25th Generation

678. Edward Bowles Knottesford FORTESCUE of Alveston³⁰ was born on 23 April 1816 in Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk. He was christened on 29 June 1816 in Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk. He appeared in the census in 1861 in 24 Kinoull St, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Occupation was Escapalian Clergyman his age given as 44, Frances a 41 and Marys as 19 Edward died on 18 August 1877 in Holloway, London. He was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, London. The Very Rev Edward Bowles Knottesford-Fortescue of Alveston, Dean of Perth Cathedral resumed the name of Fortescue as his last name. He was proprietor of Alveston Manor House, formerly Bridgetown House, near Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, about 20 miles from Cookhill. It was built as a hospital for sick monks of Worcester. Dean Fortescue
married Miss Frances Anne Spooner and secondly Gertrude Robins.

Edward Bowles Knottesford FORTESCUE of Alveston and Frances Anne SPOONER were married on 15 November 1838 in Elmdon, Warwickshire. Frances Anne SPOONER³⁰ was born on 11 August 1818 in Elmdon, Warwickshire. She was christened on 11 September 1818 in Elmdon, Warwickshire. She died on 30 October 1868 in Perthshire, Scotland.

Edward Bowles Knottesford FORTESCUE of Alveston and Frances Anne SPOONER had the following children:

+797	i.	Capt Edward Francis Knottesford FORTESCUE of Alveston Manor.
+798	ii.	Mary FORTESCUE.
799	iii.	John FORTESCUE30 was born in 1843 in Cookhill, Worcester.
800	iv.	Laurence FORTESCUE30 was born on 17 August 1845. He died on 26 January 1924.
+801	v.	George Knottesford FORTESCUE.
+802	vi.	Vincent Knottesford FORTESCUE M.A. Of Cookhill.
803	vii.	Charles Ninian FORTESCUE30 died in 1858.

Gertrude ROBINS (private).

Edward Bowles Knottesford FORTESCUE of Alveston and Gertrude ROBINS had the following children:

+804	i.	Clara Mary Katherine FORTESCUE.
805	ii.	Adrian Henry FORTESCUE57 was born in 1874. He appeared in the census in 1881 in 40 Park Road, Hamstead, London. He appeared in the census in 1911 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. RG14PN7577 RG78PN371 RD136 SD1 ED8 SN279 Hitchin, Hertfordshire FORTESCUE, Adrian Head 1874 37  M Single Roman Catholic Priest Hampstead, London Adrian died on 22 February 1923. Taken from dates recorded in National Library Canberra about his Book "The Misssal" published by Burns and Oates, London Also on the net as 11 Feb 1923 Winifred Fortescue in her book "THERE'S ROSEMARY... THERE'S RUE wrote about a fascinating relation Adrian. He wrote to the historian John (Winifred's husband) after being told indirectly that he was no relation to them. "We were cousins in the 14th century. Mine is the elder but undistinguished branch. It did remain however loyal to its King and Faith which is more than yours did. We discovered him to be, in spite his early middle age a man of immense learning. He was a marvelous linguist, and enjoyed in learning abstruse and difficult tongues and dialects. He knew and loved the desert tribes; had traveled in the east disguised as an Arab and once had to kill a man in self-defence. He was an expert on old church music, on the liturgy, ritual and vestments of the Roman Catholic Church of which he was an ordained priest; a very good water colour artist besides being an erudite scholar with a comprehensive knowledge of the classics; he appeared to read every book that was written from abstruse scientific works to trashy novels, which, when sleepless, he devoured at a rate of three a night." .
806	iii.	Gertrude Rhaphael FORTESCUE57 was born in 1875. She appeared in the census in 1881 in 40 Park Road, Hamstead, London.