John ECCLES John Gilbert Luis ECCLES Constance Mary Luis ECCLES Dennis Lynton Luis ECCLES Florence Emily LOCKE Victoria Mary Luis FERNANDES Mini tree diagram

William Ernest Luis ECCLES (Cully)

between Oct 1879 and Dec 18791 -

Director William Eccles Sons & Co, Cotton Manufacturers & farmer17

Life History

between Oct 1879 and Dec 1879

Born in Preston.1

9th Jan 1880

Christened in Chorley, Leyland.2

Father - John Eccles
Mother - Victoria Mary Luis

3rd Apr 1881

Recorded in census in Preston, Longton (Farington House).3

5th Apr 1891

Recorded in census in Eastbourne (17 Victoria Place).4

In lodgings with Victoria Mary Luis Eccles, formerly Kay, née Fernandes

20th May 1892

Attended the funeral in Bamber Bridge, St Saviour.5

Of William Eccles (1830-1892)

1898

Educated Cambridge University, Trinity.6,7

Admitted.
Contemporary with :-
Henry Duncan Stanning (admitted 1900)
John Stanning (admitted 1896)
Joseph Edward Stanning (admitted 1898)

Research Note :-
Venn "Alumni Cantabrigienses" does not give a graduation date. According to an email from the Archivist at Trinity this is because it appears that he did not do so. In his opinion "he either failed completely or, more likely, he decided that he would not bother, using his time at Cambridge to make contacts and do plenty of horseracing."

30th Oct 1900

Mentioned in Will.8

Of John Eccles (1831-1905)
Annotated as "my son William Ernest Luis Eccles"

1901

Club Membership.12

Joined the Atheneaum Club - a Cambridge sporting club of aristocratic membership, in existence 1845-1938, with rooms in Trinity Street.
Cost - 10 shillings per term.

1901

Won in Cambridge.10,11

University Challenge Whip.
A horse race organised by the Athenaeum Club of Cambridge.
Text from engraved plaque on frame :-
1901 - W.E.L.Eccles' .... Master Gautby

31st Mar 1901

Recorded in census in Preston, Longton (Farington House).9

1902

Won in Cambridge.10,11

University Challenge Whip.
A horse race organised by the Athenaeum Club of Cambridge.
Text from engraved plaque on frame :-
1902 - W.E.L.Eccles' .... Master Gautby

1903

Won in Cambridge.10,11

University Challenge Whip.
A horse race organised by the Athenaeum Club of Cambridge.
Text from engraved plaque :-
1903 - W.E.L.Eccles' .... Master Gautby
Clause 5 of the Conditions (Rules) of the race states - "Any one winning the WHIP three years in succession may keep it, but must replace it by One of Equal Value."

2nd Sep 1903

Witness at wedding in Chorley, Leyland Parish Church.13

Of John Gilbert Luis Eccles & Hannah Mary Stanning

7th Oct 1903

Mentioned in Codicil to Will.8

Of John Eccles (1831-1905)
First codicil

13th Sep 1904

Mentioned in Codicil to Will.8

Of John Eccles (1831-1905)
Second codicil

23rd Oct 1905

Registered death in Preston.14

Of John Eccles

23rd Oct 1905

Resident in Preston, Longton (Farington House).14

2nd Dec 1905

Executor.15

Of the Will and Codicils of John Eccles (1831-1905)
Joint executor with :-
Victoria Mary Luis Eccles
John Gilbert Luis Eccles

1907

Directories.16

Barrett's Directory of Preston & Fylde Districts - 1907.
Bamber Bridge
Eccles, Wm., Ernest, Cotton spinner (William Eccles & Sons); h. Farington House.
Cotton Spinners & Manufacturers
Eccles Wm & Sons - Withy Trees Mill. Tel 412 &  413

2nd Apr 1911

Occupation Director William Eccles Sons & Co, Cotton Manufacturers & farmer.17

2nd Apr 1911

Recorded in census in Southam (Westfield, Moreton Morrell).17

Head of household
Rooms x 12
Staff x 3

29th Jul 1912

Married Florence Emily LOCKE in Westminster, Royal Bavarian Chapel.21,22

From Marriage Certificate :-
1) By certificate
2) Priest - Joseph Reardon & Registrar - Joseph R. Bond
3) Witnesses - Evelyn F Hargreaves, Mary Locke, J. B. Batten & V. M. L. Eccles
4) Groom - John Gilbert Luis Eccles, 32, Bachelor, Independant means, Hestfield, Moreton Morrell, Near Harwick
5) Father of the groom - John Eccles (deceased), Independant Means
6) Bride - Florence Emily Locke, 25, Spinster, 52 Jermyn Street, Piccadilly
7) Father of the bride - John Locke, Distiller

28th May 1913

Birth of son Dennis Lynton Luis ECCLES in Hampstead.18,19

21st Aug 1959

Death of Florence Emily LOCKE in Ireland, Dublin.20

Sources

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