Henry Edwin Briggs (1856-1895)

HENRY EDWIN BRIGGS (1856-1895) AND HIS DESCENDANTS

Henry Edwin BRIGGS

Henry Edwin Briggs⁽¹⁰⁰⁷⁾ was the third son of the eight children of Rawdon Briggs ⁽¹⁰⁰⁷⁾ and Louisa Barff⁽¹⁰¹⁰⁾. According to the IGI, based on a member submission for which no source is given, he was born on 28 Dec 1856, at Eastfield, Warkworth, which is in Northumberland, not Yorkshire as listed in the IGI entry. The same source gives the date of his baptism as 26 Jul 1857. His birth was registered at Alnwick, in the Mar quarter of 1857 (vol.10b, p.249). In 1891 he married Georgina Martha TUNNARD⁽¹⁰¹⁹⁾, the daughter of Charles Thomas TUNNARD and his wife Georgina. The marriage was registered at Boston, Lincs., in the Jun quarter of 1891 (vol.7a, p.748). They had two sons, both born in Pipestone, Minnesota, USA according to the pedigree drawn up by Noel Currer-Briggs. Henry apparently drank too much, and died aged only 37 in 1895 whilst on a visit to England. His death was registered at Bedford in the Dec quarter of 1895 (vol.3b, p.187), and his wife was left to bring up the two young boys.

Children of Henry Edwin Briggs⁽¹⁰¹³⁾ and Georgina Martha Tunnadr⁽¹⁰¹⁹⁾

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Brigadier Rawdon Briggs⁽¹⁰²⁰⁾	Born, according to his entry in Who Was Who 1951-1960, on 21 Apr 1893. According to the same source he was C.B.E. 1945; D.S.O. 1918; M.C. 1916; Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire; Member of Cambridgeshire County Council; m. 1923 Esther, 2nd d. of J. T. Keily, Carrickmines; two d. Educated at Bedford School. Served European War 1914-18 (despatches, M.C., D.S.O.); War of 1919-45 (C.B.E., Officer Legion of Honour, Croix de Guerre with palms; U.S. Legion of Merit, U.S.S.R. Order of the Red Banner); Retired Dec. 1945. Recreation: fishing. Address: The Mill House, Shepreth, Cambs. Died 03 Sep 1960. There is no clear entry in the GRO deaths register corresponding with this date.
Lieut.-General Sir Harold Rawdon Briggs⁽¹⁰²¹⁾	Born, according to his entry in Who Was Who 1951-1960, on 14 Jul 1894. According to the same source he was K.C.I.E., cr. 1947; K.B.E., cr.1952 (C.B.E 1945); C.B. 1946; D.S.O. 1941; I.A. retd.; m. 1940, Irene Mona Wood, Broadstone, Dorset; one s. one d. by first marriage. Educ: Bedford School; Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Gazetted I.A. 1914; attached 4th Bn. King's Regt. and joined 31st Punjab Regt. 1915; European War, 1914-18, France, Mesopotamia, and Palestine; joined Baluch Regt. 1923; Waziristan 1930 campaign; commanded 2nd Bn. Baluch Regt. 1937-40; commanded 7th Indian Infantry Brigade in Eritrea and Western Desert, 1940-42 (despatches, D.S.O. and bar); commanded 5th Indian Division in Western Desert, Iraq and Burma, 1942-44 (dispatches, 2nd bar to D.S.O., C.B.E.); G.O.C.-in-C., Burma Command, 1946-Jan. 1948; Director of Operations, Federation of Malaya, 1950-51. Address: Limassol, Cyprus. Died 27 Oct. 1952. There is in the collection at the National Portrait Gallery a portrait photograph by Walter Stoneman taken in 1950, presumably when he was appointed Director of Operations in Malaya. It is not one of their collection available on-line.

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Brigadier Rawdon Briggs⁽¹⁰²⁰⁾

Born, according to his entry in Who Was Who 1951-1960, on 21 Apr 1893. According to the same source he was C.B.E. 1945; D.S.O. 1918; M.C. 1916; Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire; Member of Cambridgeshire County Council; m. 1923 Esther, 2nd d. of J. T. Keily, Carrickmines; two d. Educated at Bedford School. Served European War 1914-18 (despatches, M.C., D.S.O.); War of 1919-45 (C.B.E., Officer Legion of Honour, Croix de Guerre with palms; U.S. Legion of Merit, U.S.S.R. Order of the Red Banner); Retired Dec. 1945. Recreation: fishing. Address: The Mill House, Shepreth, Cambs. Died 03 Sep 1960. There is no clear entry in the GRO deaths register corresponding with this date.

Lieut.-General Sir Harold Rawdon Briggs⁽¹⁰²¹⁾

Born, according to his entry in Who Was Who 1951-1960, on 14 Jul 1894. According to the same source he was K.C.I.E., cr. 1947; K.B.E., cr.1952 (C.B.E 1945); C.B. 1946; D.S.O. 1941; I.A. retd.; m. 1940, Irene Mona Wood, Broadstone, Dorset; one s. one d. by first marriage. Educ: Bedford School; Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Gazetted I.A. 1914; attached 4th Bn. King's Regt. and joined 31st Punjab Regt. 1915; European War, 1914-18, France, Mesopotamia, and Palestine; joined Baluch Regt. 1923; Waziristan 1930 campaign; commanded 2nd Bn. Baluch Regt. 1937-40; commanded 7th Indian Infantry Brigade in Eritrea and Western Desert, 1940-42 (despatches, D.S.O. and bar); commanded 5th Indian Division in Western Desert, Iraq and Burma, 1942-44 (dispatches, 2nd bar to D.S.O., C.B.E.); G.O.C.-in-C., Burma Command, 1946-Jan. 1948; Director of Operations, Federation of Malaya, 1950-51. Address: Limassol, Cyprus. Died 27 Oct. 1952.

There is in the collection at the National Portrait Gallery a portrait photograph by Walter Stoneman taken in 1950, presumably when he was appointed Director of Operations in Malaya. It is not one of their collection available on-line.

Although born in the United States, both sons were, by the time of the 1901 UK census, British Subjects. At that time they were living with their widowed mother, aged only 33 and living on her own means, at 46 St. Augustine Road, Bedford. Their cousin Frederick, son of William Currer Briggs and Laura Carey, was with them.

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