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CMG: Companion Order of St Michael and St George and was decorated for services rendered in Asia Minor Henry Alfred Cumberbatch

CMG: Companion Order of St Michael and St George and was decorated for services rendered in Asia Minor Henry Alfred Cumberbatch

Male 1858 - 1918  (60 years)

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  • Name Henry Alfred Cumberbatch  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23] 
    Title CMG: Companion Order of St Michael and St George and was decorated for services rendered in Asia Minor 
    Birth 27 Jun 1858  Berdiansk, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 17, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30] 
    Family Birth Certificate in Berdiansk 1864-06-01 crop    		 Family Birth Certificate in Berdiansk 1864-06-01 crop
    Media Date: 27 JUN 1858
    Keywords: Picture
    Gender Male 
    Residence 28 Jun 1858  Berdiansk, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location  [24] 
    Education Est 1873  Finchley, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [26] 
    Christ College 
    Education 1876  Constantinople, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location  [26] 
    Dragoman 
    Occupation 26 Jul 1879  Bucharest, Romania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Vice-Consul at Bucharest 
    Occupation 1881  Soulina, Romania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 26] 
    H.M. Vice-Consul at Soulina 
    Occupation 1888  Philippopolis, Bulgaria Find all individuals with events at this location  [26] 
    Acting Consul General at Philippopolis 
    • Again in 1890.
    Occupation 20 Mar 1888  Adrianople, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 26] 
    H.M. Consul at Adrianople 
    Occupation 16 Jan 1890  Adrianople, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    H.M. Consul at Adrianople 
    Occupation 1891  Salonica, Greece Find all individuals with events at this location  [26] 
    Acting Consul General, Salonica 
    Occupation 16 Jan 1891  [13] 
    H.M. Consul at Adrianople 
    Occupation 1892  Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location  [26] 
    Acting Consul General at Smyrna 
    Occupation 29 Jun 1892  [13] 
    H.M. Consul at Adrianople 
    Occupation 22 Jul 1893  Angora [now Ankara], Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 26] 
    Acting Consul General at Angora now Ankara, Turkey 
    Occupation Between 1895 and 1896  Kurdistan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    H.M. Consul for Kurdistan; Was at Erzeroum (Kurdistan) during the massacres of Armenians at that place in 1895 
    Occupation Between 18 Nov 1896 and 31 Mar 1900  Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 15, 26] 
    H.M. Consul at Smyrna 
    Occupation Between 1 Apr 1900 and 21 Jan 1908  Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 26, 31] 
    H.M. Consul-General at Smyrna [Izmir], Turkey 
    Occupation 22 Jan 1908  Beyrout, Lebanon Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 32] 
    Consul-General for the Vilayet of Beyrout and the Mutessariflik of the Lebanon 
    Occupation Between 22 Jan 1908 and 1914  Beirut, Lebanon Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 26, 27] 
    H.M. Consul-General for the Vilayet of Beirut, Syria, and for the Lebanon 
    Residence 3 Dec 1918  30 Braham Gardens, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    Death 3 Dec 1918  5 Brunswick Terrace, Melcombe Regis, Weymouth, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 26, 28, 33] 
    Age: 60y 
    Burial 7 Dec 1918  Cumberbatch Grave, Compartment 6 East Side, Brompton Cemetery, Brompton, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [18, 27] 
    Age: 60y 
    Henry Alfred Cumberbatch Grave    		 Henry Alfred Cumberbatch Grave
    Media Date: DEC 1918
    Keywords: Picture
    Henry Alfred Cumberbatch Grave    		 Henry Alfred Cumberbatch Grave
    Caption Note: In Ever Loving Memory Of
    My Beloved Husband
    HENRY ALFRED CUMBERBATCH CMG
    Late HBM Consul General
    In Syria
    Born June 27th 1858
    Died December 3rd 1918
    Aged 60 Years
    "Blessed are the Pure in Heart"
    Media Date: DEC 1918
    Keywords: Picture
    Burial Register Henry Alfred Cumberbatch 1918    		 Burial Register Henry Alfred Cumberbatch 1918
    Keywords: Picture
    Probate 8 Feb 1919  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    • Effects £2,490 18s 11d to Helen Gertrude Cumberbatch widow.
    Custom Reference Number 0000594 
    Custom Reference Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16842447 
    Person ID I594  Cumberbatch
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2023 

    Father Robert William Cumberbatch,   b. 4 Dec 1821, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1876, Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Louisa Grace Hanson,   b. 29 Mar 1831   d. 10 Jan 1910, Candilli, Constantinople, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 14 Apr 1853  [23] 
    Family ID F243  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Helene Gertrude Rees,   b. 14 May 1869, Birkenhead Registration Dsitrct, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1928, Ravenstone, Roystone Park Road, Hatch End, Pinner, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage Between 16 Jan 1891 and 17 Jan 1891  All Saints' Church, Boudjah (Buca), near Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 26, 28] 
    Notes 
    • Marriage
      CUMBERBATCH - REES
      16/01/1891
      At the British Consulate, Smyrna, and on the 17th at All Saints' Church, Boudjah, near Smyrna, by the Rev L Le Bouvier, Henry A Cumberbatch, H.M. Consul at Adrianople, eldest suriving son of the late Robert Wm Cumberbatch H.M. Consulate Smyrna, to Helene Gertrude Rees, youngest daughter of Thomas B Rees of Smyrna. No cards.
      19th century British Newspapers [34]
    Children 
     1. Robert Cecil Cumberbatch,   b. 29 Jun 1892, Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1963, Athens, Greece Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     2. Ida Sybil Cumberbatch,   b. 10 Apr 1895, Angora [now Ankara], Turkey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Nov 1947, Collingham Gardens, Kensington, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
     3. Sir Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch,   b. 29 Jul 1897, Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1951, Monks Park, Wadhurst, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
     4. Private
     5. Nancy Mary Cumberbatch,   b. 25 Apr 1905   d. 10 Nov 1948, Lonsdale Nursing Home, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)
    Photos
    All Saints Boudjah Izmir Turkey from Illustrated London News    		All Saints Boudjah Izmir Turkey from Illustrated London News
    Keywords: Picture
    Family ID F222  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2017 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Jun 1858 - Berdiansk, Russia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 28 Jun 1858 - Berdiansk, Russia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - Christ College - Est 1873 - Finchley, London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - Dragoman - 1876 - Constantinople, Turkey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Vice-Consul at Bucharest - 26 Jul 1879 - Bucharest, Romania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - H.M. Vice-Consul at Soulina - 1881 - Soulina, Romania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Acting Consul General at Philippopolis - 1888 - Philippopolis, Bulgaria Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - H.M. Consul at Adrianople - 20 Mar 1888 - Adrianople, Turkey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - H.M. Consul at Adrianople - 16 Jan 1890 - Adrianople, Turkey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Acting Consul General, Salonica - 1891 - Salonica, Greece Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Between 16 Jan 1891 and 17 Jan 1891 - All Saints' Church, Boudjah (Buca), near Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Acting Consul General at Smyrna - 1892 - Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Acting Consul General at Angora now Ankara, Turkey - 22 Jul 1893 - Angora [now Ankara], Turkey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - H.M. Consul for Kurdistan; Was at Erzeroum (Kurdistan) during the massacres of Armenians at that place in 1895 - Between 1895 and 1896 - Kurdistan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - H.M. Consul at Smyrna - Between 18 Nov 1896 and 31 Mar 1900 - Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - H.M. Consul-General at Smyrna [Izmir], Turkey - Between 1 Apr 1900 and 21 Jan 1908 - Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Consul-General for the Vilayet of Beyrout and the Mutessariflik of the Lebanon - 22 Jan 1908 - Beyrout, Lebanon Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - H.M. Consul-General for the Vilayet of Beirut, Syria, and for the Lebanon - Between 22 Jan 1908 and 1914 - Beirut, Lebanon Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 3 Dec 1918 - 30 Braham Gardens, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Age: 60y - 3 Dec 1918 - 5 Brunswick Terrace, Melcombe Regis, Weymouth, Dorset, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Age: 60y - 7 Dec 1918 - Cumberbatch Grave, Compartment 6 East Side, Brompton Cemetery, Brompton, London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 8 Feb 1919 - London, England Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    Henry Alfred Cumberbatch letter p1    		Henry Alfred Cumberbatch letter p1
    Caption Note: Private British Consulate, Adrianople
    Jan 16 1890
    My dear Sir Francis,
    Having recently read in the papers that your service jubilee had been celebrated the other day I hasten to add my sincerest congratulations on the happy event with a hope that you will long continue at the head of the Department you have so long directed.
    I would like to send you a little interesting news but my post is a veritable sinecure and there seems little or no prospect of its becoming a ‘lively’ berth commercially politically or otherwise.
    To keep a clear conscience I have to ‘make’ work in the shape of reports on various topics but having now exhausted all subjects I know not what to turn my hand to in order to feel that I am earning my salary.
    I wish they would reduce it to a Vice Consulate and transfer me elsewhere where I should have more ‘active’ work instead of wasting my time here.
    Believe me
    Dear Sir Francis
    Yours very sincerely
    H A Cumberbatch
    Media Date: 16 JAN 1890
    Keywords: Picture
    Henry Alfred Cumberbatch letter p2 & p3    		Henry Alfred Cumberbatch letter p2 & p3
    Caption Note: Private British Consulate, Adrianople
    Jan 16 1890
    My dear Sir Francis,
    Having recently read in the papers that your service jubilee had been celebrated the other day I hasten to add my sincerest congratulations on the happy event with a hope that you will long continue at the head of the Department you have so long directed.
    I would like to send you a little interesting news but my post is a veritable sinecure and there seems little or no prospect of its becoming a ‘lively’ berth commercially politically or otherwise.
    To keep a clear conscience I have to ‘make’ work in the shape of reports on various topics but having now exhausted all subjects I know not what to turn my hand to in order to feel that I am earning my salary.
    I wish they would reduce it to a Vice Consulate and transfer me elsewhere where I should have more ‘active’ work instead of wasting my time here.
    Believe me
    Dear Sir Francis
    Yours very sincerely
    H A Cumberbatch
    Media Date: 16 JAN 1890
    Keywords: Picture
    Henry Alfred Cumberbatch letter with signature    		Henry Alfred Cumberbatch letter with signature
    Caption Note: Private British Consulate, Adrianople
    Jan 16 1890
    My dear Sir Francis,
    Having recently read in the papers that your service jubilee had been celebrated the other day I hasten to add my sincerest congratulations on the happy event with a hope that you will long continue at the head of the Department you have so long directed.
    I would like to send you a little interesting news but my post is a veritable sinecure and there seems little or no prospect of its becoming a ‘lively’ berth commercially politically or otherwise.
    To keep a clear conscience I have to ‘make’ work in the shape of reports on various topics but having now exhausted all subjects I know not what to turn my hand to in order to feel that I am earning my salary.
    I wish they would reduce it to a Vice Consulate and transfer me elsewhere where I should have more ‘active’ work instead of wasting my time here.
    Believe me
    Dear Sir Francis
    Yours very sincerely
    H A Cumberbatch
    Media Date: 16 JAN 1890
    Keywords: Picture
    Henry Alfred Cumberbatch Apr 1907 on way to Nif with Gertrude Bell    		Henry Alfred Cumberbatch Apr 1907 on way to Nif with Gertrude Bell
    Media Date: APR 1907
    Keywords: Picture
    Henry Alfred Cumberbatch Apr 1907 Nif    		Henry Alfred Cumberbatch Apr 1907 Nif
    Media Date: APR 1907
    Keywords: Picture
    Henry Alfred Cumberbatch Grave    		Henry Alfred Cumberbatch Grave
    Media Date: DEC 1918
    Keywords: Picture
    Henry Alfred Cumberbatch Grave    		Henry Alfred Cumberbatch Grave
    Caption Note: In Ever Loving Memory Of
    My Beloved Husband
    HENRY ALFRED CUMBERBATCH CMG
    Late HBM Consul General
    In Syria
    Born June 27th 1858
    Died December 3rd 1918
    Aged 60 Years
    "Blessed are the Pure in Heart"
    Media Date: DEC 1918
    Keywords: Picture
    H A Cumberbatch C.M.G. Foreign Office 1918    		H A Cumberbatch C.M.G. Foreign Office 1918
    Caption Note: Colonel H A Cumberbatch CMG. Foreign Office

    © IWM (HU 120695)
    Media Date: JUN 1918
    Keywords: Picture

  • Notes 
    • Baptism: 27 June 1858, Berdiansk, Russia 259
      Education: Christ College, Finchley, Middx. 261
      Burial: 3 December 1918

      Bet. 1879 - 1881, Vice-Consul Bucharest, 1879; Soulina (Roumania), 1881
      Bet. 1888 - 1890, Consul - Adrianople 1888; Acting C.-G., Philippopolis (Bulgaria), 1888 & 1890
      Bet. 1896 - 1908, Consul for Kurdistan, 1895-96; Consul at Smyrna, 1896-1900; C.-G. 1900-1908

      Decorated CMG for services in Asia Minor; played golf; member of St. James’ Club

      Thomas Seccombe, Who Was Who, (Published originally 1900)
    • He played golf for recreation.

      Henry Alfred Cumberbatch (British consul in Smyrna 1896-1908) is mentioned in the memoirs of the famous English traveller and writer Gertrude Bell, whose relevant section mentioning her being hosted by him and his wife in 1907 on her expedition to a Hittite monument in the hinterland of Anatolia. On April 5-7 she travelled to Nif. Gertrude's letters and diaries are online at: http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk- search for Cumberbatch; "Friday Ap 5. [5 April 1907] Off at 8.15 with the Cumberbatches and drove to Nif [Kemalpasa]... The road very bad. It was being repaired and we had frequently to drive into the surrounding country when we as frequently stuck in the mud."
    • Will of CUMBERBATCH Henry Alfred of 30 Braham-gardens Middlesex died 3 December 1918 at 5 Brunswick-terrace Weymouth Dorsetshire Administration (with Will) London 8 February [1919] to Helene Gertrude CUMBERBATCH widow. Effects £2,490 18s 11d.

  • Sources 
    1. [S144] Births , GRO CONSULAR BIRTH INDICES (1849 to 1965)1855 - 1859 Henry Alfred Cumberbatch.

    2. [S13736] Birth Berdiansk, Russia 27 Jun 1858 Henry Alfred Cumberbatch, (1), 27 Jun 1858.

    3. [S13613] London Gazette Henry Alfred Cumberbatch appointed Vice-Consul at Bucharest 26 Jul 1879.

    4. [S13614] London Gazette Henry Alfred Cumberbatch appointed Consul at Adrianople 20 Mar 1888.

    5. [S194] Letter from Henry Alfred Cumberbatch 16 Jan 1890 including his signature.

    6. [S13615] London Gazette Henry Alfred Cumberbatch appointed Consul at Angora [now Ankara, Turkey] 22 Jul 1893.

    7. [S13612] London Gazette Henry Alfred Cumberbatch awarded the CMG 20 May 1896.

    8. [S13616] London Gazette Henry Alfred Cumberbatch appointed Consul at Smyrna 18 Nov 1896.

    9. [S13617] London Gazette Henry Alfred Cumberbatch appointed Consul-General at Smyrna 1 Apr 1900.

    10. [S13618] London Gazette Henry Alfred Cumberbatch appointed Consul-General at Consul-General for the Vilayet of Beyrout and the Mutessariflik of the Lebanon 22 Jan 1908.

    11. [S1] George William MARSHALL LL.B., Collections for a Genealogical Account of the Family of COMBERBACH, (Privately published in London 1866), Page 39.

    12. [S96] Who Was Who 1916 - 1928, p. 252.
      CUMBERBATCH, Henry Alfred, C.M.G., 1896; H.M. Consul-General for the Vilayet of Beirut, Syria, and for the Lebanon 1908-1914; was also British Post Office Agent; has been employed at the Foreign Office since Nov. 1914; b. Berdiansk (Russia), 27 June 1858; s. of late R.W. Cumberbatch of H.M.'s Consular Service; m. Helene Gertrude, d. of late T.B. Rees of Smyrna, 1891; three s. two d. Educ.: Christ College, Finchley. Student Dragoman, Constantinople, 1876; employed at Belgrade, 1876-78; appointed H.M.'s Vice-Con. Bucharest, 1879; H.M.'s Vice-Con. Soulina (Roumania (sic)), 1881; Con. Adrianople, 1888; Acting Consul-General, Philippopolis (Bulgaria), 1888 and 1890; Acting Consul-General, Salonica, 1891; Acting Con-Gen., Smyrna 1892; transferred to Angora, 1893; was at Erzeroum (Kurdistan) during the massacres of Armenians at that place, 1895; Consul for Kurdistan, 1895-1896. Consul at Smyrna, 1896-1900; was also British Post Office Agent; Consul-General, 1900-8. Decorated for services rendered in Asia Minor, etc. Recreation: golf. Address: Foreign Office, S.W. Club: St. James's. (Died 3 Dec. 1918)

    13. [S129] Smyrna_BMD_19th_century_British_Newspapers.pdf, (Smyrna_BMD_19th_century_British_Newspapers.pdf).

    14. [S165] Marriages , GRO CONSULAR MARRIAGES (1849-1965)1891 - 1895 Henry Alfred Cumberbatch & Helen Gertrude Rees.

    15. [S193] Birth Certificate 8 Dec 1900 Henry Carlton Cumberbatch.

    16. [S203] Deaths England & Wales 1918 Dec Qtr Weymouth, Henry A Cumberbatch.

    17. [S13621] Deaths England & Wales 1918 Dec Qtr, Weymouth, Henry Alfred Cumberbatch Age: 60.

    18. [S13542] Burial Brompton Cemetery Henry Alfred Cumberbatch 7 Dec 1918.

    19. [S185] Will Cumberbatch Henry Alfred Proved 8 Feb 1919.

    20. [S7736] Will of Henry Alfred Cumberbatch proved 8 February 1919.

    21. [S8739] Marriage Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch and Sheelagh Elphinstone Bradley 21 Jan 1925 Calcutta, Bengal, India.

    22. [S39] Lt. Col. Stephen Cave, Another Family History Database - Lt. Col. Cave, (Name: Print-out of the Descendants of Abraham Parry Cumberbatch 22 August 2001;), Page 1.

    23. [S92] Christopher Lloyd?, The Lloyds of Harley Street Associated Families and Friends, (FH/LLO), Volume 1 Page 78, FH/LLO.

    24. [S13736] Birth Berdiansk, Russia 27 Jun 1858 Henry Alfred Cumberbatch, (1).

    25. [S67] English Government, Death Index - England, 1918 Dec Qtr Cumberbatch Henry A. 60 Weymouth 5a 668.

    26. [S184] Who Was Who 1916 - 1928 Henry Alfred Cumberbatch.

    27. [S3944] Grave of Henry Alfred Cumberbatch 3 Dec 1918 Brompton Cemetery, London, England.

    28. [S4778] Robert Cecil Cumberbatch - The Massaschusetts Society of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Application.

    29. [S37] Another Family History Database, Update received via email from Chris Seaton.
      By the way, Henry Alfred Cumberbatch was born 27 June 1858 in Berdiansk, Russia according to Thomas Seccombe, "Who Was Who," (Published originally 1900).


    30. [S39] Lt. Col. Stephen Cave, Another Family History Database - Lt. Col. Cave, (Name: Print-out of the Descendants of Abraham Parry Cumberbatch 22 August 2001;), Page 1.
      Birth: 27 June 1868

    31. [S38] Ernest M. Wiltshire, Another Family History Database - Ernest Wiltshire, (Name: eMail;), L. Laurence Boyle, Cumberbatch Genealogy.

    32. [S93] The Times, The Times Newspaper, The Times 18 January 1908 p.10 Column: a.
      Court Circular...Mr Cumberbatch, hitherto British Consul-General at Smyrna, has left for his new post at Beirut.

    33. [S39] Lt. Col. Stephen Cave, Another Family History Database - Lt. Col. Cave, (Name: Print-out of the Descendants of Abraham Parry Cumberbatch 22 August 2001;), Page 1.
      Death: 3 December 1918

    34. [S35] File (merged): C:\Users\Bob\Documents\Family Historian Projects\Cumberbatch of Bristol\Alexander Cumberbatch of Bristol 2010-11-19.ged.


 

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