Monument to Beilby Eric Smith, St James the Less Churchyard, Stubbings Berkshire.
"In loving memory of Beilby Eric Smith died 31st January 1931
Remember what he was with thankful heart. The bright, the brave, the tender and the true. remember what he is. From sin apart present with God yet not apart from you."
Beilby Eric Smith was born on 26th November 1864 in Wilton, London to Eric Carrington Smith, a banker, and his wife Mary Maberly.
Seven-year-old Beilby appears on the 1871 Census living in Knightsbridge, London with his parents and six elder siblings. In 1881 Beilby can be found being educated and boarding at Eton College in Windsor Berkshire.
In 1887 Beilby marries Elizabeth Mabel Cotton in Etwell Derbyshire. The Derby Daily Telegraph carried the following announcement on 16th March 1887:
"A marriage is arranged between Mr. Beilby Eric Smith, third son Mr. Eric Carrington Smith, of Ashford, Sussex, and Miss Elizabeth Mabel Cotton, third daughter of Mr. Rowland Hugh Cotton, of Etwall Hall, Derbyshire."
1891 finds Beilby and Elizabeth living in Chelsea London where Beilby is listed as a Bill Broker, a money dealer who buys, sells, discounts, or negotiates bills of exchange. 1897 sees the birth of their only child, a son, Dennis Eric Smith.
In 1901 the family are living at 12 Herbert Crescent in Chelsea London, where Beilby is listed as a banking agent.
1911 and the family has moved to Stubbings House, a large manor house in Stubbings Berkshire.
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Beilby was to pass away on the 31st January 1931 in South Africa at the age of 68. The Mid Sussex Times reported on 10th February 1931:
"DEATH OF MR. B. E. SMITH.— Residents of this district will be sorry to learn of the death, which took place in South Africa on January 30 [sic], of Mr. Beilby Eric Smith, a brother of the late Mr. Lindsay Eric Smith, of Ashfold, who died on Christmas Eve. Mr. Beilby Smith, who was in his sixty-eighth year, commenced his business career in the Derby office of the family bank of Smith, Payne and Smith, of Lombard Street. London, but 1891, together with the late Mr. Charles Ridley Smith, he founded the firm of Smith. St. Aubyn Co., which has for many years been one of the leading private partnerships carrying on business as banking and discount agents. Failing health in recent years had compelled him to winter abroad."
Beilby's body was cremated and his ashes returned to England where he was buried in St James the Less Churchyard in Stubbings Berkshire on 14th April 1931.
The Maidenhead reported on the funeral on the 15th Apri 1931 as follows:
"DEATH OF MR. B. E. SMITH.— Residents of this district will be sorry to learn of the death, which took place in South Africa on January 30 [sic], of Mr. Beilby Eric Smith, a brother of the late Mr. Lindsay Eric Smith, of Ashfold, who died on Christmas Eve. Mr. Beilby Smith, who was in his sixty-eighth year, commenced his business career in the Derby office of the family bank of Smith, Payne and Smith, of Lombard Street. London, but 1891, together with the late Mr. Charles Ridley Smith, he founded the firm of Smith. St. Aubyn Co., which has for many years been one of the leading private partnerships carrying on business as banking and discount agents. Failing health in recent years had compelled him to winter abroad."
Beilby's body was cremated and his ashes returned to England where he was buried in St James the Less Churchyard in Stubbings Berkshire on 14th April 1931.
The Maidenhead reported on the funeral on the 15th Apri 1931 as follows:
"STUBBINGS
The late Mr. Eric Smith: Funeral Service.
Yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon the memorial service for the late Mr. Beilby Eric Smith, of Stubbings House, was held in the parish church, conducted by the Vicar (the Rev. Dr. J. A. Nairn) and after the service the urn containing the ashes was reverently deposited in the family grave."
Yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon the memorial service for the late Mr. Beilby Eric Smith, of Stubbings House, was held in the parish church, conducted by the Vicar (the Rev. Dr. J. A. Nairn) and after the service the urn containing the ashes was reverently deposited in the family grave."
Could well have contracted a tropical disease and died from that.
ReplyDeleteI like the shape of this stone, and the edging around it -- very cool! Thanks for sharing this on Taphophile Tragics!
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