Hugh Douglas Clinch

Born: 21 Jan 1880, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Christened: 29 Feb 1880, Barnwood, Gloucestershire, England
Marriage (1): Vera Eileen Platt on 4 Apr 1907 in St. Thomas' Church, Durban, Natal, South Africa
Died: 24 Oct 1947, Marylebone, London, England aged 67
Crem.: , , England

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Vera Eileen Platt

Monica Eileen Druce Clinch+
Diana Clinch+

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

http://genealogyworld.net/WHO/who_A.htmll

And

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/2997/40610_B001157-00047/40649590?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3frank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26gss%3dangs-g%26gsfn%3ddiana%26gsfn_x%3dNIC%26gsln%3dclinch%26gsln_x%3dXO%26msbdy%3d1925%26msbdy_x%3d1%26cpxt%3d1%26catBucket%3drstp%26uidh%3diof%26msbdp%3d1%26cp%3d11%26pcat%3dROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3d40649590%26recoff%3d7%2b8%2b32%26db%3dUKOutwardPassengerLists%26indiv%3d1%26ml_rpos%3d1&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord

bullet Christening Notes:

http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/5066/41511_626640_0541-00005/279461?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3frank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gss%3dangs-g%26gsfn%3dhugh%26gsfn_x%3dNIC%26gsln%3dclinch%26gsln_x%3dXO%26msbdy%3d1880%26msbdy_x%3d1%26cpxt%3d1%26catBucket%3drstp%26uidh%3diof%26msbdp%3d1%26cp%3d11%26pcat%3dROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3d279461%26recoff%3d7%2b9%2b28%2b41%26db%3dGloucBapt%26indiv%3d1%26ml_rpos%3d9&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord

bullet Death Notes:

National Archives of South Africa

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 00
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 2334/1947
PART 1
DESCRIPTION CLINCH, HUGH DOUGLAS. S/SP CLINCH, VERA EILEEN.
STARTING 19470000
ENDING 19540000

And

http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=C867809

And

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ONSDeath93&h=29735573&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=1518

And

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1897&iid=31031_A100035-01672&fn=Hugh+Douglas&ln=Clinch&st=r&ssrc=&pid=122853

bullet Burial Notes:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1897&iid=31031_A100035-01672&fn=Hugh+Douglas&ln=Clinch&st=r&ssrc=&pid=122853

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Web Based Info. http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=C23622

• Education. King's School, Petreborough
http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=C23622

• Occupation. Manager Kaffrarian Steam Mill Co., Ltd, Durban.

And

Agent
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11809-29830-84?cc=2063749&wc=M9WM-PR2:n481135513

And

Grain Exporter.
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1518/30807_A000855-00334/6929476?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return

Chairman.
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/2997/40610_B001157-00047/40649590?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3frank%3d1%26new%3d1%26MSAV%3d1%26gss%3dangs-g%26gsfn%3ddiana%26gsfn_x%3dNIC%26gsln%3dclinch%26gsln_x%3dXO%26msbdy%3d1925%26msbdy_x%3d1%26cpxt%3d1%26catBucket%3drstp%26uidh%3diof%26msbdp%3d1%26cp%3d11%26pcat%3dROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3d40649590%26recoff%3d7%2b8%2b32%26db%3dUKOutwardPassengerLists%26indiv%3d1%26ml_rpos%3d1&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord

And

Grain Exporter.
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1518/30807_A000855-00334/6929479?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dBT26%26h%3d6929479%26indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%3aOtherRecord%26rhSource%3d2997&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord

• General Comment. Served with Montgomery Yeomanry in Boer War, 1900-01; also in Great War with Yeomanry, Staff Captain, G.H.Q., Palestine. Mentioned in Despatches. Manager, Kaffrarian Steam Mill Co. in Durban since 1908. President, Durban and Coast Society of Agriculture and Industry, 1927/9. Represented Natal, Inter-provincial Tennis, 1906.

http://ancestry24.com/search-item/?id=C23622

• General Comment. Copy of his mother in law - Trena Vosper Platt nee Henry's death notice dd 4 Sep 1920 in RAB's possession. He signed her Death Notice.

• General Comment. Copy of his wife, Vera Eileen Jopp's, Death Notice dated 2 May 1969 in RAB's possession. He is recorded as H.E.Douglas Clinch.

• Census: UK, 1881. http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/7572/GLSRG11_2526_2530-0917/6211206?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3duki1881%26h%3d6211206%26indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%3aOtherRecord%26rhSource%3d6598&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord

Hugh married Vera Eileen Platt, daughter of Edward Ashworth Platt and Petrena Vosper Henry, on 4 Apr 1907 in St. Thomas' Church, Durban, Natal, South Africa. (Vera Eileen Platt was born on 12 Mar 1888 in Durban, Natal, South Africa and died on 30 Apr 1969 in Durban, Natal, South Africa.)

bullet Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. Name: Clinch, Hugh Douglas
Date Of Birth: 21 January 1880
Place Of Birth: Gloucester
Occupation: Manager Kaffrarian Steam Mill Co., Ltd, Durban
Father Name: Clinch, A. Howard
Surname Of Spouse: Platt
First Name Of Spouse: Vera Eileen
Date Of Marriage: 1907
Surname Of Father Spouse 1: Platt
First Name Of Father Spouse 1: E.A.
Information Of Father Spouse 1: Vera was youngest daughter
Number Of Children: Two daughters.
Place Of Education: King's School, Peterborough
Address: P.O. Box 349, Durban
Other Information: Served with Montgomery Yeomanry in Boer War, 1900-01; also in Great War with Yeomanry, Staff Captain, G.H.Q., Palestine. Mentioned in Despatches. Manager, Kaffrarian Steam Mill Co. in Durban since 1908. President, Durban and Coast Society of Agriculture and Industry, 1927/9. Represented Natal, Inter-provincial Tennis, 1906.
Image Name: 053_WhosWhoNatal_1935.JPG
Page Number: 53
Source: Natal Who's Who 1933

And

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11809-29830-84?cc=2063749&wc=M9WM-PR2:n481135513
Witness was Trena Platt.

And

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11809-29830-84?cc=2063749

• General Comment. Copy of marriage cert in RAB's possesion.

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Caveat:- Throughout the project UK GRO birth, marriage and death index data appears. The GRO data appears in Quarters. Q1 = January, February and March, Q2 = April, May, June , Q3 = July, August and September and Q4 = October, November and December. Similarly, Mar Q = January, February and March, Jun Q = April, May, June , Sep Q = July, August and September and Dec Q = October, November and December. Where these dates occur, they represent the date of Registration of the event rather than the date of the actual event. Logically, registration occurs AFTER the event. In some cases this may be days or months or even years after the event. The important thing is that the event was recorded and a copy of the document of registration could be obtained if necessary. This also applies to South African NAAIRS records.

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