R.F. Wilkins
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| Residence | Brookhill, Kingswear, South Devon | ||||||
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1896.11.10 proposed by H. Balfour
Mrs R.S. [sic - i.e. F] Wilkins
Notes From Elsewhere
It would appear that the estate was bought by Mrs Parke, or her husband, as a conveyance dated 19th June 1879, states that Georgiana Frances Parke, then living in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa sold Brookhill for £6000 to Robert Francis Wilkins, then living at 10 Cornwall Terrace, Regents Park, in Middlesex.
Robert Wilkins adds to the Brookhill estate by the purchase, on the 4th September 1880 from George Fownes Luttrell, of land at the mouth of the river Dart for the sum of £9065. 2s. 4d. The land was known variously as Lower Mouth, Mouth Estate and Mouth Down and is numbered 1 to 9 on the Kingswear Tithe Map and additionally a plot further inland numbered 79 on the Brixham Tithe Map. Then in July of the following year he buys the foreshore of the land at Brookhill from the Duchy of Cornwall for the sum of £35. The vendor is named as Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Cornwall and Rothsay, Earl of Chester Garrick and Dublin, Baron of Renfew, Lord of the Isles and Great Steward of Scotland. .... Robert Francis Wilkins died on the 29th September 1909 and on the 29th July 1911 his widow, Mary Elizabeth Wilkins “being desirous of relieving herself of the upkeep and outgoings” in respect of the estate passed ownership to her son Philip Aveling Wilkins. The latter continues to expand the estate buy purchasing, in August 1912 for £2250 from Emily Windsor of Combeside, Kingswear, land known as Green Park which includes what is know called Fountain Violet Farm. Philip Wilkins died on the 24th April 1943.
Henry Balfour: In 1887 he married Edith, daughter of R. F. Wilkins of Brookhill, Devon, who shared his travels, his work, and his many interests, and survived their golden wedding by a few months. They had one son, Lewis.