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Brewer and wine merchant and later a Brewer’s Merchant in Rothbury who served as a Sergeant in the Northumberland (Hussars) Imperial Yeomanry. |
William Leng Farndale
FAR00539
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Born
William Leng Farndale, born Middlesbro’ District, son of George and
Catherine Wemyss (nee Leng) Farndale (FAR00333).
(BR)
William Leng Farndale registered Middlesbro’ Apr - Jun 1876
(GRO Vol 9d page 618)
Lived
Census
1881 – 22 Great Oxford Street, Liverpool
George
Farndale, druggist’s assistant, aged 44, born Stockton in 1837
Catherine
W Farndale, 42
William
S or L Farndale, son, 4 (FAR00539)
Lodging
with the Brandt family, tailors (Russian and German)
Census 1891 – 15 and 17 Linn Street, Gateshead, Durham
G H Farndale, 50, dress
maker, born Stockton in 1841
William Farndale, 15, clerk
iron foundry, born Middlesbrough about 1876
Married
William Leng Farndale, married Margaret Johnston
in the fourth quarter of1896 at Sunderland District.
(MR)
Family
Stockton
1
Catherine
Dorothy Farndale, born Rothbury 19 January 1904 (FAR00722)
Frances
Mary Farndale, born
Rothbury 1906 (FAR00737)
Kenneth
Farndale, born Rothbury 9 January 1911 (FAR00767)
George
P Farndale, born Rothbury 20 March 1913 (FAR00794)
Margaret
Farndale, born Rothbury 1915 (FAR00815)
Winifreda Farndale, born Rothbury 1918 (FAR00843)
Nancy
Farndale, daughter, born Rothbury 1920 (FAR00867)
Lived
Rothbury
in north of Newcastle and north of Morpeth in Northumberland. He clearly
settled there at the turn of the century and lived there until he died.
Military
Service
The
Northumberland (Hussars) could trace its origins to December 1819 when the
Northumberland and Newcastle Volunteer Corps of Cavalry formed, under the
command of Charles John Brandling, of Gosforth House.
Did
he serve in the Second Boer War?
The
Yeomanry was not intended to serve overseas, but due to the string of defeats
during Black Week in December 1899, the British government realized they were
going to need more troops than just the regular army. A Royal Warrant was
issued on 24 December 1899 to allow volunteer forces to serve in the Second
Boer War. The Royal Warrant asked standing Yeomanry regiments to provide
service companies of approximately 115 men each for the Imperial Yeomanry
equipped as Mounted infantry. The regiment provided:
14th
(Northumberland) Company, 5th Battalion in 1900
15th
(Northumberland) Company, 5th Battalion in 1900
55th
(Northumberland) Company, 14th Battalion in 1900, transferred to 5th Battalion in
1902
100th
(Northumberland) Company, 5th Battalion in 1901
101st
(Northumberland) Company, 5th Battalion in 1901
105th
(Northumberland) Company, 5th Battalion in 1901
110th
(Northumberland) Company, 2nd Battalion in 1901
The
mounted infantry experiment was considered a success and the regiment was
designated the Northumberland Imperial Yeomanry (Hussars) from 1901 to 1908.
The
Hussars parade through Rothbury in 1900
William
Farndale was a sergeant in the Northumberland Hussars by 1902:
(Newcastle
Journal, 25 October 1902 and Morpeth Herald, 1 November 1902)
(Morpeth
Herald, 10 January 1903)
The
Northumberland Hussars were a reserve territorial unit, so perhaps he also used
his civilian title as well:
(Morpeth
Herald, 24 January 1903)
This
shows it was this William Leng Farndale who served as a sergeant in the
Northumberland (Hussars) Imperial Yeomanry:
(Newcastle
Daily Chronicle, 12 June 1903)
(Newcastle
Daily Chronicle, 18 January 1904)
(Newcastle
Evening Chronicle, 7 March 1905) (Berwickshire News and general Advertiser,
21 March 1905)
(Morpeth
Herald, 5 January 1907)
(Volunteer
Service Gazette and Military Dispatch, 9 October 1907)
Brewing
and wine business
In
this article, William Farndale’s distillery business had supplied a landlady
who later adulterated the whisky and he gave evidence
in the trial:
(Morpeth
Herald, 20 April 1907)
Official
Gazette, 17 September 1907
So,
William Farndale continued the business of Brewers and Wine Merchants trading
as Geo Storey and Company in Rothbury, Northumberland in 1907.
(Morpeth
Herald, 30 November 1907)
(Morpeth
Herald, 29 February 1908)
(Morpeth
Herald, 24 February 1911)
Could
John Johnston Farndale be somehow related as William’s wife’s maiden name was
Johnston – she came from Sunderland, so could this perhaps have been a relative
of Margaret’s who for some reason then took both names?
(Northern
Weekly Gazette, 11 March 1911) (Northern Weekly
Gazette, 1 April 1911) (Durham Chronicle, 14 April 1911)
1911
Census – Stephenson’s Terrace, Rothbury, Northumberland
William
Farndale, 34, Brewer’s Branch Manager
Margaret
Farndale, 34, born 1877 at Rothbury
Catherine
Farndale, 7, born Rothbury in about 1904
Frances
Farndale, 4, born in Rothbury in about 1907
Kenneth
Farndale, 0, born in Rothbury in about 1911
Catherine
Farndale, mother, widow, 75, born in Stockton in about 1836
(Alnwick
Mercury, 16 March 1912)
Inflation
due the War was 12.5% in 1915, 18.1% in 1916 and 25.2% in 1917.
(Newcastle
Journal, 28 February 1916)
(Morpeth
Herald, 25 January 1918)
(Dundee
Evening Telegraph, 1 March 1920)
(Morpeth Herald, 5 March 1920)
(Newcastle
Daily Chronicle, 26 March 1920)
(Morpeth
Herald, 2 April 1920)
(Yorkshire
Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 2 July 1920) (Newcastle Daily
Chronicle, 2 July 1920)
1921
Census – Rothbury
William
L Farndale, 45, married, born Middlesbrough, a Brewer’s manager with Rothbury
Brewery Co
Margaret
A Farndale, 44, home duties
Catherine
D Farndale, 17, single, clerk with Rothbury Brewery Co, born Rothbury about
1904
Frances
W Farndale, 15, born Rothbury about 1906, single ,
home duties
Kenneth
Farndale, 10, born Rothbury about1911
George
S? Farndale, 8, born Rothbury about 1913
Margaret
Farndale, 6, born Rothbury about 1915
Winifreda Farndale, 3, born Rothbury about 1918
Nancy
Farndale, 1, daughter, born Rothbury about 1920
Catherine
W Farndale, 84, widowed (his mother)
Died
William L Farndale, died age 54 at Rothbury
District in the second quarter of 1932, (ie
born 1878).
(DR)
(Newcastle
Evening Chronicle, 10 May 1932)
After he died
1939
Register - 1 Embleton Terrace, Rothbury, Northumberland.
Margaret
A Farndale, ‘unpaid householder’, born 28 March 1878. William’s widow.
Kenneth
Farndale, born 9 January 1911, single, a general labourer
George
P Farndale (FAR00794),
born 20 March 1913, roadstone quarries heavy worker, Kenneth’s brother.
Freda
Milburn, married, born 8 August 1917 (FAR00843).
Nancy
Farndale (marked as later Freeman)(FAR00867) born 2 June 1920,
unpaid domestic duties
(Morpeth Herald 14 March 1941)
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