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Sir Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch

Sir Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch[1]

Male 1897 - 1951  (54 years)

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  • Name Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20] 
    Title Sir 
    Birth 29 Jul 1897  Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24] 
    Gender Male 
    Education Between 1909 and 1914  Canterbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [24] 
    The King's School 
    Education 1911  Kings School, Canterbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [18, 21, 25] 
    Kings School, Canterbury 
    Occupation 2 Apr 1911  Dover, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    Student 
    Residence 2 Apr 1911  Platte Saline, St Margarets At Cliffe, Dover, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    Age: 13y 
    Occupation 6 Nov 1914  [3] 
    Temporary Second Lieutenant 
    Occupation 3 Oct 1915  [5] 
    Temporary Lieutenant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 
    Occupation 14 Jan 1916  [4] 
    Second Lieutenant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) with rank from 5 Nov 1914 
    Occupation 10 Jan 1917  [26] 
    Lieutenant 9th East Kent Regiment 
    Occupation 10 Jan 1917  [6] 
    Temporary Lieutenant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) transferred to General List 
    Occupation 4 Dec 1917  [7] 
    Graded for pay as Staff Lieutenant 
    Occupation 1 May 1918  [8] 
    Temporary Captain 
    Occupation Between 15 Sep 1918 and 31 Dec 1918  Italy Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Mentioned in Dispatches for distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty 
    Occupation Between 1 Oct 1918 and 1 Mar 1919  [10] 
    Temporary Lieutenant (Acting Captain) attached to Maltese Labour Corps 
    Occupation 1 May 1919  [11] 
    Captain 
    Occupation 1 May 1919  [11, 26] 
    Captain 6th East Kent Regiment 
    Occupation Between 1936 and 1938  Calcutta, Bengal, India Find all individuals with events at this location  [27] 
    23rd President of the Saturday Club in Calcutta, India 
    • The 23rd President of Saturday Club, Sir Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch (1936–1938): was also President of Bengal Chamber of Commerce (1947–1948).
      Cumberbatch was Chairman of Andrew Yule and Co. Ltd. and received knighthood on 14th August 1947.
      A keen Tennis player Sir Cumberbatch was also served in the committee of Asiatic Society.

      http://www.saturday-club.com/index.php/pages/past_president
    Census 29 Sep 1939  46 Royston Park Road, Harrow, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Name Hugh Cumberbatch  [21] 
    Occupation 29 Sep 1939  46 Royston Park Road, Harrow, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Director Andrew Yule & Co Limited Calcutta India (On Leave) 
    Residence 29 Sep 1939  46 Royston Park Road, Harrow, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Occupation 1945  [24] 
    Chairman of the Board of the Andrew Yule and Co. 
    Occupation Between 1947 and 1948  [18, 24] 
    President of both the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of India 
    Occupation 14 Aug 1947  Calcutta, Bengal, India Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 18] 
    Chairman of the Directors Messrs. Andrew Yule and Company Limited 
    • Sir David Yule continued to expand the business to power, paper, engineering, shipping and so on and by 1913 Andrew Yule was the largest managing agency house in the country with 37 companies under its hold. In 1919, the goodwill and business of Andrew Yule was sold to a new Private Limited Company namely Andrew Yule Company Pvt. Ltd. and subsequently in 1946 it was converted into a Public Limited Company.

      At the time of independence in 1947, the Company was at the zenith of its prosperity and influence. The Group managed about 57 Companies, provided employment to about 86 thousand people and in addition indirect employment to many more. The turnover of the Group in 1947 was Rs.23 crore, but what is more remarkable that the amount paid to the exchequer of Rs.1.80 crore was one sixtieth of Government’s total current revenue at that time.

      http://www.andrewyule.com/about_group.php
    Occupation 1948  [24] 
    Retired 
    Burial Oct 1951  Cumberbatch Graves, St Peter & St Paul Churchyard, Wadhurst, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 23] 
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    Residence 26 Oct 1951  Monks Park, Wadhurst, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Monks Park, Wadhurst    		 Monks Park, Wadhurst
    Keywords: Picture
    Death 26 Oct 1951  Monks Park, Wadhurst, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25] 
    Age: 54y 
    Monks Park, Wadhurst    		 Monks Park, Wadhurst
    Keywords: Picture
    Probate 14 Feb 1952  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Custom Reference Number 0000599 
    Custom Reference Number 1911069 
    Custom Reference Number 1939056 
    Custom Reference Number https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20854584 
    Title Knighted dated 14 August 1947 
    Person ID I599  Cumberbatch
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2023 

    Father CMG: Companion Order of St Michael and St George and was decorated for services rendered in Asia Minor Henry Alfred Cumberbatch,   b. 27 Jun 1858, Berdiansk, Russia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Dec 1918, 5 Brunswick Terrace, Melcombe Regis, Weymouth, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Helene Gertrude Rees,   b. 14 May 1869, Birkenhead Registration Dsitrct, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1928, Ravenstone, Roystone Park Road, Hatch End, Pinner, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage Between 16 Jan 1891 and 17 Jan 1891  All Saints' Church, Boudjah (Buca), near Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location  [28, 29, 30, 31] 
    Notes 
    • Marriage
      CUMBERBATCH - REES
      16/01/1891
      At the British Consulate, Smyrna, and on the 17th at All Saints' Church, Boudjah, near Smyrna, by the Rev L Le Bouvier, Henry A Cumberbatch, H.M. Consul at Adrianople, eldest suriving son of the late Robert Wm Cumberbatch H.M. Consulate Smyrna, to Helene Gertrude Rees, youngest daughter of Thomas B Rees of Smyrna. No cards.
      19th century British Newspapers [32]
    Photos
    All Saints Boudjah Izmir Turkey from Illustrated London News    		All Saints Boudjah Izmir Turkey from Illustrated London News
    Keywords: Picture
    Family ID F222  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lady Sheelagh Elphinstone Bradley,   b. 24 Apr 1902   d. 26 Feb 1983, Tunbridge Wells Registration District, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [1] 
    Marriage 21 Jan 1925  Calcutta, Bengal, India Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 18, 24, 25] 
    Family ID F167  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Jul 1897 - Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - The King's School - Between 1909 and 1914 - Canterbury, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - Kings School, Canterbury - 1911 - Kings School, Canterbury, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Student - 2 Apr 1911 - Dover, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 13y - 2 Apr 1911 - Platte Saline, St Margarets At Cliffe, Dover, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Mentioned in Dispatches for distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty - Between 15 Sep 1918 and 31 Dec 1918 - Italy Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 Jan 1925 - Calcutta, Bengal, India Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - 23rd President of the Saturday Club in Calcutta, India - Between 1936 and 1938 - Calcutta, Bengal, India Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 29 Sep 1939 - 46 Royston Park Road, Harrow, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Director Andrew Yule & Co Limited Calcutta India (On Leave) - 29 Sep 1939 - 46 Royston Park Road, Harrow, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 29 Sep 1939 - 46 Royston Park Road, Harrow, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Chairman of the Directors Messrs. Andrew Yule and Company Limited - 14 Aug 1947 - Calcutta, Bengal, India Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Oct 1951 - Cumberbatch Graves, St Peter & St Paul Churchyard, Wadhurst, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 26 Oct 1951 - Monks Park, Wadhurst, Sussex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Age: 54y - 26 Oct 1951 - Monks Park, Wadhurst, Sussex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 14 Feb 1952 - London, England Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch    		Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch
    Media Date: 1914
    Keywords: Picture
    Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch    		Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch
    Caption Note: http://www.levantineheritage.com/barker.htm
    Media Date: 1920
    Keywords: Picture
    Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch Medal Index Card front    		Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch Medal Index Card front
    Keywords: Picture
    Medal Index Card Hugh Carlton Cumberbatch Medal Index Card rear    		Medal Index Card Hugh Carlton Cumberbatch Medal Index Card rear
    Keywords: Picture
    Monks Park, Wadhurst    		Monks Park, Wadhurst
    Keywords: Picture

  • Notes 
    • Arrival at Ellis Island, NY, USA:
      Name: Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch
      Ethnicity: British, English
      Place of Residence: London, England
      Date of Arrival: January 21, 1917
      Age on Arrival: 19y
      Gender: M
      Marital Status: S
      Ship of Travel: SS Baltic
      Port of Departure: Liverpool, England, UK

      Other details: Occupation: Banking Clerk; Relative: H.A. Cumberbatch Esq. Foreign Office London, passage paid by British Admiralty, first time to USA, good health and condition, 6" 0' tall, dark complexion, dark brown hair, brown eyes, born in Smyrna [Izmir], Asia Minor, [Turkey] arrived at Ellis Island, NY, USA aboard the SS Baltic which sailed from Liverpool. [1]
    • Name: Hugh D Cumberbatch of 30 Branham Gardens, London S.W.
      Birth Date: abt 1897
      Age: 20
      Occupation: Soldier

      Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
      Arrival Date: 15 Sep 1917
      Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England
      Ports of Voyage: Halifax
      Ship Name: Baltic
      Search Ship Database: Search for the Baltic in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
      Shipping line: White Star Dominion Line
      Official Number: 118101
    • Good health and condition (21 Jan 1917), 6" 0' tall, dark complexion, dark brown hair, brown eyes.
    • War Office,
      5th June, 1919.
      The following despatch has been received by the Secretary of State for War from General F. E. Earl of Cavan, K.P., K.C.B., M.V.O., Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in Italy :—
      General Headquarters, Italy,
      18th January, 1919.
      Sir,
      I have the honour to submit a list of names of those Officers, Ladies, Non-commissioned Officers and Men serving, or who have served, under my Command during the period 15th September, 1918, to 31st December, 1918, whose distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty I consider deserving of reward.
      I have the honour to be,
      Sir,
      Your obedient Servant,
      CAVAN,
      General,
      Commander in-Chief,
      The British Forces in Italy

      GENERAL LIST.
      Cumberbatch, T./Lt. H. D.
      ---
      War Office,
      5th June, 1919.
      The following Despatch has-been received by the Secretary of State for War from Lieutenant-'General
      Sir G. F. Milne, K.C.B.,
      K.C.M.G., D.S.O., Commanding-in-Chief,
      British Salonika Force: —
      General Headquarters,
      British Salonika Force,
      Constantinople.
      9th March, 1919.
      SIR,
      I have the honour to submit herewith a list of names of the Officers, Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, Men and Nursing Staff, whom I desire to bring to your notice for their distinguished and gallant services during the period from 1st October, 1918, to the 1st March, 1919.
      I have the honour to be,
      Sir,
      Your obedient (Servant, G. F. MILNE, Lieut.-General,
      Commanding-in-Chief, British Salonika Force.

      GENERAL LIST.
      Cumberbatch, T./Lt. (A./Capt.), attd. Maltese Lab. Corps. [9, 10]
    • INDIA.
      The KING has been graciously pleased to signify, as on the 14th August, 1947, His Majesty's intention of conferring the Honour of Knighthood upon the following:—
      Hugh Douglas CUMBERBATCH, Esq., Chairman of the Directors, Messrs. Andrew Yule and Company, Limited, Calcutta, Bengal.

      The London Gazette
      Publication date:30 December 1947 Supplement:38161 Page:2
      https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38161/supplement/2
    • Name: Hough D Cumberbatch & Sheelagh Cumberbatch of Monks Park, Wadhurst, Sussex
      Birth Date: abt 1898
      Age: 50 & 46
      Occupation: Merchant & Housewife

      Port of Departure: Bombay, India
      Arrival Date: 20 May 1948
      Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England
      Ports of Voyage: Bombay
      Ship Name: Cilicia
      Search Ship Database: Search for the Cilicia in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
      Shipping line: Anchor Line
      Official Number: 165934
    • CUMBERBATCH Sir Hugh Douglas knight of Monks Park Wadhurst Sussex died 26 October 1951 Administration (with Will) London 14 February [1952] to The Royal Bank of Scotland. Effects £19,774 3s 3d. [17]
    • Obituary: Sir Hugh Cumberbatch

      Sir Hugh Cumberbatch, former president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce in India, died at his home, at Wadhurst, Sussex, yesterday at the age of 54.
      Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch was the son of the late H.A. [Henry Alfred] Cumberbatch, C.M.G., and was born on July 29, 1897. He was educated at Kings School, Canterbury, and served in The Buffs, during the 1914-18 war, being twice wounded and once mentioned in dispatches. After the end of hostilities he joined the staff of Andrew Yule and Co. and quickly attained a prominent position in the firm. He was elected chairman in 1945 and such was his reputation in business circles in India that in 1947 he was elected president of both the Begal Chamber of Commerce and of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of India. He retired in 1948 and a knighthood was conferred upon him in the New Year Honours of that year.
      He married in 1925 Sheelagh Elphinstone, daughter of Mr. R.E. Bradley.

      (The Times, Saturday, Oct 27, 1951; pg. 8; Issue 52143; col F) [18]

  • Sources 
    1. [S35] File (merged): C:\Users\Bob\Documents\Family Historian Projects\Cumberbatch of Bristol\Alexander Cumberbatch of Bristol 2010-11-19.ged.
      Record originated in...

    2. [S141] Births, GRO CONSULAR BIRTH INDICES (1849 to 1965)1896 - 1900 Cumberbatch Hugh Douglas.

    3. [S8729] Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch to be Temporary Second Lieutenant.

    4. [S8730] Second Lieutenant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) Hugh D Cumberbatch.

    5. [S8731] Temporary Second Lieutenants to be temporary Lieutenants.

    6. [S8732] Temporary Lieutenant transferred to General List.

    7. [S8734] Graded for pay as Staff Lieutenant.

    8. [S8735] Temporary Captain H D Cumberbatch.

    9. [S8736] Mentioned in Dispatches.

    10. [S8737] Mentioned in Dispatches.

    11. [S8738] Reliquish Commission but retain rank of Captain.

    12. [S8739] Marriage Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch and Sheelagh Elphinstone Bradley 21 Jan 1925 Calcutta, Bengal, India.

    13. [S10853] Census 1939 46 Royston Park Road, Harrow, Middlesex, England RG101/0797D/011/5 Letter Code: BIFU, (RG101/0797D/011/5 Letter Code: BIFU).

    14. [S8728] Knighthood for Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch.

    15. [S6494] Deaths England & Wales 1951 Dec Qtr Uckfield, Hugh D Cumberbatch.

    16. [S7263] Death England & Wales 1951 Dec Qtr Uckfield, Hugh D Cumberbatch.

    17. [S6493] Will of Sir Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch 14 Feb 1952.

    18. [S8727] Obituary Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch The Times 27 Oct 1951.

    19. [S39] Lt. Col. Stephen Cave, Another Family History Database - Lt. Col. Cave, (Name: Print-out of the Descendants of Abraham Parry Cumberbatch 22 August 2001;), Page 1.

    20. [S8740] Death Notice Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch.

    21. [S734] Census 1911 Dover, Kent, England RG14PN4587 RG78PN192 RD65 SD1 ED5 SN154, (RG14PN4587 RG78PN192 RD65 SD1 ED5 SN154).

    22. [S69] Ellis Island Online, Ellis Island Records, (Name: Internet;), Database Search Result.
      Arrival at Ellis Island, NY, USA:
      Name: Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch; Ethnicity: British, English; Place of Residence: London, England; Date of Arrival: January 21, 1917; Age on Arrival: 19y; Gender: M; Marital Status: S; Ship of Travel: SS Baltic; Port of Departure: Liverpool, England, UK

      Other details: Occupation: Banking Clerk; Relative: H.A. Cumberbatch Esq. Foreign Office London, passage paid by British Admiralty, first time to USA, good health and condition, 6" 0' tall, dark complexion, dark brown hair, brown eyes, born in Smyrna [Izmir], Asia Minor, [Turkey] arrived at Ellis Island, NY, USA aboard the SS Baltic which sailed from Liverpool.

    23. [S14244] Burial Cumberbatch Graves, St Peter & St Paul Churchyard, Wadhurst, Kent, England Nov 1948 Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch.

    24. [S14249] The King's School, Canterbury, July 1952, "OBITUARY SIR HUGH DOUGLAS CUMBERBATCH (1909—1914)", in THE CANTUARIAN.

    25. [S93] The Times, The Times Newspaper, The Times, Saturday, Oct 27, 1951; pg. 8; Issue 52143; col F.

    26. [S206] Medal Index Card WW1 Hugh Douglas Cumberbatch.

    27. [S8733] 23rd President of the Saturday Club in Calcutta.

    28. [S129] Smyrna_BMD_19th_century_British_Newspapers.pdf, (Smyrna_BMD_19th_century_British_Newspapers.pdf).

    29. [S165] Marriages , GRO CONSULAR MARRIAGES (1849-1965)1891 - 1895 Henry Alfred Cumberbatch & Helen Gertrude Rees.

    30. [S184] Who Was Who 1916 - 1928 Henry Alfred Cumberbatch.

    31. [S4778] Robert Cecil Cumberbatch - The Massaschusetts Society of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Application.

    32. [S35] File (merged): C:\Users\Bob\Documents\Family Historian Projects\Cumberbatch of Bristol\Alexander Cumberbatch of Bristol 2010-11-19.ged.


 

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