Lennox Dutton Shrimpton

Lennox Dutton Shrimpton was the son of Alexander James and Kate Elizabeth Shrimpton (née Kaines).

His father Alexander James was born in 1863 in Alresford, Hampshire, the son of William and Eliza Shrimpton (née Dutton). The family was living in Winchester in 1881; Alexander's father was a horse dealer and he was an auctioneer's junior clerk. Also in the home was his ten-year old brother, Francis (Frank), who died in 1891; three other brothers had predeceased them. In 1891, Alexander, a commission agent, was one of nine boarders living at 40 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, in the household of a married couple, William Haughton, a caretaker, and his wife Martha, a matron.

His mother, Kate Elizabeth Kaines, was born in Twyford, Hampshire, in 1864, the daughter of Joseph Leonard, a butcher, and Harriet Elizabeth (née Vokes). She was baptised at Twyford parish church on 9 April the same year. In 1881 the family was living at Water Farm, Twyford; Kate, a dressmaker's apprentice, was the eldest of eight children (five girls, three boys).

Alexander, a draper, and Kate were married at Hyde St Bartholomew, Hampshire, on 26 December 1892 and had three children who were born in Notitngham: Lennox Dutton b. 1893 (OND), Winifred Ethel Louise b. 1898 (JAS) and Edith Janet Laura b. 1902 (AMJ). Lennox was baptised at Hyson Green St. Paul on 13 May 1894 and his sister Winifred at Hyson Green St Stephen on 13 November 1898.

The family was living at 143 Noel Street at the time of Lennox's baptism and at 2 Belton Street when his sister was baptised. Winifred died aged two in 1900 (JAS).

By 1901 Alexander, a draper and clothier, his wife and their son Lennox were living at 38 Burford Road. Also in the household was a boarder, John Henry Bligh (29), an Anglican clergyman, and a female domestic servant. Lennox's sister, Edith, was born the following year.

Alexander died on 10 June 1908 at St Leonard's-on-Sea (Borough of Hastings), East Sussex, and was buried in Hastings Cemetery. His home address was 38 Burford Road, Nottingham.

His widow and their two children were living at 11 Cambria Grove, Nottingham, in 1911. Lennox was a draper's assistant but enlisted in the Grenadier Guards later that year.

A report of Lennox's death in 1914 gave his home address as 12 Ivy Grove, Sherwood Rise, Nottingham. It is likely that this was his mother's address but she and her daughter probably left Nottingham soon after as Kate's marriage to Charles R Read in 1916 (AMJ) was registered in Poole, Dorset. Edith's marriage to Thomas E Hatton in 1925 was registered in Winchester, Hampshire.

Kate Read was living in Hampshire when she died on 7 November 1955; her husband Charles had predeceased her. Administration of her Will was awarded to her married daughter, Edith.

Edith Hatton was living in Otterbourne, Hampshire, at the time of her death on 17 July 1967.