Sir Henry Bourchier Toke Wrey, 10th BaronetDLJP (27 June 1829 – 10 March 1900) of
Tawstock Court, North Devon.
Early life
He was the eldest son of the Rev.
Sir Henry Bourchier Wrey, 9th Baronet, the Rector at Tawstock, and, his first wife, the former Ellen Maria Toke, who were first cousins. He had two siblings, the Rev. Bourchier William Toke Wrey (the
Curate at
Warmsworth who married Anne Caroline Crosthwait, daughter of Thomas Crosthwait) and Anna Maria Toke Wrey (who married Very Rev.
Isaac Morgan Reeves,
Dean of Ross, Ireland).[1] After his mother's death in 1864, his father remarried to Jane Lamb (a daughter of Humble Lamb), in 1865.[2]
Wrey
captain in the 4th (
Militia) Battalion
Devonshire Regiment, later gaining the rank of
Major.[4] He succeeded as the 10th Baronet Wrey, of Trebitch, on 23 December 1882.[2] In 1885, he sold the former Bourchier manor of
Holne on the River Dart to Hon. Richard Maitland Westenra Dawson (third son of
Richard Dawson, 1st Earl of Dartrey).[5] In the same year of 1885 he made substantial improvements to Tawstock Court, most notably to the two long wings extending westwards, forming a long narrow courtyard, which received
terracotta mullioned windows and dressings, probably made at Lauder & Smith's Barnstaple pottery.[6] He also added a western gatehouse to close off this western courtyard, with terracotta datestone "1885" above the arched gateway.
On 6 September 1854, Wrey was married to the Hon. Marianne Sarah Sherard at
Sidmouth in
Devon. Marianne was the only child of
Philip Sherard, 9th Baron Sherard and the former Anne Weekes (a daughter of Nathaniel Weekes). Together, they were the parents of:[8]
Sir Robert Wrey, 11th Baronet (1855–1917), who married to Jessie Maud Fraser, daughter of William Thomson Fraser, in 1905. In 1913, Robert unsuccessfully laid claim to the
barony of FitzWarin, petitioning the Crown that the abeyance should be terminated in his favor.[9]
Annie Marian Wrey (
c. 1857–1926), who died unmarried.[10]
Emma Henrietta Wrey (
c. 1858–1932), who died unmarried.[10]
Florence Amelia Wrey (
c. 1862–1932), who died unmarried.[10]
Beatrice Alexandra Wrey (
c. 1863–1961), who died unmarried.[10]
Captain William Bourchier Sherard Wrey (1865–1926), who married Flora Bathurst Greive, daughter of Vice-Admiral William Samuel Greive. Her sister Blanche married Lord Francis Osborne, a younger son
George Osborne, 9th Duke of Leeds.[8]
Isabel Maria Wrey (
c. 1866–1958), who died unmarried.[10]
Gerald Bourchier Sherard Wrey (1870–1902), who married Jane Ellen Handford, a daughter of William Handford.[8]
Arthur Henry Wrey (1872–1940), who married Florence Radmall, a daughter of Thomas Radmall.[8]
Reginald Charles Wrey (1876–1931), who married Evelyn Kenrick, a daughter of Rev. Charles William Herbert Kenrick.[8]
Sir Henry died on 10 March 1900 in the
seaside resort town of
Ventnor, Isle of Wight.[8] He was succeeded by his eldest son
Robert,[11] upon whose death in 1917[12] the baronetcy passed to Robert's younger brother,
Philip,[13] who in 1919 sold 2,500 acres of the family estate for £67,000, leaving some 7,000 acres remaining.[14]
References
^L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 250