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Edward
Christian |
Old Etonians FC &
Cambridge University AFC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 5:
A 4
100% successful
1879
Captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Edward Christian, Lord of the Manor of
Otterbourne. |
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Birth |
Tuesday, 14 September 1858 in Malvern,
Worcestershire
[there is no birth registration].
"At Malvern, on the 14th inst., the
wife of George Christian, Esq., of a son."
- Saturday, 18 September 1858,
Western Daily Press. |
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Not on the 1861 census,
although he was the son of George and Sarah Mary (nee Bainbridge).In 1851,
George Christian was sent to Ceylon by Bates & Baring and returned to
England 15 years later a rich man - ThePeerage |
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According to the 1871 census,
Edward was a pupil at Twyford School in Twyford, Winchester, Hampshire. |
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According to the 1881 census,
Edward was visiting the Tod's of Nascott Grange in Stratford Road,
Watford. He was a clerk for Mercantile. |
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Not on the 1891 census. |
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Marriage |
to Helen Ringgold Thomas
[in 1893]. Helen was born in Philadelphia, USA. |
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Despite reports that Edward
was in Ceylon from 1881 to 1904, according to the 1901 census, Edward is
married to Helen R. with three servants, and living at 1 Gloucester
Mansions in Kensington, living on his own means. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Edward and his wife are living at Otterbourne House in Winchester, with
seven servants. |
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According to the Passenger
Lists, Edward and his wife Helen, left England via Southampton on a ship,
the Baloeran, bound for the Dutch East Indies, via Marseille, on 1 August
1931. Their address was stated as Otterbourne House. |
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Death |
Tuesday, 3 April 1934, aged
75 years 201 days
[registered in Marylebone, London, June 1934]. |
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Probate |
"FORTUNE FOR WIFE.
"Mr. Edward
Christian, of Otterbourne House, near Winchester (Hants), Lord of
the Manor of Otterbourne, left £223,749. He gave £5,000 to his
wife and, with the exception of a few small bequests, left the
residue of the property on trust for her for life." -
Tuesday, 24 April 1934, Daily Herald
"LORD OF THE MANOR
LEAVES £223,749.
"Mr. Edward
Christian, of Otterbourne House, near Winchester, Lord of the
Manor of Otterbourne, late a director of the Bengal and North
Western Railway Company and the Pundaloya Tea Company, Ceylon,
left estate of the gross value of £223,749, "so far as at present
can be ascertained," net personalty £213,749." -
Tuesday, 24 April 1934, Portsmouth Evening News/Yorkshire
Post and Leeds Intelligencer
[2018 equivalent
- £11,195,947] |
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With Vacant Possession.
OTTERBOURNE, HANTS.
2½ miles from Eastleigh Station and 4 from
Winchester.
RICHARD
AUSTIN AND
WYATT
are
instructed by Mrs. Christian to SELL by AUCTION at THE GEORGE
HOTEL, WINCHESTER, on MONDAY, 10th SEPTEMBER 1934 at 3 o'clock in
one lot, the Atractive Freehold Property
MANOR FARM
with its
historical Manor House containing 7 bed and dressing rooms, large
drawing room, hall with massive old oak staircase, etc., a large
moated Garden, two excellent cottages,
MODEL DAIRY FARM
well-equipped for a pedigree herd with an excellent homestead in
first-class order, a plentiful water supply, about 89 ACRES of
fertile arable, pasture and water meadow, and certain rights over
6½ acres of Common Land, formerly part of Otterbourne Manor.
Particulars, Plans and Conditions of Sale from the Solicitors,
Messrs. WALFORDS, 27, Bolton Street, Piccadilly, W.I.:
Auctioneers: Richard Austin and Wyatt, Bishop's Waltham, Hants
(and at Fareham and Southampton).
- Friday, 31 August 1934,
Hampshire Telegraph. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], ThePeerage.com& |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Attended Eton
College and Cambridge University, before turning out for Old Etonians,
appears to have retired in 1881. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winners
1878-79. |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
not known |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of
eight who became the
62nd players
(63) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Full-back |
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Only match |
No. 9, 5 April
1879, England 5 Scotland 4, a friendly match at
The Surrey Cricket Ground, The Oval, Kennington, London, aged
20 years 203 days. |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Was in Ceylon from
1881 to 1904. He was a Mercantile Clerk in April 1881, before he
left the country. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.65./FindMyPast.com |
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The Numbers |
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Parties |
Appearances |
Minutes |
Goals |
Goals
Ave. min |
Captain |
| 1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
none |
none |
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The minutes here given
can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an
approximation. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
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1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
4.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Match Record
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Venue &
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
Home venue
Friendly
match |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
4.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Match History
Notes
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