Hellier Robert Hadsley Gosselin
| Hellier Robert Hadsley Gosselin | |||||||||
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| Died | 1924 | ||||||||
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28 Cranley Gardens, SW [1885 list] Bengeo Hall, Hertford [1894] Errwood, Buxton, Derbyshire [1902] | ||||||||
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AI Council 1891 Member
AI Council 1892 Member
AI Council 1893 Member
House Notes
Gosselin-Grimshaw in 1902 list onwards
1885.03.24 proposed for election at the next meeting
Notes From Elsewhere
Hellier R. H. Gosselin of Bengeo Hall served two terms as Mayor of Hertford from November 1897 to 1899. He kept a diary and scrapbooks on his mayoralty
Hellier Robert Hadsley Gosselin (1849 – 31 Mar 1924
Hellier Robert Hadsley Gosselin was another distinguished gentleman, coming from a very distinguished family of Norman, French descent. He was the second son of M.H. Gosselin, J .P., of Ware Priory, Herts, by daughter of Admiral Sir John Marshall; born at Wallfield, Hertford in 1849 and educated at Haileybury College. J.P. for the county of Herts; a member of Herts. County Council; Alderman Hertford Boroulgh Council; 1897-98 and 1898-99; High Sheriff 1906; assumed the additional name of Grimshawe by Deed Poll, 1902. Admiral Thomas le Marchant Gosselin was Helier's grandfather. the name Helier, incidently comes from St. Helier's, Jersey, where some of the family had originated from. Mr. Gosselin-Grimshawe was a courteous unassuming, essentially quiet man, who had the regard of everyone who had the privilege to be in his company.
He had travelled round the world and to Iceland and was very interested in antiquarian research. From 1884 to 1902 he was secretary to Royal Archeological Institute. He kept up his office on the Hertford County Council until 1913, travelling to Bengeo Hall from Errwood by train. If someone was taken ill on the Errwood estate, Mr. Gosselin would show a keen interest and always pay a visit with his wife Mary. He was in return well respected, by the valley community. This was especially a happy place where children played, for as well as being their home, this was also their private playground. When the snows came, it was a season of great delight not only for the children, but for the young ladies and staff at the Hall, when sledging would take place on the hill behind Castedge. Everyone would join in, often .just leaving the housekeeper alone with the owners until the early hours, singing and shouting happily all night long, such a great event it was. Summertime brought lots of visitors to Errwood and after 1891 many of these were the Preston family with their children, some of whom came from Ireland. The family of Arthur James Preston and his wife Christina Maria Dundas came from Silverstream, co. Dublin. Their four daughters were visitors to the Hall, one of them, Ina Esme Hilda was to stay a very long time. She was the second of the four sisters, Antoinette Eileen Maude, the eldest, Hermione Kathleen Mary, and Marguerite Irene the youngest, and they were cousins to Capt. Edward Francis Preston, who married Genevieve. After Arthur James Preston died sadly in 1896, Esme, when she was about six years old, came to stay at Errwood after her mother was taken ill. Esme who at first was rather homesick had her sister Antoinette to stay with her for six months, but she did see her other sisters from time to time. Captain Preston and his wife Genevieve could not have children, so Esme became adopted though not legally. Always the favourite she was virtually brought up at Errwood and indeed spent most of her early life there.
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