Edward Huntington Leaf

1868 - 1956  (88 years)

• Name	Edward Huntington Leaf  [1]
  Born	1868  [1]
  Christened	24 March 1868	St. Nicholas, Brighton, Sussex, England
  Gender	Male
  Christening	18 April 1868	Immanuel Church, Streatham Common, Surrey, England
  Education	Harrow School   [1]
  Education	1886	Trinity College, Cambridge   [1]
  Degree	1889  [1]
  	Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
  Residence	1945	6, Airlie Gardens, Kensington, London, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Residence	1956	6, Cottesmore Court, Stanford Road, Kensington, Middlesex, England   [2]
  Died	28 April 1956	6, Cottesmore Court, Stanford Road, Kensington, Middlesex, England   [2]
  Probate	18 June 1956	London, Middlesex, England   [2]
  	Granted to Arthur Alexander Pitcairn solicitor and Frederick Arthur Leaf retired schoolmaster (Effects £107168 6s. 6d.)
  Person ID	I2239	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	15 Nov. 2020

  
  

  Father	Frederick Henry Leaf,   bapt. 13 Sept. 1827, St. Matthew's, Brixton, Surrey, England ,   d. 23 Oct. 1874, 6, Grand Parade, Eastbourne, Sussex, England  (Age ~ 47 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Huntington,   b. 24 Feb. 1829, Manchester, Lancashire, England ,   d. 30 July 1900, Burlington Lodge, Streatham Common, Surrey, England  (Age 71 years)
  Married	15 Oct. 1856	St. John's, Manchester, Lancashire, England   [3]
  Family ID	F1143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S73] Alumni Cantabrigienses, Part II, John Venn, Sc.D., F.R.S., F.S.A., and J. A. Venn, M.A., (Cambridge, 1940–54), volume IV (1951), page 123. LEAF, EDWARD HUNTINGTON. Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Oct. 8, 1886. S. of Frederick [Henry], of Burlington Lodge, Streatham Common, Surrey. B. 1868, at Streatham. School, Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1886; B.A. 1889. A.M.I.C.E., 1898. Served in the Boer War. Served in the Great War, 1914–19 (Lieut.-Col., R.E. (T.F.)); Lieut.-Col., London Wireless Telegraph Co., R.E. Of 6, Airlie Gardens, Campden Hill, London, W., in 1945. Brother of the next two, of Cecil H. (1882), Albert A. (1892) and William (1880). (Harrow Sch. Reg.; M.I.C.E. List; Army Lists; Univ. War List.) [S4] National Probate Calendar, Year 1956, volume K–M, page 255. "LEAF Edward Huntington of 6 Cottesmore Court Stanford-road Kensington London died 28 April 1956 Probate London 18 June to Arthur Alexander Pitcairn solicitor and Frederick Arthur Leaf retired schoolmaster. Effects £107168 6s. 6d." [S60] Parish registers for St. John's Church, Byrom Street, Deansgate, Manchester, 1769–1928, (Manchester Central Library, Refs. M 403/6/2/1-11, M 403/6/3/1-59, M 403/6/4/1-6), Ref. M 403/6/3/28, Marriages, April 1856–May 1857, page 118, no. 236, 15 Oct. 1856. "1856. Marriage solemnized at St. John's Church in the Parish of Manchester in the County of Lancaster." No. 236. When Married: October Fifteenth. Name and Surname: Frederick Henry Leaf / Mary Ann Huntington. Age: full / full. Condition: Bachelor / Spinster. Rank or Profession: Merchant. Residence at the time of Marriage: County of Surrey / Cornbrook Bank, Hulme. Father's Name and Surname: William Leaf / Wm. Huntington. Rank or Profession of Father: Merchant / Rector of St. John's. "Married in the above Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church, by Licence by me, Wm. Huntington. This Marriage was solemnized between us, {Frederick Henry Leaf} {Mary Anne Huntington} in the Presence of us, {William Leaf} {Charles J. Leaf} {Elizabeth Dorothy Huntington}"