John William Farndale MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond
13 November 1868 to 30 March 1927 (buried)
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Middlesbrough
1868
John
W Farndale, son of Joseph and Jane (nee Newton) Farndale (FAR00350B) was born on 13
November 1868 and baptised at St John., Middlesbrough on 1 December 1868. John
William Farndale’s birth was registered in Stockton
District the fourth quarter of 1868 (Vol 10a page 71).
(note that there was a different John William
Farndale who died age 0 at Stockton District third quarter 1868 (DR))
Chesterfield
1871
The 1871
Census for Chesterfield showed Joseph Farndale,
Chief Superintendent of Police, 28 living with Jane Farndale, his wife, 29, John
W Farndale, their son, 2 and Sarah Vaughan, a general servant.
Leicester
1881
The 1881
Census recorded that Joseph Farndale, Chief Constable, 38, lived at 94
Municipality Building, Bishop Street, Leicester, with Jane Farndale, his wife,
40; John William Farndale, their son, 12; Alice Bush, a visitor
and Naomi Parsons, general domestic servant.
Kings Norton
1891
In the
1891 census, Joseph Farndale, Chief of Police, 48, was listed at Hagley Road,
Edgbaston, Kings Norton, Warwickshire, with Jane Farndale, 50; John William
Farndale, a medical student, aged 22; three visitors; and three servants –
a parlour maid, a housemaid, and a cook.
Birmingham
1892
Birmingham
Daily Post, 11 April 1892: Birmingham men occupied a position of considerable
eminence at the last second examination of the Examining Board of the Royal
Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons. The two subjects in which the board
examined were physiology and anatomy; and no less than ten Queen’s College
candidates passed in both subjects, and two anatomy.... the two candidates
who were successful in anatomy were Messrs J W Farndale and E G Coop. I believe
that no other provincial medical school obtained the same number of successes
in the double examination, that is for physiology and anatomy combined.
Leicester Chronicle, 29 October 1892:
CIVIC BALL AT LEICESTER. The Mayor and Mayoress of Leicester brought to a
close the successful round of civic hospitalities which has distinguished their
term of office by a ball at the County Assembly Rooms last night. Some 500
invitations were accepted, and there was a large and influential company of
guests. The accommodation afforded by the Assembly Rooms was thus taxed
somewhat severely... Attendees... Mr. J Farndale and lady...
1894
John Farndale attended the Birmingham Mayorial Reception with
his father the Chief Constable, in 1894.
Birmingham Daily Gazette, 13 April
1894: THE MAYORAL RECEPTION. The
hospitality of the mayor of Birmingham was extended last evening in the
second-half of his worship's chosen guests. The company was not less brilliant
than that of Wednesday night, and within the council house the scene was as bright
and delightful as could be desired. In a sorting his guests under slightly
different conditions to those that have prevailed of last year's Alderman
Johnson certainly made more comfortable the lot of the ladies and gentlemen who
accepted the invitations to be present at the reception and take part in the
ball and entertainment subsequently.... attendees... Mr J Farndale, Mr J W
Farndale...
1896
London Evening Standard, 23 May 1896: THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. The following gentlemen,
having passed the necessary examinations, and having conformed to the by laws
and regulations, have been admitted members of the college, and are now
entitled to practise medicine, surgery, and midwifery viz... John William
Farndale...
The UK
Medical Registers show that John William Farndale MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond
was registered as a
medical practitioner on 6 June 1896 and was living at 44 Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham in 1899;
engaged in Suva, Fiji in 1903; and engaged by the Northern Rhodesia Medical
Service in 1911 and 1919. In 1923 his address was c/o the Standard Bank of
South Africa in London.
Fiji
Homeward
Mail from India, China and the East, 4 June 1898: Departure of
passengers Per P and OSN Co. SS INDIA , From London June 3, and Brindisi June
12; For Gibraltar, Malta, Brindisi, Port Said, Ismailia, Aden, Colombo, and
Australia; Connecting Aden with SS Ganges for Bombay, and at Columbo with SS Coramandy for Straits, China and Japan. Passenger
list... Mr J W Farndale...
1900
He
married Annie Florence Kate Langford-Sidebottom from Fife when he was in Fiji.
She was the daughter of John (“Jack”) Langford-Sidebottom ISO (1843 to 1919)
and Catherine (nee McKee) (“Kate”) Langford-Sidebottom (died 1919) and had been
born in Suva, Fiji in about 1877. Jack Langford-Sidebottom was born in
Pentridge, Coburg, Victoria on 27 October 1843 and had married Kate McKee in Levuka, Fiji in 1870. Jack died in Cape Town on 4 November
1919.
Margaret
Gwendoline Farndale (FAR00703A) was
born in Fife in about 1900 (census). So Kate must have travelled
home for the births and appears to have lived in Scotland.
1901
When
his father, the Chief Constable of Birmingham, died in 1901, he was in Fiji:
Sutton
Coldfield News, 29 December 1901: THE ESTATE OF THE LATE MR
FARNDALE. The estate of the late Mr Joseph Farndale, of The Hollies, Sutton
Coldfield, formerly chief of the city of Birmingham police, has been sworn at
£1,059 19s 11d, and the personalty at £959 1s 8½d. As Mr Farndale died intestate,
and his only one child and next of kin, Mr Joseph (sic, recte
John) W Farndale, being resident at Ba, Fiji Islands, a grant of
administration to the estate of the deceased had contained by Mr John Ansell,
solicitor, 27, Bennetts Bill, Birmingham, on behalf of, and as lawful attorney
to, Mr J W Farndale.
Joan
Edna Murray Farndale (FAR00711A) was
born in Fife on 30 June 1901 (1939 Register, census).
1903
John
was engaged in Suva, Fiji in 1903.
1904
John seems to have returned from Fiji in 1904
Civil and Military Gazette (Lahore), 10 February
1904: ARRIVALS BY THE MAIL. The following is the list
of passengers by the Arabia which arrived on Friday from London … Farndale,
Mr J W …
Bombay,
passengers arrived: Homeward Mail from India, China and the East, 20
February 1904: Per Arabia from London - … Mr J W Farndale …
1905
Kate
Farndale was travelling home on her own in 1905.
Homeward
Mail from India, China and the East, 29 April 1905: BOMBAY.
PASSENGERS DEPARTED. Per Egypt (April 15) For London … Mrs Farndale
…
Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
1911
John
was engaged by the Northern Rhodesia Medical Service in 1911 and 1919.
1913
The
daughters later lived in Worthing, West Sussex, so could this be this family?
“Free
seaside excursion tickets are being given away this month …
Holborn
and Finsbury Guardian, 25 July 1913: WORTHING. Clean comfortable
apartments three minutes from sea; terms moderate. Apply Miss Farndale, 18 Park
Road.
1920
Dr J W Farndale and
his family arrived in Southampton on a voyage from Durban (Natal), East London,
Port Elizabeth (Algoa Bay), Cape Town and Madeira on
the Carisbrook Castle of the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Limited (Incoming Passenger Lists).
Willesdon, Middlesex
1921
1921 census – Willesdon,
Middlesex
John
William Farndale, 52 years and 7 months, married, born Middlesbro’, Government
Medical Officer, Colonials, retired
Annie
Florence Kate Farndale, his wife, 44, from Fife
Margaret
Gwendoline Farndale, his daughter, 20, born Fife, single, a bank clerk at
London Joint City and Midland
Joan
Edna Murray Farndale, 19, his daughter, born Fife, single, home duties
1923
In
1923 John’s address was c/o the Standard Bank of South Africa in London. So he
was probably still working, at least temporarily, in South Africa or Rhodesia
then.
Harrow and Hampstead, London
1926
John
William Farndale was registered at Harrow (Electoral Register).
1927
John
W Farndale, died aged 56 in 1927 (registered first quarter, GRO
Vol 1a page 984) at Hampstead, London. He was buried at Hendon Cemetery and
Crematorium on 30 March 1927 (Cemetery Registers).
1939
1939
Register – 20 Albany Villas, Hove, Sussex
Annie
F K Farndale, born 29 May 1877, was a widow living in Hove, Sussex.
1945
Annie
Florence Kate Farndale lived at 18 Albany Villas, Hove, Sussex in 1945 (Electoral
Register).
1947
Annie
Florence Kate Farndale died in 1947, aged 70, and her death was registered in
Brighton in the third quarter of 1947 (GRO Vol 5h page 125).