Born in France, Paris.1,2,3

n the Lloyd's Captain's Registers it is stated that he was born in Paris.

Baptised in Westminster, St James Piccadilly.3

From the Parish Register :-
"No. 75 23rd / Louis Raymond / Charles & Isabel / carrel / 61 The Firs Rectory Grove Clapham / Journalist / 15 March 1884 / W T Farmilor"

Research Note :-
Baptised same day as his sister Noemie

Recorded in census in Wandsworth, Clapham (Rectory Grove, 27).4

Occupation Apprentice - Crew of the "Elginshire".5

Travel.5

Arrived in Sydney, NSW, Australia, on the "Elginshire" from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Occupation Second mate - Crew of the "Elginshire".6

Travel.6

Arrived in Sydney, NSW, Australia, on the "Elginshire" from Vancouver, Canada

Occupation Mate - Crew of the "Elginshire".7

Travel.7

Arrived in Sydney, NSW, Australia, on the "Elginshire" from Mollendo, Peru.

Occupation First Mate - Crew of the "Elginshire".8

Travel.8

Arrived in Astoria, Oregon, USA, on the "Elginshire"  from Caldera, Chile.
Last residence - England

Qualification in London.1,2

Born - Paris 1884
Passed - London - 1908
Number of Certificate - 039097
No voyages listed

Appointed.9

Third Officer (temporary)
Chinese Maritime Customs Service

Career.9

Chinese Maritime Customs Service

Reading of Marriage Banns in Clapham, Holy Trinity.10

To be read the first three Sundays in July 1914
Groom - Louis Raymond Carrel, bachelor, Hankow, Chinese Cathedral Shanghai
Groom - Lucy Mabel Cooper, spinster, 99 Larkhall Rise,

Married Lucy Mabel COOPER in China, Shanghai, Holy Trinity Cathedral.23,12,24,25

From the Marriage Certificate :-
1) Vicar - W. H. Price
2) Witnesses - Isabel Carrel & T. F. G(illegible)
3) Groom - Louis Raymond Carrel, 30, bachelor, Master Mariner, Hankow
4) Father of the groom - Charles Carrel (deceased), journalist
5) Bride - Lucy Mabel Cooper, 25, spinster, Shanghai
6) Father of the bride - Philip Cooper, Chairman of a London City Company

From the Times :-
"On the 3rd Sept., at Shanghai, LOUIS RAYMOND CARREL, of Hankow, to LUCY MABEL, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. PHILIP COOPER, of Grove house, Larkhall-rise, Clapham, S.W."

Repeat of marriage in China, Hankow, British Consul General.11,12

From the Marriage Certificate :-
"Married in the British Consulate General, Hankow according to the provisions of the Foreign Marriage Act 1892"
1) Official - William Wilkinson, Consul General
2) Witnesses - H. J. Brett and J. C. Hill
3) Groom - Louis Raymond Carrel, 30, previously married at Holy Trinity Cathedral at Shanghai on the 3rd day of September 1914
4) Occupation of groom - Master Mariner
5) Residence of groom - Hankow
6) Father of groom - Charles Carrel (deceased) Journalist
7) Bride - Lucy Mabel Cooper, 25, previously married at Holy Trinity Cathedral at Shanghai on the 3rd day of September 1914
8) Residence of bride - Wandsworth
9) Father of the bride - Philip Cooper, Chairman of City Company

Occupation Customs Officer.13

Travel.13

Departed from London on the "Yokohama Maru" for Singapore
First class
Country of residence - China
Address in UK - 14 Prince of Wales Mansions, SW

Wrote will.14

This is the last Will and Testament of Louis Raymond Carrel of 99 Larkhall Rise Clapham in the County of London, Chinese Maritime Customs, made this fifteenth day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty seven.
I hereby revoke all Wills made by me at any time hereforeto. I appoint my wife Lucy Mabel Carrel to be my sole Executor and direct that all my Debts and Funeral Expenses shall be paid as soon as conveniently may be after my decease. I give and bequeath unto my wife Lucy Mabel Carrel all my worldly possessions. In the event of her pre-decease I give and bequeath all my worldly possessions in equal parts to my four children (...), (...), (...) and (...).
(Signed) L. R. Carrel
Signed by the said Testator Louis Raymond Carrel in the presence of us, present at the same time, who at his request and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses.
(Signed) M. Barbara Cooper, Spinster, 99 Larkhall Rise, SW4
(Signed) A. B. Cooper, Spinster, 99 Larkhall Rise, SW4

Occupation Customs Official.15

Travel.15

Departed from London on the "Kashgar" for Shanghai.
First class
Travelling with Lucy Mabel Carrel née Cooper and one child
Address in UK - 99 Larkhall Rise, SW4

Occupation Acting Coast Inspector in China, Shanghai.16

From :-
T. Roger Bannister (1932), "The coastwise lights of China: an illustrated account of the Chinese Maritime Customs Light Service". Shanghai.
"Author's Note
It is with pleasure that I have gratefully to acknowledge the invaluable co-operation of (...) and Captain L. R. Carrel, Acting Coast Inspector ..."

Occupation Chinese Maritime Customs.17

Travel.17

Arrived in London on the "Chitral" from Shanghai
Class - First
Travelling with - Lucy Mabel Carrel née Cooper and one child
Address in UK - 99 Lark Hill Rise, Clapham, London SW

Career.18

From the London Gazette :-
"The KING has been pleased to give and grant unto the undermentioned gentlemen His Majesty's Royal licence and authority to wear the following Decorations which have been conferred upon them by the President of the Republic of China, in recognition of valuable services rendered by them in the Chinese Maritime Customs Service :-
(...)
ORDER OF THE STRIPED TIGER
Insignia of the Fourth class,
Louis Raymond Carrel, Esq., River Inspector"

Career.19

From :-
China, Maritime Customs (1936), "Custom Service, Officers in charge, 1921-1935. Fifth supplementary issue." Shanghai, Statistical Department of the Inspectorate General of Customs.
INDEX OF NAMES
(...)
Carrel, L.R. Coast Inspectors.
(...)
MARINE DEPARTMENT
F.-Coast Inspectors
From 1st July 1927 to 30th June 1935
(...)
No.348 - L.R.Carrel - Acting Coast Inspector 16th April 1932. - 15th April 1933
(...)
No.351 - L.R.Carrel - Coast Inspector 16th April 1934. - 14th June 1935
(...)
(Signed)
L. R. CARREL
Coast Inspector
Marine Department
Shanghai, 17th March 1936.

Occupation Master Mariner.20

Travel.20

Departed from Southampton on the "Empress of Britain" for Quebec.
Country of residence - Shanghai
Address in UK - c/o Wakefield Fortune & Co, 32 Shaftesbury Avenue, WI

Died in China, Shanghai, County Hospital.21,22

No cause of death included on Death Certificate
From the Death Certificate :-
1) Rank, profession and claim to citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies of British Nationality - Coast Inspector Chinese Maritime Customs, Born in France, father born in Wales.
2) Residence at time of death - 75, Route Ferguson, Shanghai, China,
3) Signature, description and residence of informant - Lucy Mabel Carrel Widow, 75 Route Ferguson Shanghai, Shanghai Municipal Council Certificate of Death dated 2.1.1940.
4) When registered - Ninth January 1940
5) Signature of consular officer - A. T. Cox, Vice-Consul

Probate in China, Shanghai, Foreign Office Supreme Court.14

From documents in the National Archives - FO 917/3897 :-

Date of Will - 15 June 1927
Date of Death - 2nd January 1940
Date of Grant - 29th January 1940
Sworn at £1,605, 3s, 2d.
Exemplification issued on 25th July 1940
Home address - 75 Route Ferguson, Shanghai
Cremated in Bubbling Well Crematorium

Probate in Hong Kong, Supreme Court.14

Resealed in the Supreme Court of Hong Kong in the Probate Jurisdiction

Probate in London, Principal Registry.14

Resealed in the Principal Probate Registry of the High Court of Justice in England.