John Boulderson Barkworth, 1818-1893
John Boulderson Barkworth was born in 1818 and given his mother’s maiden name as his second Christian name. He married Martha Barton (who seems to have been known as Dora, a diminutive of her second Christian name) of Glanford Brigg and they lived in Cottingham and had two children, one of whom, Dora, married HJR Pease of Hesslewood, and later James Gadesden, the son of Emma Barkworth. The family had a variety of residences. Although he was the eldest son of John and Emma he did not come to live at Tranby House after his marriage. It seems that John Boulderson and Henry negotiated a deal regarding Tranby House by which Henry received the Tranby estate in return for his share in the Welton le Wold, Lincolnshire, estate. When John Boulderson died he left this half share to Henry’s son Edmund. After John junior’s death in 1846 his wife Emma continued to live at Tranby. 1851 Henry Barkworth is living there, and remains there until his death in 1898.
Each census records John Boulderson and Dora in a different location. In 1851 they were living at Belle Vue Terrace, overlooking the Humber, in Hull. By 1861 they were at Cottingham Castle which was destroyed by fire on 2nd May that year. According to the 1871 census John and Martha were living at Raywell with sixteen servants and in 1881 their residence is given as Brough. In 1891 they are living in Hampshire.
After studying classics John went into the family timber business, along with Henry, and continued to manage it successfully as his father and grandfather had done. John moved to the London office which was on Pall Mall opposite Canada House. He continued to work in the family business until his retirement in 1888.
In February 1890 John B Barkworth bought the Woodlands estate in South Leigh, Havant, Hampshire which was described as a picturesque residence in a fine timbered park with pleasure grounds and splendid specimen trees and moved there. John died there in 1893. Martha was involved in charity work as the Lady Superior of Nunes Home. In 1894 John left £500 in his will with the income to be applied for benefit of sick and infirm poor of the parish. The legacy was invested in the purchase of £523 10s 2d Metropolitan Consolidated stock, by the official trustees.[1] He also left £1500 to the RNLI part of which was to be used to build a life boat house. Much of his estate was left to his grandchildren, the children of Dora and Harold Pease.
Children
Dora Elizabeth (1849-1926) m HJR Pease, Eleanor Frances (1853)
[1] VCH Hampshire p 244, British History On Line
The parish of Hambledon', in A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London, 1908), pp. 238-244 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hants/vol3/pp238-244 .