{"id":288,"date":"2018-05-09T21:50:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T21:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lytle.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=288"},"modified":"2018-05-24T15:44:55","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T15:44:55","slug":"belford-family","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lytle.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=288","title":{"rendered":"Belford Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ada<\/strong> Belford<\/strong>\u00a0 (1864<\/strong> –<\/strong> 1955)<\/b><\/h1>\n

<\/b>Ada\u2019s parents were John Belford and Matilda Masters. John\u2019s parents were James and Harriet Belford. Matilda\u2019s mother was Hannah Masters.<\/p>\n

Ada<\/em> Gertrude<\/em> Belford<\/em> was<\/em> my<\/em> husband\u2019s<\/em> mother.<\/em> Her<\/em> family<\/em> had<\/em> come<\/em> from<\/em> St<\/em> Helier<\/em> in<\/em> Jersey,<\/em> and<\/em> were<\/em> jewellers,<\/em> mainly<\/em> French,<\/em> and<\/em> sometime<\/em> marrying<\/em> English<\/em> spouses.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Ada\u2019s<\/em> father<\/em> had<\/em> migrated<\/em> to<\/em> London,<\/em> where<\/em> he<\/em> was<\/em> a<\/em> f<\/em>i<\/em>reman<\/em> with<\/em> the<\/em> City<\/em> of<\/em> London<\/em> fire<\/em> service<\/em> from<\/em> the<\/em> 1860\u2019s.<\/em> He<\/em> had<\/em> five<\/em> daughters<\/em> (named<\/em> Alice,<\/em> Laura,<\/em> Ada,<\/em> Rose<\/em> and<\/em> Blanche)<\/em> and<\/em> one<\/em> son,<\/em> John,<\/em> who<\/em> died<\/em> young.<\/em> Mr<\/em> Belford<\/em> was<\/em> offered<\/em> the<\/em> head<\/em> of<\/em> the<\/em> Nottingham<\/em> Fire<\/em> Service<\/em> position,<\/em> and<\/em> his<\/em> daughters<\/em> were<\/em> all<\/em> employed<\/em> in<\/em> the<\/em> town.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Three<\/em> of<\/em> the<\/em> girls<\/em> were<\/em> school<\/em> teachers:<\/em> one<\/em> became<\/em> head<\/em> of<\/em> an<\/em> infant<\/em> school,<\/em> one<\/em> head<\/em> of<\/em> a<\/em> special<\/em> school<\/em> for<\/em> tuberculosis<\/em> children<\/em> who<\/em> had<\/em> to<\/em> be<\/em> taught<\/em> outdoors<\/em> throughout<\/em> the<\/em> year.<\/em> One<\/em> was<\/em> a<\/em> dressmaker<\/em> named<\/em> Rose,<\/em> who<\/em> married<\/em> a<\/em> Jersey<\/em> man<\/em> called<\/em> Jack<\/em> Renouf,<\/em> a<\/em> curator<\/em> at<\/em> the<\/em> National<\/em> Portrait<\/em> Gallery<\/em> in<\/em> London.<\/em> During<\/em> the<\/em> Second<\/em> World<\/em> War,<\/em> in<\/em> 1941,<\/em> Jack<\/em> died<\/em> in<\/em> Grand<\/em> Avenue,<\/em> Bournemouth,<\/em> where<\/em> he<\/em> and<\/em> Aunt<\/em> Rose<\/em> had<\/em> retired<\/em> from<\/em> a<\/em> London<\/em> flat<\/em> in<\/em> Westbourne<\/em> Grove,<\/em> and<\/em> later<\/em> at<\/em> 59<\/em> Redcliffe<\/em> Road,<\/em> SW10.<\/em> We<\/em> visited<\/em> them<\/em> during<\/em> the<\/em> George<\/em> V\u2019s<\/em> celebrations<\/em> in<\/em> May<\/em> 1935.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Ada<\/em> became<\/em> head<\/em> of<\/em> a<\/em> hosiery<\/em> factory<\/em> department<\/em> (I<\/em> think<\/em> Morleys)<\/em> and<\/em> at<\/em> 36<\/em> \u2013<\/em> 37,<\/em> in<\/em> 1903,<\/em> she<\/em> married<\/em> Eli<\/em> Thomas<\/em> Bestow.<\/em> They<\/em> had<\/em> one<\/em> child,<\/em> Alfred<\/em> James<\/em> Carington.<\/em> The<\/em> last<\/em> name<\/em> was<\/em> added<\/em> to<\/em> male<\/em> children<\/em> because<\/em> the<\/em> related<\/em> Carington<\/em> family<\/em> were<\/em> squires<\/em> in<\/em> Leicestershire<\/em> at<\/em> Ashby<\/em> (Forville),<\/em> and<\/em> one<\/em> was<\/em> an<\/em> M.P.<\/em> in<\/em> the<\/em> late<\/em> 19<\/em>th<\/em>\u00a0century.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Lord Carrington, who added an \u2018r\u2019to the spelling of his name, became a minister in Margaret Thatcher\u2019s Government during the 1970\u2019s and 80\u2019s. When Roger and I married in 1976 in Chelsea Registry Office, the young registrar commented on my birth certificate, where the name of my Father was given as Alfred James Carington Bestow, and he said he was a friend of Toby Carrington, Lord Carrington\u2019s son. Was my family connected? It was all too much to go into while we were exchanging vows, so I just said I did not know.)<\/p>\n

An<\/em> interesting<\/em> connection:<\/em> A.J.\u2019s<\/em> (our note: Ruth always referred to Alfred James, her husband, as A.J.) maternal<\/em> family,<\/em> a<\/em> Belford,<\/em> and<\/em> a<\/em> cousin<\/em> I<\/em> believe,<\/em> married<\/em> Frederick<\/em> Lonsdale,<\/em> whose<\/em> family<\/em> were<\/em> connected<\/em> with<\/em> the<\/em> Fox\u2019s<\/em> (this<\/em> generation<\/em> are<\/em> Robert,<\/em> James<\/em> and<\/em> Edward).<\/em> Their<\/em> father<\/em> had<\/em> been<\/em> a<\/em> theatrical<\/em> agent<\/em> and<\/em> play<\/em> director.<\/em> Frederick<\/em> Lonsdale<\/em> was<\/em> a<\/em> Liverpudlian<\/em> and<\/em> in<\/em> the<\/em> 1900\u2019s<\/em> \u2013<\/em> 1920\u2019s<\/em> was<\/em> a<\/em> famous<\/em> playwright.<\/em> I<\/em> studied<\/em> parts<\/em> from<\/em> \u2018Lady<\/em> Windermere\u2019s<\/em> Fan\u2019<\/em> for<\/em> one<\/em> of<\/em> my<\/em> degrees<\/em> in<\/em> 1924.<\/em> (<\/em>our note: we assume that Lonsdale had directed Oscar Wilde\u2019s play).Frederick<\/em> Lonsdale<\/em> later<\/em> lived<\/em> in<\/em> London<\/em> with<\/em> an<\/em> Ellen<\/em> Fox<\/em> and<\/em> had<\/em> a<\/em> daughter,<\/em> Angela<\/em> Fox,<\/em> out<\/em> of<\/em> wedlock,<\/em> who<\/em> married<\/em> an<\/em> actor<\/em> and<\/em> is<\/em> now<\/em> an<\/em> author.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ada Belford\u00a0 (1864 – 1955) Ada\u2019s parents were John Belford and Matilda Masters. John\u2019s parents were James and Harriet Belford. Matilda\u2019s mother was Hannah Masters. Ada Gertrude Belford was my husband\u2019s mother. Her family had come from St Helier in Jersey, and were jewellers, mainly French, and sometime marrying English spouses. Ada\u2019s father had migrated … <\/p>\n

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