Col. Monier Williams SKINNER R.E. 1
- Born: 7 Dec 1849, Ceylon
- Marriage (1): Elizabeth Dorcas LITTON on 6 Dec 1881 in Ireland
- Died: 13 May 1928 aged 78
- Buried: Bathwick Cemetary, , Somerset, England
General Notes:
Royal Engineers: Lt. 4 January 1871. Service in Ashanti 1873-74. Captain 4 January 1883. Major 17 April 1889. Lt. Col. 6 August 1896. Colonel 6 August 1900.
Census 1861: Walcot, Bath, Somerset. age 11, Scholar, with his mother Georgina Skinner, brother William and sister Harriet. Name given as MAURICE W.
census 1871: Age 21; Medway, Gillingham, Kent (name spelt Morrier Willaim)
Census 1891: Guildford, Surrey, England. Major Royal Engineers
Census 1901: Fort George, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Colonel Royal Engineers with wife Elizabeth, and all their children
Residence - Newton Abbott, Devonshire, England
Bathwick cemetery: The grave of Major Thomas Skinner, his wife, Georgina Burrell and their son, Colonel Monier Williams Skinner located at DD 26,27 (a double plot). Although Georgina died in the Red Sea on 14 August 1866, the burial register shows that she was buried here on 1 September 1866. The inscription on the vertical gothic slab, which is in very poor condition and appears to be held up by the massive ivy root that surrounds it, reads:
BE OF GOOD CHEER (around the top edge)
·To the memory of GEORGINA THE BELOVED AND HONOURED WIFE of MAJOR T. SKINNER COMnr of P.W, CEYLON DAUGHTER OF THE LATE Lt GENL BURRELL CB., BORN 20TH JUNE 1818. DIED IN THE RED SEA, LAT: 25:04 NORTH, LONG:35:16 EAST, 14 AUGUST 1866.
·Also the above MAJOR THOMAS SKINNER GM. LATE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS, CEYLON, BORN MAY22nd 1804, died JULY 24th 1877.
·Also MONIER WILLIAMS SKINNER, COLONEL ROYAL ENGINEERS, SON OF THE ABOVE, BORN DEC 7TH 1849. DIED MAY 13th 1928
Monier married Elizabeth Dorcas LITTON, daughter of Edward Falconer LITTON and Bridget Elizabeth TUTHILL, on 6 Dec 1881 in Ireland. (Elizabeth Dorcas LITTON was born about 1857 in Armissan, Aude, France.)
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