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Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Henry May, C.G.B., G.C.V.O.

Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Henry May, C.G.B., G.C.V.O.

Male 1849 - 1930  (81 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Henry May, C.G.B., G.C.V.O.Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Henry May, C.G.B., G.C.V.O. was born on 31 Jul 1849 in Liscard Cheshire England; died on 7 Oct 1930 in Bughtrigg Coldstream Scotland; was buried in Christ Church Duns Scotland.

    Family/Spouse: Kinbarra Swene Marrow. Kinbarra (daughter of William John Marrow and Kinbarra Swene Armfield) was born on 12 Sep 1848 in Aigburth England; died on 24 Mar 1936 in Bughtrigg Coldstream Scotland; was buried on 27 Mar 1936 in Christ Church Duns Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. General Sir Reginald Seaburne May, K.B.E.,K.C.B.,DSO,C.M.G.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Aug 1879; died on 26 Oct 1958.
    2. 3. Hugh Seaburne May, Lieut  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jul 1880 in Portsea Hampshire Uk; died on 14 Apr 1907 in Assam India.
    3. 4. Captain Archibald Seaburne May, M.V.O., O.B.E.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Jun 1885; died on 31 Jan 1947; was buried in Hownam Scotland.
    4. 5. Kinbarra Weena Swene May  Descendancy chart to this point died on 19 May 1921 in Christ Church Duns Scotland.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  General Sir Reginald Seaburne May, K.B.E.,K.C.B.,DSO,C.M.G.General Sir Reginald Seaburne May, K.B.E.,K.C.B.,DSO,C.M.G. Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 10 Aug 1879; died on 26 Oct 1958.

    Reginald married Marguerite Geraldine (Daisy) Ramsay Drake on 20 Dec 1906 in St Mary’s Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire England. Marguerite (daughter of John Ramsay Drake and Evangeline Lockhart Hughes) died on 1 Feb 1931 in Settrington Hall Malton Yorkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Colonel William Drake Seaburne May  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Mar 1908; died on 13 Mar 2004; was buried in Mertoun Kirk Melrose Scotland.
    2. 7. Colonel Guy Seaburne May  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Dec 1911; died on 5 May 2003 in London.
    3. 8. Robert Donald May  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Jul 1923; died in 1982.

    Reginald married Jane Robertson Wilson on 9 Jul 1932 in Private Chapel, Bishopthorpe, York. Jane (daughter of Sir John Wilson, Bt and Emma Alexandria Binnie) was born on 17 Jul 1893 in Airdrie Lanarkshire UK; died on 20 May 1970. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Hugh Seaburne May, LieutHugh Seaburne May, Lieut Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 25 Jul 1880 in Portsea Hampshire Uk; died on 14 Apr 1907 in Assam India.

    Hugh married Dame Mary Louisa (Mollie) Marillier, MBE in Aug 1905 in India. Mary (daughter of Captain Charles H Marillier and Margaret Morgan) was born on 11 Nov 1869 in Grahamstown South Africa; died in 1963. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Captain Archibald Seaburne May, M.V.O., O.B.E.Captain Archibald Seaburne May, M.V.O., O.B.E. Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 29 Jun 1885; died on 31 Jan 1947; was buried in Hownam Scotland.

    Archibald married Mary Emma Price on 27 Feb 1915 in St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral, Edinburgh. Mary (daughter of Edward (Ted) Noble Price, OBE, OSC and Contessa Giuseppina Raphaella Messina) was born on 28 Jun 1888; died on 21 Apr 1985; was buried in Wardour Cemetery Donhead Dorset England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Commander Hugh Seaburne May  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Aug 1920; died on 12 Jan 2002 in Donhead St Mary, Dorset England; was buried in Hownam Scotland.

  4. 5.  Kinbarra Weena Swene MayKinbarra Weena Swene May Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) died on 19 May 1921 in Christ Church Duns Scotland.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Colonel William Drake Seaburne May Descendancy chart to this point (2.Reginald2, 1.William1) was born on 28 Mar 1908; died on 13 Mar 2004; was buried in Mertoun Kirk Melrose Scotland.

    William married Betty Livingstone Macassery on 5 Nov 1932 in St Columba’s Pont Street London. Betty (daughter of Sir Lyndon Livingstone Macassery, K.B.E. and Jeanne McFarland) was born in 1907; died in 1993. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Carole Daisy Seaburne May  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1933.
    2. 11. Lynda Jeanne Seaburne May  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1936.
    3. 12. Virginia Seaburne May  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1941.
    4. 13. Sally Seaburne May  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Dec 1943 in Wokingham, Berks England; was christened on 13 Feb 1944 in St Michael’s Tilehurst, Berks England.
    5. 14. William Robert Seaburne May  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1958.

  2. 7.  Colonel Guy Seaburne May Descendancy chart to this point (2.Reginald2, 1.William1) was born on 1 Dec 1911; died on 5 May 2003 in London.

    Guy married Winifred Argenton (Argie) Fryer on 1 Jul 1936 in St Saviour’s, Walton Street London. Winifred (daughter of Lt Colonel John Fryer) was born about 1910; died on 31 Jan 1971 in Eachwich Hall dalton Northumberland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Kimbarra May  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Nov 1940; died on 14 Nov 1940.
    2. 16. Charles Fryer Seaburne May  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1947.
    3. 17. Kimbarra Seaburne May  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Nov 1944.

    Guy married Patricia Wesson on 26 Oct 1976. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 8.  Robert Donald May Descendancy chart to this point (2.Reginald2, 1.William1) was born on 30 Jul 1923; died in 1982.

  4. 9.  Commander Hugh Seaburne MayCommander Hugh Seaburne May Descendancy chart to this point (4.Archibald2, 1.William1) was born on 23 Aug 1920; died on 12 Jan 2002 in Donhead St Mary, Dorset England; was buried in Hownam Scotland.

    Hugh married Joan Betty Allison on 29 Mar 1961. Joan (daughter of Hubert Allison and Mildred Clarke) was born on 18 Aug 1922; died on 15 Nov 2006; was buried in Donhead St Mary, Dorset England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Diana Marie Faith Crofton. Diana (daughter of Hon. Edward Charles Crofton and Cecillia Mabel Day) was born on 13 Oct 1927 in Kenya Africa; died on 7 Sep 1979 in Drayton Garden London; was buried in Putney Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Antonia Kinbarra May  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Apr 1950 in Kelso Scotland.
    2. 19. Peter Seaburne May  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Apr 1952 in Dublin, Ireland.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Carole Daisy Seaburne May Descendancy chart to this point (6.William3, 2.Reginald2, 1.William1) was born in 1933.

    Carole married Michael Francis Fane in 1956 in Kingsclere Hants UK. Michael was born in 1929; died in 1981. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Nicholas Francis Fane  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1957; died in 2014.
    2. 21. Mark William Fane  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1958.
    3. 22. Peter John Fane  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1962.
    4. 23. Timothy Evan Fane  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1964.

  2. 11.  Lynda Jeanne Seaburne May Descendancy chart to this point (6.William3, 2.Reginald2, 1.William1) was born in 1936.

    Family/Spouse: John Roger Frank Adams. John was born in 1934. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Sarah de Quincey Adams  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1963.
    2. 25. Alastair John Dequincey Adams  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1965.
    3. 26. Nicola Rachel de Quincey Adams  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1966.

  3. 12.  Virginia Seaburne May Descendancy chart to this point (6.William3, 2.Reginald2, 1.William1) was born in 1941.

    Virginia married John Andrew Edwards in 1968. John was born in 1946. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Sophie Patricia Edwards  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1979.
    2. 28. Timothy William Edwards  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1978.

  4. 13.  Sally Seaburne May Descendancy chart to this point (6.William3, 2.Reginald2, 1.William1) was born on 6 Dec 1943 in Wokingham, Berks England; was christened on 13 Feb 1944 in St Michael’s Tilehurst, Berks England.

    Sally married Euan Norman Jersey McCorquodale on 24 Apr 1969 in London England. Euan (son of Brigadier Norman D McCorquodale and Barbara H De Knoop) was born on 22 Oct 1929; died on 3 Aug 2010; was buried on 12 Aug 2010 in Maxton Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 29. James William McCorquodale  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Jun 1970 in London Engand; was christened on 1 Nov 1970 in London Engand.
    2. 30. Laura Barbara McCorquodale  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Sep 1972 in Westminster Hospital, London England; was christened on 3 Dec 1972 in St Columba’s Church of Scotland, Pont Street, London Engand.
    3. 31. Euan Malcolm McCorquodale  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1977.

  5. 14.  William Robert Seaburne May Descendancy chart to this point (6.William3, 2.Reginald2, 1.William1) was born in 1958.

    Family/Spouse: Frances Sheppard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 32. Jessica May  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1987.
    2. 33. Susannah May  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1989.
    3. 34. William May  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1991.

  6. 15.  Kimbarra May Descendancy chart to this point (7.Guy3, 2.Reginald2, 1.William1) was born on 12 Nov 1940; died on 14 Nov 1940.

  7. 16.  Charles Fryer Seaburne May Descendancy chart to this point (7.Guy3, 2.Reginald2, 1.William1) was born in 1947.

    Charles married Ursula Watson in 1974. Ursula was born in 1945; died in 1997. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 35. George Hamish Seaburne May  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jun 1977.
    2. 36. William Fergus Seaburne May  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1978; was christened on 1 Apr 1978.

    Family/Spouse: Anne Rachael Wotherstone. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 17.  Kimbarra Seaburne May Descendancy chart to this point (7.Guy3, 2.Reginald2, 1.William1) was born on 17 Nov 1944.

    Kimbarra married John MacMahon Mahon on 10 Jun 1967 in St Mary the Virgin, Stamfordham Northumberland. John was born in 1941 in Tanga Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. Piers Seaburne MacMahon Mahon  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Jul 1974.
    2. 38. Christopher Seaburne MacMahon Mahon  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Apr 1977.

  9. 18.  Antonia Kinbarra May Descendancy chart to this point (9.Hugh3, 4.Archibald2, 1.William1) was born on 22 Apr 1950 in Kelso Scotland.

    Antonia married Michael David Rayment on 8 Jun 1974 in Ringmer, Sussex, and was divorced. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 39. Emma Kinbarra Rayment  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Jun 1976 in St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey Surrey; died on 17 Jun 2022 in At home Tunbridge Wells UK; was buried on 6 Jul 2022 in Kent & Sussex Crematoriun, Tunbridge Wells.
    2. 40. Katie Francis Rayment  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Oct 1980 in St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, Surrey..

    Antonia married Kevin Hendy Dewey on 6 Sep 2008 in St Nicholas Church Compton Surrey Uk. Kevin was born on 17 Apr 1947. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 19.  Peter Seaburne May Descendancy chart to this point (9.Hugh3, 4.Archibald2, 1.William1) was born on 2 Apr 1952 in Dublin, Ireland.

    Peter married Dianne Howard on 29 Dec 1979 in London England, and was divorced in 1992 in Newmarket Ontario. Dianne (daughter of George John Howard and Lenore Meakin) was born on 31 Dec 1943 in Regina Saskatchewan Canada; died on 23 Jan 2001 in Newmarket Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 41. Christopher Seaburne May  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Apr 1982 in Edmonton Alberta.
    2. 42. Karen Faith May  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Oct 1980 in Edmonton Alberta.

    Peter married Bernadette Mcgouran on 7 Aug 1998 in Island 116 Mallorytown Ontario. Bernadette was born on 6 Apr 1958 in Toronto, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]