1850 - 1927 (76 years)
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| Name |
Sholto George Douglas Skrine |
| Birth |
24 Aug 1850 |
Broad Street, Bath, Somerset, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
27 Jun 1927 |
Kingsmoor, Box, Wiltshire, England |
| Burial |
Claverton, Bath, England |
| Person ID |
I188659 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
1 Jan 2021 |
| Family |
Edith Clara Douglas, b. Abt 1855 d. Yes, date unknown |
| Marriage |
20 Jun 1882 |
St. Stephen's Church, South Kensington, London, England |
| Children |
| | 1. Gladys Mary Skrine, b. 5 Nov 1885, Ceylon d. 1973 (Age 87 years) |
| | 2. Sholto Herries Skrine, M.C., b. 1887, Bath, Somerset, England d. 10 Sep 1917 (Age 30 years) |
| | 3. Walter Vivian Douglas Skrine, M.C., b. 29 Feb 1892, Ceylon d. 1966 (Age 73 years) |
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| Family ID |
F77556 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
1 Jan 2021 |
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| Notes |
- ?of Furze Croft, near Maidenhead
and of
Kingsdown, Box, Wilts
Procurator-General of Mauritius
He migrated to Dickoya Ceylon where he managed the Skrine family Tea plantation.
Sholto George Douglas Skrine was the fifth son of Henry Duncan Skrine and one of twins. Sholto spent much time in Ceylon and back in England married Edith Douglas in 1882 and lived at Furze Croft, Maidenhead, until at least 1919. They moved to Kingsmoor House from at least 1923 until Sholto's death in 1927. His funeral service was conducted by Rev George Esau, vicar of Ditteridge and Rev S Scott-White, Rector of Ditteridge.
From the history of Kingsmoor House:
His wife Edith, daughter of the Hon Sholto James Douglas, Procureur-General (public prosecutor) of Mauritius, was a formidable person who continued at Kingsmoor. Their eldest son Lieutenant Sholto Herries Skrine (1887 - 1917) was a tea planter in Ceylon until he volunteered aged 28 in 1915. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1916 while serving in the Royal Field Artillery but died of wounds sustained in action in France in 1917. Edith died in 1931 and her funeral at Claverton was conducted by Rev Esau now vicar at Charlcombe and Rev HF Plant, rector of Ditteridge.
Their surviving son, Walter Vivian Douglas Skrine, and his wife Dora continued to live at Kingsmoor after Edith's death. Captain Walter Vivian Douglas Skrine had served in the First World War winning a Military Cross and Bar for his bravery. On his return he married Dora M Lawrence of Maidenhead in 1919. Walter was a lawyer and worked overseas for many years at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Strangely, Walter and Dora were not listed as heads of the household at Kingsmoor in 1939. Those were listed as Doris F Bridges (1889 - 1967) and Selina Ford (b 1870), both of private means.
In the Second World War Walter was second-in-command of the Box Home Guard. In 1940 he set up a village invasion alarm system by having two Boy Scouts on duty every night at Kingsmoor, one to raise the alarm by bugle, the other to arrange the ringing of the church bells. He left the village in February 1943, moving to Gastard, Corsham.
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