George Llewellyn Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick 5th Bart
Major 7th Queen's Own Hussars. High Sherriff of Anglesey 1939. Succeeded:12 May 1928
Lived at Gally Hill, Fleet, Hampshire
Lieutenant in the Edinburgh County Militia.
Fanny Augusta Tapps-Gervis-Meyrick
Lived at The Cedars, Burton, Christchurch, Hampshire
Births Dec 1857
Shiffner John Lewes 2b 125Marriages Mar 1894
BURROWS Elsie Steyning 2b 436
Shiffner John Steyning 2b 436Captain RA. Served in the Zulu war in 1879. Died in a shooting accident whilst cleaning guns at Bevern Bridge,Chailey.
1881 British Census
Other Information:
Birth Year <1858>
Birthplace Lewes, Sussex, England
Age 23
Occupation Captain Royal Artillary Active List
Marital Status U <Unmarried>
Head of Household John SHIFFNERSource Information:
Institution "Dover Castle" Kent
Census Place Dover Castle, Kent, England
Family History Library Film 1341238
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 1002 / 78
Page Number 2"Hamsey - Coombe Place, the seat of Capt. Sir John Shiffner bart includes a park of about 100 acres." Kelly's Directory, 1907.
Lady Shiffner Elsie Burrows OBE
Her father was an American with business interests in Hong Kong where she was born in 1872. [Source: "Our Parish" by Jack Harmer, 1991.]
Met John Shiffner at a Charity Ball at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton.
"Lady Shiffner worked in the Voluntary Aid Detachment during the 1914-1918 War and perfected a method of taking impressions in papier-mache for the fitting of artificial limbs. She became head of that department, again at the Royal Pavilion, then used as a War Hospital. For this work she was awarded the OBE [in 1920] and became a Dame of St John of Jerusalem. Later she became ill witih a complaint of the thyroid gland, at that time inoperable. But experiments were under way at Guys Hospital. Dr Langmiur-Watt asked if she would agree to become a 'guinea pig' in this new field of medicine. She replied, " If the Lord hadn't meant it I wouldn't' have met you in my hour of need!" It worked. She recovered. Between the wars she served as a Magistrate and as Girl Guides District Commissioner. She served with the W.V.S .attached to the American Embassy during World War II in London." Source: "Our Parish" by Jack Harmer, 1991.
Died six weeks before her hundredth birthday.Memorial in Church of St Peter, Hamsey;
IN MEMORY OF ELSIE SHIFFNER OBE
DAME OF GRACE OF THE ORDER OF
ST JOHN OF JERUSALEM, DAUGHTER
OF OGDEN HOFFMAN BURROWS OF
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, USA AND
WIFE OF JOHN SHIFFNER 5TH BARONET
1872-1972