Context Edith Law Hunter married Charles Perkins. They had two daughters of whom Violet Edith Perkins married Herbert “Bertie” George Fenwick – see the Fenwick Family page
Information for this page has come from several sources not all of which have been clear or consistent so it is probable that corrections will be made in due course. Anyone who can contribute to improving it is encouraged to contact Nick Harding njhnw5@gmail.com
Structure. We start with the earliest Hunter ancestor we could find to Edith Law Hunter, namely Joseph Hunter, father of another Joseph Hunter. We have no dates of birth or death for Joseph Hunter senior. The date of birth of Joseph Hunter junior is thought to be 1781. Joseph Hunter senior is shown as being generation 8 although we have no information on earlier Hunter generations. It is chosen in order to fit in with the Fenwick page so that Edith Law Hunter is generation 11 on both the Hunter and Fenwick pages.
Reliability. Information for generations up to and including the 10th generation is sparse and not always consistent. In particular, evidence is lacking on whether Joseph Hunter Snr actually contracted a 2nd marriage to a Miss Summers. While the descendants from that time appear reliable in later generations, there may be children in for example, the 10th and 11th generation who are shown in the wrong line. The main source of information we have is the “Hunter page tree sent by Capt K S Hunter” tree linked here, which shows Joseph Snr as marrying twice but then doesn’t make it clear which children belong where and gives only initials for many of them. A potential for confusion is that two grandchildren from different marriages of Joseph Hunter Snr married.
Assumed that he had one or more children incl-
– see later under Eliza Hannah Hunter (10.6) dau of Summers Hunter and granddaughter of Joseph Hunter Snr from his 2nd marriage to Miss Summers. He with Sir George Elliot (1st Bt) opened the Kimblesworth Colliery in 1873. Sir George was the grandfather of the first Mrs RC Swan and when she died, RC Swan married Mrs Bertie Fenwick nee Perkins – see the Perkins Family page. 4s 6dau
of Gilling Castle which he bought in 1904. It is now the prep school of Ampleforth - see this linked article in Ampleforth Journal. m 1879 Frances “Fanny” Gwynifred Browne b. 1856. She was the daughter of Major Browne of Doxford Hall, Northumberland. 2s 5 dau
13.1. John Morgan. No issue
13.2. Susan Morgan m Charles Norman “Bay” de Courcy-Parry b. c1899. According to that and other links, he led an interesting life. For 50 years he wrote a column in Horse & Hound under the name “Dalesman” 1 dau
14.1. Jane de Courcy Parry b. c1966
13.3. Mary de Courcy-Parry
13.1. Joan Frances Paget 1906-1985, spinster of Nanpantan Hall, Leicester. – see linked article here Daily Telegraph 17.5.1986 about sale of Nanpantan Hall contents “The Quorn drops in at Nanpantan Hall”. Net estate £6.7m all left according to the article to a Paget cousin, Joanna Herbert Stepney. It said that the building was given by Joanna to “a cranky institution which calls itself the School of Economic Science” which still owned it in 2013 according to the linked Wikipedia entry.
13.2. Peter William Paget 1908-1944 (kia West Europe campaign). Prep school Kent House, contemporary of JGL Harding husband of Rachel nee Fenwick.
spinster of Maidensworth, Birdlip, Gloucester. Her housekeeper (a Mrs Morgan) stole a substantial amount of her money and was duly prosecuted. Mrs Morgan had been the housekeeper of Madge, Joan’s sister, until Madge died
spinster. Left £48k
of Wragmore, Soulbury, Leighton Buzzard, Beds m 1923 Dorothy de Vere Fenn
of Havikill Lodge, Scotton, Knaresborough, Yorks
m1. 1920 Cecily Longville dau of Lt Col Richard Heywood-Jones of Badsworth Hall, Yorkshire (now owned by the National Trust). 1s 2dau
13.1. June Patricia Hunter 1921-2015 m 1945 Hugh Lassam Goodson OBE b. 1905, 3rd son of Sir Alfred Lassam Goodson 1st Bt. 2s 2dau
14.1. Alfred Lassam Goodson 1946-2015
m1 1970 Rosemary Anne Swales 2s 2dau
15.1. Barnaby Douglas Lassam Goodson b.1972-
15.2. Alfred Lassam Goodson b.1974
15.3. Amy Ida Goodson b.1977-
15.4. Polly Mary Goodson b.1979- m2 1989 Suzanne Harris 2 dau
15.5. Philippa Louise Goodson b.1990
15.6. Alexandra Lucy Goodson b.1991
14.2. Sarah Jane Goodson 1947-
14.3. Penelope Jane Goodson 1948-
14.4. Hugh Anthony Lassam Goodson 1955-
13.2. Tony Hunter 1923-2009 (aged 86) m Pat McConnell 1918-2009, granddaughter of Robert Clayton Swan who married Violet nee Perkins after she divorced Bertie Fenwick – See under Robert Clayton Swan on the Perkins page 1s 1dau
14.1. Carol Veronica Hunter m David Nesbitt 3s
15.1. Benjie Nesbitt b. 1987
15.2. Freddie Nesbitt b. 1988
15.3. Archie Nesbitt b. 1994
14.2. William R S Hunter m Nadine Biscaretti di Ruffia 2s
15.1. Joseph Anthony Slingsby Hunter b. 1994
15.2. Guy Hunter b. 1997
13.3. Camilla Josephine Hunter b. 1924
m2. Prudence Whetstone 1910-1986 dau of William Frederick Whetstone 1853-1936 of the Lodge, Barrow upon Soar, Leics. 2s
13.4. Charles Hunter b. 1940 m 1980 Susan Rosemary Carpmael b. 1944 1 dau
14.1.. Alice Hunter (see Alice Hunter photography) b. 1986 m Richard Kendrick b. 1982
13.5. Timothy Hunter m Rozanthe Hine-Haycock 2 dau
14.1. Alexa Hunter
14.2. Eliza Hunter b1975
of Trelissick, (now a National Trust property), Cornwall. 4s 3dau
2dau
13.1. Margaret Cookson m1 Lt Col. John Francis Anning Forster m2 Colin Keith Johnston m3 Dr Paul Kane. 1s
14.1 Hugo Johnston b. 1954
13.2. June Mary Cookson b. 1924 m Joseph Napolitano 2s 1dau
14.1. Edwina Venetia Mary Napolitano b. 1954
14.2. Arthur Hugh Raffaele Napolitano b. 1956
14.3. Joseph George Nigel Napolitano b. 1957
13.1. Patricia Cookson b. 1915 m1 Roderick Stanhope Wemyss m2 Henry Amon Marle Rodolphe, Prince de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny
13.2. Antoinette Georgina Cookson b. 1918 m1 Lt Col. Maurice Edward Cator Smart m2 Lt Col. Ernest James Unwin 1s 1dau
14.1 .Sarah Georgina Crichton Unwin b1953
14.2. Christopher Mark Unwin b1955
See linked articles about Hill Hall, one, two and three in Country Life. Epping and Selaby Hall, Darlington, m 1875 Mary Smyth 1857-1933. See Mary Smyth (Mrs Charles Edward Hunter) below. Charles left £250k (in 1916). 3 dau
He was educated at Cheltenham College and fought in the Boer War. Related to Simon Elwes 1902 – 1975, the War Artist. 3 sons
13.1. Robert Cary Elwes 1904-1987 of West Stoke House, Chichester. Chairman of colliery companies m 1948 Mrs Elizabeth Anne Bankes dau of late John Kenneth Crawley of Quarry Hill, Brancepeth, Durham. 1s 1dau
14.1. Richard James Cary Elwes b1951
m1 Selina Mary Alice Goodman (mother of Thomas)
m2 Mrs Joelle Wallace nee Bishop (mother of Clementine and Katharine) 1s 2dau
15.1. Thomas William Cary Elwes b1989
15.2. Clementine Elwes b1996
15.3. Katharine Elwes b1999
14.2. Henrietta Cecily Elwes b1952 m John Edmund de Vahl Metters 1s 1dau
15.1. Emma Elizabeth Metters b1982
15.2. Edmund Thomas Metters b1984 m Henrietta Goddard 1s 1dau
16.1. Rafferty Samuel Marmaduke Metters b2012
16.2. Eloise Rose Metters b2013
13.2. Tom Elwes died in infancy
13.3. Col. James Cary Elwes OBE 1909-1988 m Madeleine Margaret (Peggy) Blathwayt 1s
14.1. Michael Cary Elwes b1936 m Caroline Margaret Spicer 1s 1dau
15.1. Annabel Elwes b1968
15.2. Nicholas Elwes b1970
13.1. Elizabeth Mary Williamson b1901
13.2. Sir Charles Hedworth Williamson 10th Bt 1903-1946 unmarried. Portrait painted by John Singer Sargent here.
13.3. Major William Hedworth Williamson 1946-1942 (kia Middle East) m Diana Mary Lambton 1s.
14.1. Sir Nicholas Frederick Hedworth Williamson, 11th Bt 1937-2000. Went to Summerfields, St Leonards-on-sea prep school at same time as Nick Harding, author of this website. That school was a few years later closed as a result of the headmasters son being found to have "misbehaved" according to boys when they were later at Eton. Summerfields was an exceptionally snobbish school that regarded itself as a stepping stone for its pupils to go to Eton which a majority in fact did.
13.1. Sir Peter Grant Lawson 2nd Bt 1903-1973. No descendants.
13.2. Griselda Grant Lawson b. 1905
13.3.. Robin Grant-Lawson 1909-1944 m 1934 (div 1935) Mittie Starr Bailey dau of South African diamond tycoon and cricketer, Sir Abe Bailey. (Robin was at the prep school Kent House and a contemporary of JGL Harding. Said to have died unexpectedly)
founder with Sir Loftus Bates of the Hexham Racecourse. Descendants include Enderbys
13.1. Pamela Henderson 1916-2017 m Col Samuel Enderby 1907-1996 2s 1dau
14.1.Major Samuel Charles Enderby b1939
member of Queen’s bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard; Owner of Hexham Racecourse m1973 Justina Compton. 2 daus
15.1. Amelia Enderby m William Brooks and has issue
15.2. Verena Enderby
14.2. Daniel James Enderby b. 1945 m 1972 Sarah Lockett
14.3. Caroline Enderby
2 children per My Heritage site, incl John Ranson Hunter. 7s 3dau
5s 3dau.(6 children incl Summers and Henry Edward Ranson per My Heritage site. 5s 3dau. (4s 2dau per Genelology.com))
(not on one site but on the Geneology.com site)
7 children per My Heritage site He is only shown as having a CBE on several sites.
13.1. Harry Summers Hunter
14.1. Harry Summers Hunter
14.2. Elliot Cunliffe Hunter
See that Peerage link. It shows Summers Hunter as only a CBE and with only the one child. Another source omitted Kathleen. Below is from the Peerage site 1s
13.1. Sir Michael Roland Jackson 5th Bt b1919
m1 1942 Hilda Margaret Richardson div. 1969 1s 1dau m2. 1969 Hazel Mary Edwards
14.1. Sally Anne Jackson b1944
14.2. Thomas St Felix Jackson b1946 ed Stowe m 1980 Georgina Victoria dau of George Scatliff 2dau
15.1. Lucy Jackson b1982
15.2. Charlotte Jackson b1982
13.1. George William Hunter Cautherley b1942 in the Stanley Civilian Internment Camp, Hong Kong, m Ruby Luciana Ning Ying Chan 1s
14.1. Julian Mark Hunter Cautherley
13.2. Simon Charles Hunter Cautherley
13.1. Jane M Banham b1933 m Christopher MP Griffith 2dau
14.1. Virginia S Griffith b1960
14.2. Penelope J Griffith b1962
13.2. George Francis Banham b1936 m Heather E Stone 1s 2dau
14.1. Catherine L Banham b1962
14.2. Clare S C Banham b1964
14.3. Daniel Francis Banham b. ?
(no 5 on the Geneology.com site}
– See under William Hunter (10.1), grandson from the 1st marriage of Joseph Hunter Snr and son of Joseph Hunter Jnr. Their descendants are shown there.
Mary Smyth 1857-1933 married Charles Edward Hunter in 1875. The elder sister of Dame Ethel Smyth 1854-1944, the composer and suffragette, she was described as one of the outstanding beauties of her time and a famous hostess. Her picture was painted by John Singer Sargent who also painted “The Misses Hunter” who were Charles and Mary’s daughters Kathleen, Cary Phyllis and Sylvia. Both pictures are in the Tate Gallery. She donated a Rodin marble bust of herself to the Tate Gallery. See here. Sargent’s picture of Dame Ethel Smyth was donated to the National Portrait Gallery by her nieces Mrs Elwes, Mrs Williamson and Lady Grant-Lawson – married names of “the Misses Hunter”. See also for John Singer Sargent, here.
Her husband died in 1916 leaving some £250,000 (equivalent of £22m in 2015) which she evidently got through by the time she died 17 years later. See these extracts from Virginia Wolf’s published letters.
Vol 3, page 25. “.. Yesterday I went to Mrs Hunter’s sale and before I had been in the room 5 minutes had bought … a large rosewood and satin wood secretaire for £6.6.0. Heavens! The wood alone was worth that. It was a sordid, emulative, exciting, depressing scene. The trade was there in force … Poor old Mrs Hunter’s little odds and ends were peered and snatched, everybody seemed to be finding out flaws and offering the least money … The faces of Mrs H’s rich friends disgusted me … The Smyth-Hunter circle centres I think round the shires, the golf courses, the purlieus of the Bath Club and Whites. They are horsy, dressy but not aristocratic, not distinguished. They are very well off but lose money largely or so at least I diagnose them. But their philosophy requires them to take tumbles bravely. When we went on Friday to look at the things, Mrs H was sitting at the desk which I wanted to buy as cool and sllf-possessed as if she were giving a house warming instead of seeing all her possessions, beds and blankets, pen trays all go for a few shillings…. “I see you so seldom. Do site down for a moment and talk!” And what was I to say, to a woman old enough to be my mother, in that predicament?”
Vol 3, page 25, note. “Ethel Smyth’s sister, Mrs Charles Hunter having ruined herself by her extravagant and open handed hospitality and patronage was compelled to sell her pictures and furnishings. The Woolfs went to view the contents of her house at 2 Gloucester Square on May 8th and to the sale on the premises on 14th May”.
Vol 4, page 9. “Today Ethel comes. On Monday I went to hear her rehearse at Lady Lewis’s. A vast Portland Place house … There was a roaring fire in the Adams grate. Lady L. a now shapeless sausage and Mrs Hunter a swathed satin sausage, sat side by side on a sofa. Ethel stood at the piano in the window, in her battered felt, in her jersey and short skirt conducting with a pencil. ..
Notes. “Mary Hunter 1857 – 1933 Ethel Smyth’s elder sister was the widow (since 1916) of an immensely wealthy coal-owner whose fortune she used to dispense patronage and hospitality on a scale that eventually ruined her”.