Sir William (Henry) Bt PRESCOTT = Bessie Smith STANLEY

Married Monday 27 December 1897, Wesleyan Chapel, Moore, Daresbury, Cheshire¹

Sir William (Henry) Bt PRESCOTT:

Born Thursday 26 March 1874, 75 Henry Street, St Helens, LAN, ENG²
Died Friday 15 June 1945, The Chestnuts, West Street, Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire³
Occupation: Consulting Civil Engineer, Barrister, Politician⁴
living at 75 Henry Street, St Helens, LAN, ENG in 1874
living at Boundary Road, Windle, St Helens, LAN, ENG in 1881 Census RG11 3731 25
moved to Blackburn with parents about 1884
living at John Thomas Street, Blackburn, LAN, ENG in 1891 Census RG12 3408 73
living at London Road, Redhill, Surrey at time of marriage 1897
lived at 21 Lansdowne Road, Tottenham, MDX, ENG in 1901 Census RG13 1247 82
lived at Allington House, White Hart Lane, Tottenham, MDX in 1912
lived at The Chestnuts, Godmanchester, Hunts
PRESCOTT of Godmanchester,Hunts
30 Jun 1938 1 William Henry Prescott 26 Mar 1874 15 Jun 1945 age 71 (MP for Tottenham North 1918-1922)
15 Jun 1945 2 Richard Stanley Prescott 26 Jan 1899 21 Jan 1965 age 65 unmarried. Title passes to nephew
21 Jan 1965 3 Mark Prescott 3 Mar 1948 (Horse Trainer)


1874 born St Helens, LAN son of clerk Jonadab (John) Prescott
1884 moved to Blackburn, LAN as father joins an insurance company
1884 1891 educated Blackburn Grammar School, LAN
1887 1891 student work, Borough Engineer's Office, Nelson, LAN
1891 employed as book-keeper for textile mill in Blackburn, LAN
1891 1894 appointed Assistant Borough Engineer, Grimsby, LIN
1894 1897 appointed Deputy Borough Engineer, Darwen, LAN
1897 married Bessie Smith Stanley in Daresbury, CHS
1897 1900 appointed Borough Engineer, Reigate & Redhill, SRY
1899 birth son Richard Stanley Prescott, Redhill, SRY
1900 1914 appointed Chief Engineer & Surveyor, Tottenham, MDX
1901 elected Assoc Member Institution of Civil Engineers
1903 birth daughter Bernice Louise Prescott
1909 elected Member Inst of Civil Engineers and Member Inst of Mech Eng
1909 studied to be Barrister-at-Law, called to Bar, Grey's Inn
1912 birth son Stanley Prescott, Allington House, Tottenham, MDX
1914 1915 WW1 BEF Major 222nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
1915 1918 invalided home from War, resumed duties as Chief Engineer
1918 1922 elected Member of Parliament (Cons) Tottenham North
1920 awarded CBE
1922 awarded Knighthood
1922 1928 established a consulting civil engineering practice in London
1928 1940 Chairman Metropolitan Water Board
1929 large steam engines and water pumps at Kempton, MDX named in honour of Sir William and Lady Bessie Prescott
1938 created 1st Baronet Godmanchester, HUN
1939 1945 Honorary Colonel 1st AA Divisional Signals (TA) Royal Signals
1945 died at home at "The Chestnuts", West Road, Godmanchester, HUN







Sir William Prescott Bt abt 1933


Sir William Prescott Bt


Bessie Smith STANLEY:

Alias Bessie PRESCOTT
Born 1875, ? Heath, Herts?, ENG⁵
Died Thursday 12 September 1940
lived at The Gables, Grappenhall, nr Warrington, Cheshire at time of marriage in 1897
lived at 21 Lansdowne Road, Tottenham, MDX, ENG in 1901 Census RG13 1247 82


Lady Bessie Smith abt 1933

Richard Stanley PRESCOTT

Born Thursday 26 January 1899, Redhill, SRY, ENG⁶
Died Thursday 21 January 1965
Buried ⁷
Occupation: Artist, Civil Engineer
lived at 21 Lansdowne Road, Tottenham, MDX, ENG in 1901 Census RG13 1247 82
WW1 5th Bn Beds Regt
WW2 RCAF (invalided)
Became 2nd Baronet Prescott of Godmanchester 15th June 1945

Bernice Louise PRESCOTT = Reginald Edgar GRAY > Family

Married Friday 6 July 1928

Bernice Louise PRESCOTT:

Alias Bernice Louise GRAY (Friday 6 July 1928)
Born 1903
Occupation: Mayor Godmanchester 1937-39
MBE 1978
24 St Katherine's Mews, Totnes, Devon

(William Robert) Stanley PRESCOTT = Hylda Gwendoline ALDRIDGE⁸ > Family

Married Friday 29 September 1939, Parish Church, Godmanchester, Huntindon⁹
Divorced 1951

(William Robert) Stanley PRESCOTT:

Born Thursday 25 April 1912, Allington House, White Hart Lane, Tottenham, MDX¹⁰
Died Wednesday 6 June 1962, 66 Cadogan Square, Chelsea, London¹¹
Occupation: MP Darwen, Barrister, Company Director¹²
lived at 53 Campden Hill Court, Kensington, London W8 in 1948


Hylda Gwendoline ALDRIDGE:

Alias Gwendoline PRESCOTT
Alias Gwendoline ORME (1952)
Born 1917¹³
Died 1992
lived at 53 Campden Hill Court, Kensington, London W8 in 1948

= Sheila Kathleen WALKER > Family

Sheila Kathleen WALKER:

Alias Sheila Kathleen PRESCOTT
daughter of Surgn R-Adml David Walker Hewitt of Alverstoke, Hants

Grace Geraldine PRESCOTT

Occupation: JP, barrister Gray's Inn 1930,, Mayor Godmancheste

brother Albert Ernest P and sister Florrie P are witnesses. Also Annie Elizabeth Stanley but relationship unknown

1 :
FBMD 1897 Dec Runcorn William Henry Prescott Bessie Smith Stanley 8a 377
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June 1874 Prescot 8b 673
age 31 at time of marriage 1897 prob error should be age 22?
age 34 in 1901 Census RG13 1247 82 prob error should be age 26?
why is age increased by 9 years??
age 71 in 1945 at death
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FBMD June 1945 age 71 Huntingdon 3b 266
coronary thrombosis and arterio-sclerosis
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Book Keeper in Mill 1891
Surveyor in 1897
Mbr of Inst Civil Engineers from before 1912
MP for Tottenham North 1918-1922
Knighted 1922
Barrister at Law (Grays Inn) from before 1912
Chairman, Metropolitan Water Board 1928-1940.Worlds largest working steam engines at Kempton named after Sir William and Lady Bessie
CBE 1929
Became 1st Baronet Prescott of Godmanchester, Co Huntingdon 30 June 1938
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GRO birth record not found
age 22 at marriage 1897 possibly increased to give age greater than 21 at marriage
age 26 in 1901 Census RG13 1247 82
photo caption states DOB is 1877
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age 2 in 1901 Census RG13 1247 82
poss Richard Stanley Prescott, March 1899 Reigate, Surrey 2a 186
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died unmarried
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known as Gwen
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William RS Prescott, Aldridge Huntingdon Sept 1939 3b 994
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June 1912 Edmonton 3a 1203
11 :
Prescott Stanley WR June 1962 age 50 Chelsea 5c 327
Cause of death was suicide by barbiturate poisoning.
Inquest held 8th June 1962
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Member of Parliament for Darwen, Lancashire 1943-51
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age 22 at marriage 1937