Aubrey Bateman

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1881 Census (age 6) living at Hadley Green, Monken Hadley, Middlesex with parents, 10 siblings and 5 servants. Occupation; Scholar.

1891 Census (age 16) living in St Matthew's Parish, Reigate, Surrey. House called Hill Leigh(?), H<something> Bridge Road with parents, 7 siblings and 3 servants. Unmarried. Occupation; Merchants Clerk.

Found marriage on Ancestry and wifes full name matches initials on '01 census.

1901 Census (age 26) living as head at 38 Carlisle Road, Eastbourne, Sussex with wife, son and 3 servants. Occupation; Living on own means. Gives PoB as Hadley Barret, Herts.

1911 Census (from Wendy); Living as head at Shiphay House, Nr Torquay (24 rooms plus cellars) with wife, dau, 2xvisitors (Katherine Christine Herington?, 49, Widow, born Leek, and Henry Haslam, Underwriter) plus Butler, Cook, 2 Housemaids, Kitchen maid.

1921 Census; Living (age 45y5m) as 'head' at Shiphay House, Cockington, Newton Abbot with son and brother Eustace and 5 servants. Occupation; None. Occupying 25(!?!) rooms.

From Wendy H; At time of death living in Branscombe Devon. Left £83K after death duties. Six times Mayor of Bath.
Times august 21 1936: BATEMAN on August 18 1936 in a nursing home Bath Rose Nugent Longueville devoted and loved wife of Aubrey Bateman of 16 The Royal Crescent Bath and formerly of Shiphay House, South Devon, last surviving child of Eustace Meredyth Martin of Co.Galway. Funeral private by her wish.

From Wendy; Also found the marriage announcement for Aubrey Bateman: Times Thurs. 31 Aug. 1899 - At St Mary Abbot Kensington by A Ryder Bird cousin of groom, Aubrey Bateman of Hill Croft and Corpus Christie, Cambridge, 3rd son of late Horatio Bateman to Rose Nugent Longueville Martin of Clanricard Avenue, Hyde Park and Longueville, Eastbourne, younger daughter of the late Eustace Meredyth Martin MA Cantab, Solemnised in private due to recent sudden death of bridegroom's brother.

From Wendy H;Times 14 Jan 1955; Latest Wills. Mr.Aubrey Bateman of Branscombe near Seaton, Deon, six times Mayor of Bath, left £83,063 (duty paid £37,002). After legacies and bequests he left the remainder of his property to the Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, for the entire reconstruction of the interior of the chapel in an Anglican manner "with meticulous attention to a beautiful altar and sanctuary" stating the reason for his bequest was "that it was as a member of this college I met my wife to whom all my happiness in life is due".

From Wendy H; Focus on Design; Chapel of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; A new organ by Noel Mander, made possible from a generous bequest by the late Aubrey Bateman.

From Bath website; Prominent Mayors; Aubrey Bateman, 1928/29/34/40/41/42
Bateman was born in 1875 and came to Bath in 1923, having previously been a member of Devon County Council. He was elected to Bath City Council in 1925. In 1930, he launched an appeal to provide the City of Bath and the surrounding area with a new hospital. Unremitting effort and personal example secured the widest possible cooperation and the appeal was a complete success. The Bath Royal United Hospital, standing in large open grounds on the outskirts of Bath and providing pristine medical and surgical facilities, was erected at a cost of £155,000.

Entertained Haile Selassie in Bath !
http://www.anglo-ethiopian.org/publications/articles.php?type=O&reference=publications/occasionalpapers/papers/haileselassiebath.php

1934; Was joint-executor of his brother Eustace's estate.

Aubrey married Rose Nugent Longueville Martin, daughter of Eustace Meredyth Martin and Unknown, on 31 Aug 1899 in St Mary Abbot, Kensington, London. (Rose Nugent Longueville Martin was born in 1877 in London and died on 18 Aug 1936 in Bath.)