Thomas Edward Monckton (1862-1935)

It's been a while since I last uploaded a family biography. Here's another great grandparent. 

Thomas Edward Monckton (3439)

Schoolmaster Specialising in Mathematics

 Thomas Edward Monckton was born at West Hill, Dartford on 29 August 1862[1]. His parents were Grace Ellen Deere and Thomas Monckton. I know little of his early life. In the 1871 census the family was recorded at 7 Miskin Road, Dartford with the eight years old Thomas being recorded as a scholar[2]. From Cambridge alumni records it would appear that at some point he was educated at the City of London School[3].

 He went up to Pembroke College, Cambridge in October 1881[4] and, interestingly, was recorded earlier that year in the census as a visitor in Cambridge[5]. Perhaps he was there for an interview or on a reconnaissance trip. He obtained his BA as 15^th wrangler in 1884 (but apparently sitting at least part of the Mathematical Tripos in 1885) and was awarded his MA in 1888[6].  He was appointed assistant master at Uppingham School in 1886[7] and remained there until 1922[8].

 In the 1891 census he was recorded as resident at Highfield[9], one of the school houses, the house master at that time being Charles W. Cobb[10]. In 1892 he became house master of another house, The Lodge, a post he retained until 1906 when he became house master of Redgate[11]. Whether he remained in this post for the rest of his career I do not know but in the autumn 1921 electoral roll for Uppingham he and his wife, Agnes, were listed as being resident at a property named Sherwood[12].

 On 24 August 1893 he married Agnes Elliott Campbell, daughter of William Campbell a teaching colleague, at the parish church in Uppingham[13]. In the 1901 census they are recorded as resident at The Lodge with two daughters and a son[14]. None of their children is recorded as being with them in the 1911 census by which time they were resident in Redgate house[15].

 I presume that at retirement in 1922 he moved immediately to Deal. It is noteworthy that in the 1911 census the three daughters were recorded to be in Deal and the census return was signed by Thomas[16], although the name of the property, Redlands, is not the same as the one that occurs in later records, Wardley. The latter is the address from which his eldest daughter, my grandmother, Agnes Joan Monckton was married in 1923[17]. On the marriage certificate Thomas was duly recorded as a retired school master.

 Apart from items connected with his death I have found one other official document relating to Thomas. On 30 July 1921 he and Agnes were listed as passengers on the SS Aquila due to sail from Liverpool to Madeira[18][19].  I presume this was for a holiday.

 Thomas died at home of a stroke on 14 November 1935[20]. He left an estate worth £4465[21].

 

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[1] Birth registration GRO reference 1935 Dec Eastry 2A 1437.           

[2] 1871 England and Wales census RG/10/884/68/14.

[3] Cambridge University Alumni 1261-1900, available at ancestry.co.uk accessed 30 December 2017.

[4] Ibid.

[5] 1881 England and Wales census RG11/1668/95/25.

[6] Cambridge University Alumni 1261-1900, available at ancestry.co.uk accessed 30 December 2017.

[7] Uppingham School Roll 1824-1913, available at thegenealogist.co.uk accessed 30 December 2017.

[8] Cambridge University Alumni 1261-1900, available at ancestry.co.uk accessed 30 December 2017.

[9] 1891 England and Wales census RG12/1549/17/29.

[10] Uppingham School Roll 1824-1913, available at thegenealogist.co.uk accessed 30 December 2017.

[11] Ibid.

[12] Uppingham electoral roll, autumn 1921 available at findmypast.co.uk accessed 30 December 2017.

[13] Marriage registration GRO reference 1893 Sep Uppingham 7a 589.

[14] 1901 England and Wales census RG13/3016/7/6.

[15] 1911 England and Wales census RG14/19394/410/1/2/8.

[16] 1911 England and Wales census RG14/4572/64/4/9/405.

[17] Marriage registration GRO reference 1923 Jun Eastry 2A 2307.

[18] Passenger lists leaving UK 1890-1960 available at findmypast.co.uk accessed 30 December 2017.

[19] This was the second ship owned by the Yeoward line named Aquila, the first having been sunk by a U-boat in 1915. This second incarnation suffered a similar fate in 1941. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Aguila.

[20] Death registration GRO reference 1935 Dec Eastry 2A 1437.

[21] England and Wales National Probate Calendar 1936 433.