Social Victorians/People/Hughes-Onslow

Also Known As

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  • Family name: Hughes-Onslow; before 1840, Onslow[1]

Demographics

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  • Nationality: British

Residences

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  • Balkissock, Ayrshire, Scotland[2]

Family

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  • Henry John Hughes-Onslow (31 March 1816 – 31 July 1870)[2]
  • Judith Charlotte Barras ( – 23 February 1920)[3]
    1. Major Arthur Hughes-Onslow (21 August 1862 – 17 August 1914)
    2. Major Denzil Hughes-Onslow (20 December 1863 – 10 July 1916)
    3. Rear-Admiral Constantine Henry Hughes-Onslow (29 March 1867 – 1949)
    4. Somerset (Julius Somerset) Hughes-Onslow (28 December 1869 – 12 September 1909)
    5. Henry Douglas Hughes-Onslow (3 January 1871 – 1 April 1932)

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies

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Organizations

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Timeline

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1861 January 8, Henry John Hughes-Onslow and Judith Charlotte Barras married.[3]

1895 January 10, Thursday, Mr. Somerset Hughes-Onslow and a Mrs. Hughes-Onslow attended the Dorset Hunt Ball in Dorchester.[4][5]

1897 January 30, Saturday, the Queen reported a Bal Poudré hosted by Mrs. John Lane Shrubb; Mr. Somerset Hughes-Onslow and Captain and Mrs. Hughes-Onslow attended.

1897 July 2, Mr. Somerset Hughes-Onslow attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

1897 December 6, Monday, Somerset Hughes-Onslow was injured in a hunting accident:

Mr. Somerset Hughes-Onslow, brother of Captain Hughes-Onslow, of Colyton House, Dorchester, while hunting with the Blackmore Vale Hounds on Monday, met with an accident. In taking a gully he was thrown, and, pitching heavily, he dislocated his collar-bone, besides sustaining several bruises.[6]

1899 December 20, Wednesday, the Morning Post reported that "Mr. Somerset Hughes-Onslow has sufficiently recovered from his long illness to be able to leave Margate, and has gone to stay with Captain and Mrs. Denzil Hughes-Onslow at Colliton House, Dorchester."[7] This notice was also reported in the Canterbury Journal and Farmers' Gazette.[8]

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball

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Mr. Somerset Hughes-Onslow (at 562) attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

Notes and Questions

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  1. Somerset Hughes-Onslow never married.[9]

Footnotes

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  1. "Onslow, Henry John (Hughes)." Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster. Wikisource https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Alumni_Oxonienses:_the_Members_of_the_University_of_Oxford,_1715-1886/Onslow,_Henry_John_(Hughes): Vol. 3, p. 1042.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Henry John Hughes-Onslow." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-09-22. https://www.thepeerage.com/p65827.htm#i658264.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Judith Charlotte Barras." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-09-22. https://www.thepeerage.com/p66815.htm#i668147.
  4. "Hunt Ball at Dorchester." Weymouth Telegram 15 January 1895 Tuesday: 5 [of 8], Col. 4b–c [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002982/18950115/089/0005.
  5. "Hunt Ball at Dorchester." Western Gazette 18 January 1895 Friday: 7 [of 8], Cols. 4c–5a [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000407/18950118/104/0007.
  6. "Hunting Notes." The County Gentleman 11 December 1897 Saturday: 26 [of 38], Col. 1b [of 2]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002525/18971211/102/0026.
  7. "Arrangements for this Day." Morning Post 20 December 1899 Wednesday: 5 [of 10], Col. 7b [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18991220/042/0005.
  8. "Faversham." Canterbury Journal and Farmers' Gazette 23 December 1899 Saturday: 8 [of 8], Col. 3b–c [of 6]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001404/18991223/133/0008.
  9. "Julius Somerset Hughes-Onslow." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23. https://www.thepeerage.com/p66841.htm#i668410.