House pilot for the Union Castle Line, lived at 33, Avenue Road c. 1916-1940.
He called the near and offside of his car “port and starboard” and apologised for not being very good
at “going astern”.
William PENNY, ship steward aged 29 of Lodge Road, lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
Miss PICKARD had St Faith’s Mission Hall (now Bevois Town Church) built in memory of her sister.
Rev. Thomas A. PINCKNEY (1809–1887) freed slave from South Carolina, lived in Avenue Road, 1871–1887.
R.K. PINHORNE, Chandler & Co., shop on corner of Portswood Road/Alma Road, and Cambridge Road
garage c. 1935.
Alexander POPE, poet, friend of Charles Mordaunt and frequent visitor to Bevois Mount.
Harold PRIOR, ship steward of Padwell Road, at aged 22 survived the sinking of the Titanic.
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Anastasia ROBINSON, opera singer who often worked with G.F. Handel, was resident of Bevois Mount House
1723–1755.
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Jemima SAWYER, Thanet House, Bevois (now Lodge) Road, secretary of the first Southampton Women’s
Suffrage Society 1870.
Derek SHACKLETON (1924–2007) Hampshire and England Bowler who lived in Cavendish Grove.
Robert SHEDDEN (b. 1776) resident of Bevois Mount House in 1841, was High Sherriff of Southampton, 1822.
Charles SILLENCE, mechanic at Cambridge Road Garage 1928–1935.
Alfred SIMMONS, a scullion of Bevois Valley Road, at aged 20 survived the sinking of the Titanic.
Rear Admiral Charles SOTHEBY, midshipman at the Battle of the Nile with Lord Nelson, was born at
Bevois Mount.
William SOTHEBY, poet, resident of Bevois Mount House 1780–1791.
Jonathan SPILSBURY (1737–1812) engraver and portrait painter, resident of ‘Bevers Hill’ Southampton.
Maria SPILSBURY (1776–1820, patron George IV) resident of ‘Bevers Hill’ Southampton.
Nathaniel ST. ANDRE, neighbour and owner of Bellevue Estate, frequent visitor to Bevois Mount House.
John STEWART, a steward of Earls Road, at aged 27 survived the sinking of the Titanic.
William George STROUD R.N., 9, Rose Road, lost his life when his ship H.M.S. Bulwark sank in November 1914.
Johnathan SWIFT, author of Gulliver’s Travels and frequent visitor to Bevois Mount House.
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Tommaso TRAETTO, Italian composer of the opera Buovo d’Antona (Bevois of Southampton), 1756.
Benjamin THOMAS, a steward of Avenue Road, at age 32 survived the sinking of the Titanic.
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Thomas VEAL, a steward of Forster Road, at aged 38 lost his life during the sinking of the Titanic.
VOLTAIRE, writer and philosopher, frequent visitor to Bevois Mount House c. 1723.
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Henry WARNER (1826–1891) Master baker of Warner & Dyte bakery, Cambridge Road.
George Edward WEBB , 67, Alma Road, a private in the Dorchester Regiment died in action in France
January 1917.
Janet WEBB (nee Groves) lived at 19, Padwell Road where a German Heinkel crashed in 1941.
William Wise WEBB, brother of George Webb, a Lance Corporal died on the Western Front in France July 1916.
Walter WHITE, landlord of the York Tavern, York (now Methuen) Street c. 1910–1940.
William WINDEBANK snr. (1800–1879) was estate gardener c. 1820s – 1840s living in estate lodge house.
He became owner of Bevois Mount nurseries, living at ‘Holly Mount’, Avenue Road.
William WINDEBANK jnr. (1830–1878) of Windebank & Kingsbury nursery, was born on Bevois Mount estate.
William WINDEBANK b. 1866, grandson of William snr., Hon. Secretary of Southampton Ramblers Club,
Lodge Road.
James WOLFF, shipping agent and consul to Chile and Nicaragua, resident of Bevois Mount House and patron to artist Frederick Lee Bridell, from 1857.
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