Families
We list here, with links to the life stories, families that have two or more life stories in the Lives Retold collection.
Note: Members of the family are listed in chronological order. His and Her refer to the first named person in the family.
CAMPBELL FAMILY
Campbell, James. Born 1916. (15 pages). Cambridge law don and piping expert.
His younger brother:
Campbell, Colin. Born 1918. (10 pages). Colonial administrator and schoolmaster.
His grandfather:
Beadon, Cecil. Born 1816. (8 pages). Lieutenant Governor of Bengal.
His first cousin, whose mother Imogen was the sister of James Campbell’s mother Violet:
Reid, Philip Henry Stewart. Born 1901. (42 pages). Naval officer & prisoner of war.
CAROLIN FAMILY
Carolin, Peter. Born 1936. (77 pages). Architect, editor and academic.
His father:
Carolin, Joseph. Born 1905. (38 pages). British businessman in South America.
His grandfather:
Burns, James. Born 1887. (26 pages). Coal and shipping in South America.
COCKBURN FAMILY
Cockburn, Jim. Born 1909. (4 pages). Farmer and magistrate in Dorset.
His son:
Cockburn, Malcolm. Born 1940. (17 pages). Engineer, farmer and adventurer.
Malcolm Cockburn’s grandmother:
Holt, Kitty. Born 1871. (184 pages). Scientist, writer, poet and artist.
DAY FAMILY
Day, Horace. Born 1898. (15 pages). Naval officer and company secretary.
His son:
Day, James. Born 1935. (15 pages). A life in computer services.
James Day’s great great grandfather:
Lampson, Curtis. Born 1806. (16 pages). Fur trading and transatlantic cables.
James Day’s great grandfathers:
Kennedy, John. Born 1821. (5 pages). Naval officer during the Crimean War.
Trelawny, Clarence. Born 1826. (5 pages). Officer in the Radetsky Hussars.
DU CANE FAMILY
Du Cane, Alison. Born 1955. (270 pages). Charity administration and amateur dramatics.
Her great aunt:
Carus-Wilson, Eleanora. Born 1897. (19 pages). Professor of Economic History.
Her great great aunt:
Petrie, Irene. Born 1864. (370 pages). Missionary in India.
FEILDEN FAMILY
Feilden, Fergus. Born 1983. (48 pages). Architect.
His father:
Feilden, Richard. Born 1950. (19 pages). Architect.
His grandfather:
Feilden, Bob. Born 1917. (14 pages). Mechanical engineer.
His great uncle:
Feilden, Bernard. Born 1919. (15 pages). Childhood on a Canadian ranch.
GILLIE FAMILY
Gillie, John. Born 1829. (41 pages). Sea captain in the days of sail.
His granddaughter:
Gillie, Annis. Born 1900. (15 pages). Leader in the development of general practice.
His grandson:
Gillie, Darsie. Born 1903. (12 pages). Foreign correspondent and broadcaster.
His brother Paul Johnstone Gillie’s grandson:
Gillie, Bernard. Born 1907. (40 pages). Teacher in Canada.
The great grandfather of his great great grandson William Dawkins:
Dawkins, Charles. Born 1870. (13 pages). A life in agricultural machinery.
HOBSON FAMILY
Hobson, John. Born 1910. (26 pages). Founder of an advertising agency.
His grandson:
Hobson, Theo. Born 1972. (23 pages). Writer and artist.
HOFFBRAND FAMILY
Hoffbrand, Philip. Born 1896. (12 pages). Tailor.
His sons:
Hoffbrand, Barry. Born 1934. (15 pages). Physician, teacher and editor.
Hoffbrand, Victor. Born 1935. (204 pages). Professor of Haematology.
The wife of his nephew Eric:
Hoffbrand, Joyce. Born 1933. (10 pages). Life in Bradford’s Jewish community.
JAMES FAMILY
James, Cecil. Born 1900. (103 pages). Builder and Mormon Bishop.
His wife:
James, Lucie. Born 1900. (145 pages). Devoted Mormon and mother of six.
KERR FAMILY
Kerr, Malcolm. Born 1931. (10 pages). President, American University of Beirut.
The husband of his daughter Susan:
Van de Ven, Hans. Born 1958. (18 pages). Professor of Modern Chinese History.
LUBBOCK FAMILY
Lubbock, Cecil. Born 1872. (77 pages). Businessman and banker.
His grandson:
Chadwyck-Healey, Charles. Born 1940. (28 pages). Digital publisher.
LUCKOCK FAMILY
Luckock, Herbert. Born 1833. (35 pages). Dean of Lichfield Cathedral.
His sons:
Luckock, Edward. Born 1871. (101 pages). Land agent.
Luckock, Russell. Born 1877. (19 pages). Army officer in Boer and First World Wars.
Luckock, Arthur. Born 1880. (6 pages). Vicar.
LUTTRELL FAMILY
Luttrell, Hugh. Born 1857. (26 pages) Liberal Member of Parliament.
His daughter and sons:
Reid, Louisa. Born 1906. (88 pages). Naval wife and writer.
Luttrell, William. Born 1908. (30 pages). Economist.
Luttrell, John. Born 1915. (23 pages). A career in Middle East oil companies.
His grandson:
Reid, Alexander. Born 1941. (99 pages). Architecture & telecomms.
His great grand daughter:
Reid, Anna. Born 1965. (13 pages). Author.
His great grandson:
Reid, Philip Owen. Born 1989. (17 pages) Growing up in London and Cambridge.
Brother in law of Louisa Reid’s brother John:
Ferrers, Earl. Born 1929. (83 pages). Hereditary peer and Conservative Minister.
MACFARLANE FAMILY
Macfarlane, Donald. Born 1916. (247 pages). Tea planter in northern India.
His wife:
Macfarlane, Iris. Born 1922. (461 pages). Writer and wife of an Assam tea planter.
Their son:
Macfarlane, Alan. Born 1941. (3074 pages). Anthropologist and historian.
MACKAY FAMILY
Mackay, Roderick. Born 1880. (23 pages). Engineer of Los Angeles Aqueduct.
His great nephew:
Mackay, Donald. Born 1926. (40 pages). Engineer and Mayor of Cambridge.
MAIR FAMILY
Mair, William Austyn. Born 1917. (16 pages). Aeronautical engineer.
His son:
Mair, Robert James. Born 1950. (152 pages). Baron Mair. Geotechnical engineer.
POTTER FAMILY
Potter, Richard. Born 1778. (16 pages). Electoral reformer and Liberal MP.
His son:
Potter, Richard. Born 1817. (10 pages). Investor in timber and railways.
Brother-in-law of his grand daughter Lawrencina:
Holt, Alfred. Born 1829. (13 pages). Steamship pioneer.
His great grand daughter:
Holt, Kitty. Born 1871. (184 pages). Scientist, writer, poet and artist.
His great great great grandson:
Cockburn, Malcolm. Born 1940. (17 pages). Engineer, farmer and adventurer.
Malcolm Cockburn’s father:
Cockburn, Jim. Born 1909. (4 pages). Farmer and magistrate in Dorset.
RABENECK FAMILY
Rabeneck, Edouard. Born 1858. (65 pages). Russian industrialist.
His son:
Rabeneck, Charles. Born 1888. (15 pages). Anglo Russian businessman.
His daughter:
Rabeneck, Helen. Born 1907. (9 pages). Carer.
His sister:
Rabeneck, Eugenie. Born 1862. (8 pages). A refugee travel diary.
His nephew, son of his older brother Ludwig:
Rabeneck, Lev. Born 1883. (12 pages). Anglo Russian businessman.
His nephew, son of his sister Lilly:
Hilger, Gustav. Born 1886. (11 pages). German diplomat.
His step great nephew, stepson on Lev:
Neres, Philip. Born 1922. (19 pages). Special Operations agent.
His brother-in-law, husband of his sister Lilly:
Hilger, Otto. Born 1857. (106 pages). Businessman.
His cousin, great niece of Charles Rabeneck’s wife Olga:
Micol, Irene. Born 1924. (57 pages). Teacher of Russian in France.
His great grandson:
Rabeneck, Andrew. (92 pages). Architect and construction historian.
Andrew Rabeneck’s grandfather:
Brooks, Henry. Born 1880. (25 pages). Banker.
REID FAMILY
Reid, Philip Henry Stewart. Born 1901. (42 pages). Naval officer & prisoner of war.
His sister:
Reid, Hilda. Born 1898. (29 pages). Novelist between the wars.
His wife:
Reid, Louisa. Born 1906. (88 pages). Naval wife and writer.
His son:
Reid, Alexander. Born 1941. (99 pages). Architecture & telecomms.
His grand daughter, daughter of his son Alexander:
Reid, Anna. Born 1965. (13 pages). Author.
His grandson, son of his son Alexander:
Reid, Philip Owen. Born 1989. (17 pages) Growing up in London and Cambridge.
His grandson, son of his daughter Griselda:
Hobson, Theo. Born 1972. (23 pages). Writer and artist.
Father in law of Philip Henry Stewart Reid’s daughter Griselda:
Hobson, John. Born 1910. (26 pages). Founder of an advertising agency.
ROBERTS FAMILY
Roberts, Owen Owen. Born 1870. (10 pages). Ironmonger and Councillor.
His son:
Roberts, Emrys. Born 1910. (65 pages). Lawyer and Liberal Member of Parliament.
His great grandson:
Reid, Philip Owen. Born 1989. (17 pages) Growing up in London and Cambridge.
SACKVILLE-WEST FAMILY
Sackville-West, Pepita. Born 1830. (196 pages). Spanish dancer.
Her grand daughter:
Sackville-West, Vita. Born 1892. (30 pages). Writer and garden designer.
STEADMAN FAMILY
Steadman, Fred. Born 1911. (61 pages). Chemical engineer and parson.
His son:
Steadman, Philip. Born 1942. (22 pages). Professor of Architecture.
Philip Steadman’s wife:
Brandon, Ruth. Born 1943. (12 pages). Author.
SWAN FAMILY
Swan, Nancie. Born 1924. (39 pages). Burma, India, and teaching.
Her mother:
Powell, Kathleen. Born 1903. (179 pages). Wife and mother in Burma.
Her son:
Swan, Neil. Born 1953. (17 pages). Childhood in Burma and India.
TRACEY FAMILY
Tracey, Peter. Born 1937. (58 pages). Switch manufacturer and sailor.
His parents:
Tracey, Basil & Katherine. Born 1899. (14 pages). Doctor and mother.
His grandfather:
Scott, William Harding. Born 1862. (14 pages). Electrical engineer.
WALBANK FAMILY
Walbank, William. Born 1840. (13 pages). Boot mender.
His son:
Walbank, Albert. Born 1879. (16 pages) Teacher.
His grandson:
Walbank, Frank. Born 1909. (205 pages). Professor of Ancient History.
WATTS FAMILY
Watts, Gordon. Born 1918. (28 pages). Army officer.
His wife:
Watts, Veronica. Born 1919. (42 pages). Teacher.
Their four children:
Watts, Tony. Born 1942. (87 pages). Career development research and public policy.
Watts, Paul. Born 1944. (54 pages). Military and industrial education.
Price, Veronica Mary. Born 1949. (37 pages). Teacher.
Lockwood, Clare. Born 1955. (26 pages). Airline management and teaching.
The second husband of Veronica Watts:
Watts, Patrick. Born 1912. (18 pages). Monk, Catholic priest, and teacher.
WEDDERBURN FAMILY
Wedderburn, John. Born 1700. (8 pages). Country gentleman and rebel, executed in 1746. .
His illegitimate grandson:
Wedderburn, Robert. Born 1762. (7 pages). Author of ‘Horrors of Slavery’.
His great great grandsons:
Wedderburn, John. Born 1825. (29 pages). Killed with his family in the Indian Mutiny.
Wedderburn, David. Born 1835. (472 pages). Traveller, diarist and Liberal MP.
Wedderburn, William. Born 1838. (192 pages). Liberal MP and campaigner for Indian self rule.
His great great great grandson through his illegitimate grandson Robert Wedderburn:
Wedderburn, Jabez. Born 1864. (9 pages). Scale maker in Australia.
His great great great great grand daughter:
Reid, Louisa. Born 1906. (88 pages). Naval wife and writer.
His great great great great grandson:
Luttrell, John. Born 1915. (23 pages). A career in Middle East oil companies.
His great great great great great grandson:
Reid, Alexander. Born 1941. (201 pages). Architecture & telecomms.
His great great great great great great grand daughter:
Reid, Anna. Born 1965. (13 pages). Author.
His great great great great great great grandson:
Reid, Philip Owen. Born 1989. (17 pages) Growing up in London and Cambridge.
William Wedderburn’s son in law:
Luttrell, Hugh. Born 1857. (20 pages) Liberal Member of Parliament.