Dr. Leonard Arthur Bateman Weakley F. R. C. S.
(1885-1956)

Dr. Leonard Arthur Bateman Weakley F. R. C. S. ⁵ ^,23

Born: 7 Mar 1885, Forest Gate, Essex, England ²³
Marriage (1): Alice Honora Vera Ruffer on 6 Nov 1917 in St. Marks Church, Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt
Died: 27 Jan 1956, , Funchal, Madeira aged 70 ²³

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Spouses/Children:

1. Alice Honora Vera Ruffer

Alison Cecily Weakley+
Dr. Timothy John Ruffer Weakley+

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet General Notes:

Arthur was a Doctor.

bullet Death Notes:

GRO Consular Death Index 1955-1960 Page 37

Weakley, Arthur L Age 70 Funchal Madeira, vol 50, page 317

http://www.familyrelatives.com/search/imageviewer.php?type=Images%2FOverseas+Records%2FDeath%2Ff00071&page=search_browseoverseas.php&imageid=F0007100037

The address 10 St. Omar St, Guildford, Surrey, England is probably his last address in England. He went to Madeira to convalesce according to notes in Dorri's possession. The notes were written by son Tim.

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

• Education. Arthur Leonard Weakley was invested as a Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons (F.R.C.S.).1 He lived at Alexandria, Egypt.1 He graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.).1

He attended Wellingborough Grammar School.

• General Comment. WRT his first names - in the GRO index he appears as Arthur Leonard; however in the UK censuses of 1891 and 1901 he appears as Leonard Arthur. In the 1901 he appears as Leonard Arthur Bateman Weakley. On examination of the actual image, it is unclear if the name Weakley applies to Leonard Arthur BATEMAN Weakley or Maurice George Bland Weakley. On further investigation, there is a Maurice George Bland who is born in Greenwich on the exact date in the Census. There is no Leonard Arthur Bateman born on this date in 1885 in the GRO index. This leads me to the conclusion that his actual correct full name was Leonard Arthur Bateman Weakley. In reaching this conclusion I added in the fact that he was at school and there were a lot of boys. In this type of scholastic/learned environment, it is very unlikely that the name "Bateman" was simply manufactured out of thin air. There was probably a very strict disciplinarian type teacher who was present during record taking or it was taken directly from the school register.

• General Comment. He is related somehow to the Gellibrands and Tollers. see http://www.gellibrand.com/fam00588.htmll

• General Comment. ²³ Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the census in 1891 in Woodgrange Road, No. 38, West Ham, Essex.
• He appeared as a Pupil on the census in 1901 in Wellingborough Grammer School, Wellingborough, Northamptionshire.
• He worked as a Royal College of Surgeons New Members on 13 Nov 1908. St Bartholomew's.
• He was educated at Medical School on 28 May 1910 in St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
• He appeared as a House Surgeon, Medical Practitioner on the census on 2 Apr 1911 in Richmond House, Royal Hospital, Kew Toot Road, Richmond, Surrey.
• He worked as a Doctor, RMAC from 1915 to 1919. Various Notices in the London Gazette.
• He received the Medal Roll Index Card from 1915 to 3 Oct 1921.
• He served in the military Temp Lt Royal Army Medical Corp, M.B. F.R.C.S. Edin on 17 Apr 1915. London Gazette.
• He served in the military Temporary Captain RAMC on 17 May 1916. London Gazette.
• He was discharged from the military Retaining the rank of Captain in Sep 1919. London Gazette.
• He worked as an Eye-surgeon to the Anglo-Swiss hospital in Alexandria, Eygpt.
• He travelled Strathnaver - P&O on 25 Jun 1939. Port of Arrival: London, England.
Ports of Voyage: Malta and Alexandria
Ports of Embarkation: Alexandria
• He worked as an Oculist on 25 Jun 1939.
• Mentioned: Daughter's Wedding -The Times, 2 Aug 1941, Alexandria, Eygpt.
• He had a residence before 1956 in 14 Lansdowne, Box Grove Road, Guildford. London Gazette.
• He had an estate probated on 27 Jan 1956 in 10 St. Omer Road, Guildford, Surrey. London Gazette.

• Hobbies. ²³ Dorri Roughley writes:- "Was keen on Motorbikes (with sidecars) in his youth. He is said to have to remarked to his son that he had driven his sisters into every village duck-pond in Essex.

• Web Based Info. http://thepeerage.com/p22261.html#i222604

And

http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/16685666/person/1871862575

• Census: UK, 1891. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1891&indiv=try&h=19038555

Leonard married Alice Honora Vera Ruffer, daughter of Sir Marc Armand Ruffer M. A. , M. D. , K. C. M. G. and Alice Mary Greenfield, on 6 Nov 1917 in St. Marks Church, Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt. (Alice Honora Vera Ruffer was born on 22 Feb 1896 in Marylebone, London, England, christened on 12 Apr 1896 in Westminster, Middlesex, England and died in Jan 1987 in Charminster, Dorset, England.)

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

• Web Based Info. Consular GRO Marriage Index Volume 14 marriages 1916 - 1920 Page 614

http://www.familyrelatives.com/search/imageviewer.php?type=Images%2FOverseas+Records%2FMarriage%2Ff01106&page=search_browseoverseas.php&imageid=F0110600016

And

Newspaper, The Times -15/11/1917 - R149

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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.

Similarly, the UK system is confusing to the uninitiated because registration districts can span several counties. Accordingly GRO locations may not record the true location of the event. They do record where the record is actually kept or recorded.

Caveat #2:- I have used URL's throughout the website as sources. The URLs are often from paid subscription sites so you may not be able to access them without an account. Inevitably there are broken URL's. I have been to every URL recorded here and at the time they were operational. In this regard, the Ancestry24 records are a problem. There are numerous references in the South African data citing Ancestry24 records. Unfortunately Ancestry24 has closed down and these records are no longer available on line.

The early South African records on this site would not have been as good as they are without the work done by Delia Robertson. Where there are website addresses containing http://www.e-family.co.za... I record the citation should read Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. This website can be found at First Fifty Years

Dr. Leonard Arthur Bateman Weakley F. R. C. S. 5,23

Dr. Leonard Arthur Bateman Weakley F. R. C. S. ⁵ ^,23