Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameNicholas FITZMAURICE CIE
Birth1887
Death7 Jul 1960, Aldershot, Hampshire
OccupationBritish Consul General, Peking
Spouses
Birth23 Aug 1906, Redruth, Cornwall, England
Death5 Apr 1973, Eastbourne, Sussex, England
FatherFrederick Malcolm WHARTON MBE (1875-1946)
MotherJulianna Hampton STOKES (1879-1953)
Marriage1933
ChildrenMalcolm Richard (1934-2002)
Notes for Nicholas FITZMAURICE CIE
Name and birth year from Jane Moyle She also incites Nicholas earned the Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire.
And
1919 - 1922
Kashgar, Shufu, Xinjiang, China
Nicholas Fitzmaurice was awarded the CIE, Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire, due to his 'Special Services' - (spying) during 'The Great Game', when Britain, Russia, China were all interested in India.
And
Nicholas was a British diplomat and became Consul General in Peking. He was captured by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore and held captive for some years. He was also a British spy.
UK Outward Passenger Lists
Departed London England October 26 1923 destination Shanghai, China on the Khiva, 1st class
Nicholas Fitzmaurice, of 29 St. Floras Road, L’ton, consular service, age 35.
London Gazette March 14 1930
Foreign Office January 1 1930
Nicholas Fitzmaurice, Esquire, to be one of His Majesty’s Consuls in China
In the July to September 1960 death index Nicholas Fitzmaurice, age 72, Aldershot, Hampshire, volume 6b, page 12.
National Probate Calendar
Nicholas Fitzmaurice of Greycourt Dunmow Hill Fleet Hampshire died 7 July 1960 Probate London 9 September 1960 to Eleanor Joan Margarita Fitzmaurice widow and Edward Leo Golden solicitor. Effects 17199 pounds.
And
1919 - 1922
Kashgar, Shufu, Xinjiang, China
Nicholas Fitzmaurice was awarded the CIE, Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire, due to his 'Special Services' - (spying) during 'The Great Game', when Britain, Russia, China were all interested in India.
And
Nicholas was a British diplomat and became Consul General in Peking. He was captured by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore and held captive for some years. He was also a British spy.
UK Outward Passenger Lists
Departed London England October 26 1923 destination Shanghai, China on the Khiva, 1st class
Nicholas Fitzmaurice, of 29 St. Floras Road, L’ton, consular service, age 35.
London Gazette March 14 1930
Foreign Office January 1 1930
Nicholas Fitzmaurice, Esquire, to be one of His Majesty’s Consuls in China
In the July to September 1960 death index Nicholas Fitzmaurice, age 72, Aldershot, Hampshire, volume 6b, page 12.
National Probate Calendar
Nicholas Fitzmaurice of Greycourt Dunmow Hill Fleet Hampshire died 7 July 1960 Probate London 9 September 1960 to Eleanor Joan Margarita Fitzmaurice widow and Edward Leo Golden solicitor. Effects 17199 pounds.
Notes for Eleanor Joan Margarita (Spouse 1)
Name, birth year and location, and death year and location from Jane Moyle.
In the July to September 1906 birth index Eleanor Joan M. Wharton, Redruth, Cornwall, volume 5c, page 190.
In the 1921 census 74 Stainmore Road, Edge Hill, Smethwick, Worcestershire. Registration district Kings Norton, Ward Edgbaston, Parliamentary Division Edgmaston, Birmingham
Heard Frederick Malcolm Wharton, age 46 years 2 months, born Kings Heath, Worcestershire, metallurgical chemist, employer, Hall Street Metal Rolling ??, Birmingham
2. Wife Juliana Hampton Wharton, age 41 years 6 months, born Handsworth, Staffordshire, home duties
Son Lionel Frederick Wharton, age 17 years 10 months, single, born Hayle, Cornwall, metallurgical student - Birmingham University
Daughter Mary Hilary Wharton, age 16 years 3 months, single, born Hayle, Cornwall, home duties
Daughter Eleanor Joan Margarita Wharton, age 14 years 10 months, parents both alive, born Hayle, Cornwall, whole time at school
Son Geoffrey William Wharton, age 11 years 8 months, parents both alive, born Cliffe-at-Hoo, Kent, whole time at school
Midlands Electoral Registers 1930
74 Stanmore Road, Edgbaston
Frederick Malcolm Wharton
Julianna Hampton Wharton
Lionel Wharton
Eleanor Joan Margarita Wharton
Adeline Hind
In the October to December 1933 marriage index Eleanor J. M. Wharton and Nicholas Fitzmaurice, Birmingham, Warwickshire, volume 6d, page 330.
UK Incoming Passenger Lists
Embarked Shanghai, China, arrived Plymouth May 7 1937 on the Ranchi, 1st class
Eleanor J. M. Fitzmaurice, proposed address 74 Stanmore Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, home duties, age 30, country of last permanent residence China
Malcolm R. Fitzmaurice, child
Mary J. L. Fitzmaurice, infant
[Thus they escaped before the Japanese invaded Shanghai in August 1937!
[I wonder where her husband was . . . did he stay?]]
UK Outward Passenger Lists
Departed London, England February 25 1938 on the Rawalpindi, destination Hong Kong, China, 1st class
Nicholas Fitzmaurice, age 50, last address in UK Bullaceton, Saltwood, Hythe, Kent, consul, country of future intended residence China
Eleanor Joan Margarita Fitzmaurice, age 31
Malcolm Richard Fitzmaurice, age 2
Mary Joanna Lindsay Fitzmaurice, age 1
Evelyn Cecil Milton, age 37, childrens’ nurse, [she was in 2nd class]
[Hopefully they got out before Japan invaded Hong Kong in December 1941!]
UK and Ireland Register of Nurses 1940
64033 Eleanor Joan Margarita Fitzmaurice (nee Wharton), 74 Stanmore Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, registered June 24 1932, London, qualification Bethnal Green Hospital, London 1929 to 1932. By Examination
UK Outgoing Passenger Lists
Departed Liverpool, England September 30 1960 on the Empress of England, destination port Montreal, Canada
Eleanore J. M. Fitzmaurice, first class, born August 23 1906, single (widowed or divorced to be entered as single), last address in UK Graycourt, Fleet, Hampshire, housewife, country of future intended residence Canada
[This was a few months after husband had died.]
In the April to June 1973 death index Eleanor Joan M. Fitzmaurice, born August 23, 1906, died age 66, Eastbourne, Sussex, volume 5n, page 632.
National Probate Calendar
Eleanor Joan Margarita Fitzmaurice of 9 Ravens Court St. John’s Road Eastbourne died 5 April 1973 Probate London 24 May 1973. 77 746 pounds
In the July to September 1906 birth index Eleanor Joan M. Wharton, Redruth, Cornwall, volume 5c, page 190.
In the 1921 census 74 Stainmore Road, Edge Hill, Smethwick, Worcestershire. Registration district Kings Norton, Ward Edgbaston, Parliamentary Division Edgmaston, Birmingham
Heard Frederick Malcolm Wharton, age 46 years 2 months, born Kings Heath, Worcestershire, metallurgical chemist, employer, Hall Street Metal Rolling ??, Birmingham
2. Wife Juliana Hampton Wharton, age 41 years 6 months, born Handsworth, Staffordshire, home duties
Son Lionel Frederick Wharton, age 17 years 10 months, single, born Hayle, Cornwall, metallurgical student - Birmingham University
Daughter Mary Hilary Wharton, age 16 years 3 months, single, born Hayle, Cornwall, home duties
Daughter Eleanor Joan Margarita Wharton, age 14 years 10 months, parents both alive, born Hayle, Cornwall, whole time at school
Son Geoffrey William Wharton, age 11 years 8 months, parents both alive, born Cliffe-at-Hoo, Kent, whole time at school
Midlands Electoral Registers 1930
74 Stanmore Road, Edgbaston
Frederick Malcolm Wharton
Julianna Hampton Wharton
Lionel Wharton
Eleanor Joan Margarita Wharton
Adeline Hind
In the October to December 1933 marriage index Eleanor J. M. Wharton and Nicholas Fitzmaurice, Birmingham, Warwickshire, volume 6d, page 330.
UK Incoming Passenger Lists
Embarked Shanghai, China, arrived Plymouth May 7 1937 on the Ranchi, 1st class
Eleanor J. M. Fitzmaurice, proposed address 74 Stanmore Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, home duties, age 30, country of last permanent residence China
Malcolm R. Fitzmaurice, child
Mary J. L. Fitzmaurice, infant
[Thus they escaped before the Japanese invaded Shanghai in August 1937!
[I wonder where her husband was . . . did he stay?]]
UK Outward Passenger Lists
Departed London, England February 25 1938 on the Rawalpindi, destination Hong Kong, China, 1st class
Nicholas Fitzmaurice, age 50, last address in UK Bullaceton, Saltwood, Hythe, Kent, consul, country of future intended residence China
Eleanor Joan Margarita Fitzmaurice, age 31
Malcolm Richard Fitzmaurice, age 2
Mary Joanna Lindsay Fitzmaurice, age 1
Evelyn Cecil Milton, age 37, childrens’ nurse, [she was in 2nd class]
[Hopefully they got out before Japan invaded Hong Kong in December 1941!]
UK and Ireland Register of Nurses 1940
64033 Eleanor Joan Margarita Fitzmaurice (nee Wharton), 74 Stanmore Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, registered June 24 1932, London, qualification Bethnal Green Hospital, London 1929 to 1932. By Examination
UK Outgoing Passenger Lists
Departed Liverpool, England September 30 1960 on the Empress of England, destination port Montreal, Canada
Eleanore J. M. Fitzmaurice, first class, born August 23 1906, single (widowed or divorced to be entered as single), last address in UK Graycourt, Fleet, Hampshire, housewife, country of future intended residence Canada
[This was a few months after husband had died.]
In the April to June 1973 death index Eleanor Joan M. Fitzmaurice, born August 23, 1906, died age 66, Eastbourne, Sussex, volume 5n, page 632.
National Probate Calendar
Eleanor Joan Margarita Fitzmaurice of 9 Ravens Court St. John’s Road Eastbourne died 5 April 1973 Probate London 24 May 1973. 77 746 pounds