Reeves, Georgiana Frances

Summary

Father: Frederick Reeves
Mother: Catherine Hawkes

Birth: 13 Dec 1801
Birth Source: Baptism

Death: 30 Dec 1886
Death Source: Headstone, Probate Calendar

Spouse1: John James De Hochepied Larpent, m. 26 Aug 1826

Narrative

India Births and Baptisms show the following records for "George" as child of Frederick and Catherine:

• George Frances Reeves, b. 13 Dec 1801, bap. 31 Dec 1802, Bombay

The Alumni Cantabrigienses (Cambridge Alumni) includes the following abouther husband:
LARPENT, JOHN JAMES. Adm. pens, at St John's, Aug. 6, 1801. S. of John, Esq., of Charlotte Street, Bedford Square [by his 2nd wife, Anna Margaretta, elder dau. of Sir James Porter, F.R.S., British Ambassador to the Ottoman Porte, and Clarissa Catherine, dau. of Elbert, 2nd Baron de Hoche pied. B. May 13, 1783. School, Cheam, Surrey]. Matric. Michs. 1801; Scholar, 1801. Kept three terms by residence: name off the books, Oct. 29, 1S02. Served in the office of the Paymaster-General of the forces, 1802-25. Deputy Paymaster- General to the forces in Spain under Sir John Moore, Nov. 1, 1808-Mar. 24, 1809, and present at the retreat upon Corunna. Deputy Paymaster- General in Hanover, under H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, then Viceroy, Nov. 23, 1813-July 25, 1S16. British Consul at Antwerp, Nov. 19, 1825-Sept. 30, 1839; retired. Married, Aug. 26, 1826, Georgiana Frances, dau. of Frederick Reeves, of East Sheen. Succeeded his uncle, Lieut. -Gen. George de Hochepied, 1828, as 7th Baron de Hochepied (in the peerage of Hungary), Royal letters-patent having been granted to him and his brother, George Gerald, as great-grandchildren of Elbert, 2nd Baron de Hochepied, June 14, 1819, to take the name 1 .f de Hochepied in addition to and before that of Larpent, and to bear the arms of Hochepied quarterly with those of Larpent. Died June 8, i860, at Holmwood House, Surrey. Buried in the family vault at Holmwood. Half-brother of Francis S. (1795); father of the above. (St John's Coll. Adm., iv. 351; D.N.B.; Burke, P. and B., 1925; G. Mag., i860, 11. 106; London Gazette, 1819, 1045 and 1776.)

From Holmwood, St Mary, Surrey Parish Register:

• Georgina Frances de Hockepied Lerpent (of) Southborough near Tunbridge Wells (buried) Jany 6 (1887) (age) 85 (by) E. D. Wickham

From the National Probate Calendar:
Dowager Baroness DE HOCHEPIED PARENT Georgiana Frances. Personal Estate £3,104 6s. 1d. Double Probate issued September 1887. 3 February. The Will and two Codicils of Georgiana Frances Dowager Baroness de Hochepied Larpent late of Southborough in the County of Kent Widow who died 30 December 1886 at Southborough was proved at the Principal Registry by Arthur John Baron de Hochepied Larpent of 27 Palmeira-square Brighton in the County of Sussex the Son one of the Executors.

Research Notes

Sources

Baptism:    FamilySearch - George Frances Reeves - India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
Burial:       Findagrave - St Mary Magdalene Churchyard, South Holmwood, Mole Valley District, Surrey
                   Holmwood, St Mary, Surrey Parish Register 1838-1969, Ho/1/7

Venn, J. A., comp.. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954. Part II, Vol. IV, p99
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 (Ancestry)