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Herbert Brooks Close + Mary Grey

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1891 Census
Birth: 29 December 1890 — Hampton, Middlesex, England
Census 1891: 1891 — Hampton, Middlesex, England
Census 1901: 1901
Census 1911: 1911 — Paddington, London, Middlesex, England
Marriage: about 1917 — Paddington, London, Middlesex, England
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Herbert Brooks Close
1890–
Birth: 29 December 1890 — Hampton, Middlesex, England
1871 Census
Birth: 6 May 1853 — Naples, Campania, Italy
Census 1871: 1871 — Charing Cross, London, Middlesex, England
Occupation: Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 Name: William Brooks. Close College: TRINITY Entered: Michs. 1872 Born: 1870 Died: 25 Sep 1923 More Information: Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Oct. 12, 1872. S. of James, of Antibes, France. [B. May 6, 1853, at Naples, Italy.] School, Wellington College. Matric. Michs. 1872;B.A. 1876. Rowing æblue,Æ 1875, 1876, 1877; President, 1876. In business in London; founder of the City firm of Close Brothers and Co., of Moorgate. Went to America and settled in Iowa; with others developed land in Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas and Oklahoma. Connected with the Klondike gold rush; later acquired, with his partners, the Shipley collieries in Derbs. Of Henley-on-Thames. Died Sept. 25, 1923, at Yarmouth. Buried at Nuffield, near Henley. Brother of James B. (1870), etc. (Wellington Coll. Reg.; The Times, Sept. 27, 1923.) — about 1872 — Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Occupation: Close Brothers was founded in 1878 by William Brooks Close and his brothers Frederick Brooks Close and James Brooks Close, who started offering farm mortgages in Sioux City, Iowa. In 1897, William Brooks Close paid ú10,000 to the US government forthe right to build Alaska's first railway the White Pass and Yukon Route. The company was the subject of a management buy-out in 1978 and was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1984. — 1878 — Iowa, America
Marriage: 14 September 1880 — America
Census 1880 US Fed: 1880 — Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, America
Census 1881: 1881 — Mayfair, London, Middlesex, England
Note: after 1882
Census 1891: 1891 — Hampton, Middlesex, England
Census 1901: 1901 — Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
Census 1911: 1911 — Nuffield, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Death: 25 September 1923 — Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England
Burial: after 25 September 1923 — Nuffield, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Probate: 16 November 1923 — London, Middlesex, England
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William Brooks Close
1853–1923
Birth: 6 May 1853 — Naples, Campania, Italy
Death: 25 September 1923 — Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England
1881 Census (page 1)
Birth: about 1859 — Illinois, America
Marriage: 14 September 1880 — America
Census 1881: 1881 — Mayfair, London, Middlesex, England
Census 1891: 1891 — Hampton, Middlesex, England
Marriage: about 1895 — Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
Census 1901: 1901
Census 1911: 1911 — Paddington, London, Middlesex, England
Death: 30 September 1945 — London, Middlesex, England
Probate: 4 December 1946 — London, Middlesex, England
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Mary Baker Paullin
1859–1945
Birth: about 1859 — Illinois, America
Death: 30 September 1945 — London, Middlesex, England
Birth: about 1881 — England
Marriage: about 1917 — Paddington, London, Middlesex, England
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Mary Grey
1881–
Birth: about 1881 — England

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Marriage
about 1917
Paddington, London, Middlesex, England
Note: NOTE: Not entirely sure about this ... her marriage index entry has her spouse recorded as "Meredith Starr or Close". Roland Meredith Starr married Lady Mary Grey, daughter of Harry Grey the 8th Earl of Stamford. They were divorced around 1930.

NOTE: Not entirely sure about this ... her marriage index entry has her spouse recorded as "Meredith Starr or Close". Roland Meredith Starr married Lady Mary Grey, daughter of Harry Grey the 8th Earl of Stamford. They were divorced around 1930.

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Note: England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005

England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005

Name: Herbert Close
Registration Date: 1917
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Paddington
Inferred County: London
Spouse: Grey
Volume Number: 1a
Page Number: 173
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Note: England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005

England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005

Name: Mary Grey
Registration Date: 1917
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Paddington
Inferred County: London
Spouse: Meredith Starr Or Close
Volume Number: 1a
Page Number: 173