Frederick Dimsdale

1823 - 1886  (62 years)

• Name	Frederick Dimsdale
  Born	27 Nov 1823	Hadley, Middlesex, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	06 Jun 1841	High Street, Hadley, Middlesex, England   [3]
  Residence	30 Mar 1850	60 Doughty Street, St Pancras, London, Middlesex, England   [4]
  Occupation	30 Mar 1851  [5]
  	a solicitor
  Residence	1852	60 Doughty Street, St Pancras, London, Middlesex, England
  Residence	1858	Stonefield Terrace, Bloomsbury, London, Middlesex, England   [6]
  Residence	1860	Eastbourne Terrace, Paddington, London, Middlesex, England   [7]
  Occupation	07 Apr 1861  [8]
  	a solicitor on the rolls not in practice
  Residence	07 Apr 1861	10 Curzon Street, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England   [8]
  1871 Census	02 Apr 1871	10 Curzon Street, Mayfair, London, Middlesex, England   [9]
  	solicitor
  Name	Frederick Johnstone  [2, 10]
  Occupation	02 Apr 1871  [11]
  	a solicitor
  Residence	02 Apr 1871	10 Curzon Street, Mayfair, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England   [11]
  Occupation	03 Apr 1881  [12]
  	a solicitor
  Reference Number	9301
  Residence	03 Apr 1881	Parkhurst Prison, Carisbrook, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England   [12, 13]
  	Convict Prison
  Died	Sep 1886	Medway, Kent, England   [14]
  	2a 305 age 61
  Notes	1841 Census records HO107/654/20/25 High Street, Hadley, Middlesex Charlotte Dimsdale59IndY Charlotte Dimsdale 22Y Melville Dimsdale24Y Fredk Dimsdale17Y is this him? 1841 census HO107/686/1/17/28 Tottenham Court Road, St Pancras, Middlesex Jackson Gibbets 32 linen draper y Sarah Gibbets 35 y Joseph Lightfoot 20 sh draper n William Lampries 19 sh draper n Dennis Abraham 25 sh draper n Frederick Dimsdale 18 porter n Mary Villan 30 F.S. n 1851 census HO107/1495/427/33 60 Doughty Street, St Pancras, Middlesex Frederick Dimsdale head M 27 solicitor Middlesex, Hadley Mary S Dimsdale wife M 28 Worcester, Worcester Clarence W Dimsdale son 2 1/2 Middlesex, St Pancras Annie M Dimsdale dau 1 Middlesex, St Pancras and servants 1861 census RG9/46/35/3 10 Curzon Street, St George Hanover Square, Westminster Frederick Dimsdale head M 37 solicitor on the rolls not in practice Middx, Hadley Jane C W Dimsdale wife M 27 Rob Burrows visitor M 51 DL + JP Co Caban Ireland Dublin Ann Burrows wife of the above M 47 Chester Cheshire Frances S Burrows dau of above U 19 Cavan, Ireland Shadons House Robt S Burrows son of above 15 Dublin and servants 1871 census RG10/102/61/3 10 Curzon Street, Mayfair, Westminster, London Fredk Dimsdale head M 46 solicitor Barnet, Herts Jane C W Dimsdale wife M 36 Dartford, Kent Clarence W Dimsdale son U 22 article clerk Bloomsbury, Middx Annie M Dimsdale dau U 21 Bloomsbury, Middx Jessie L Dimsdale dau U 19 Bloomsbury, Middx Alicia F V Dimsdale dau 9 Middx, St Georges Greville H F Dimsdale son 7 Middx St Georges Jane Burgess serv U 31 cook Chigwell, Essex Mahala Potter serv U 21 housemaid Old Buckingham Norfolk George Snowden serv U 49 coachman Melton Mowbray Frederick Dimsdale Synopsis from accounts in Birmingham Daily Post, The Times and Illustrated Police News between October 1877 and June 1878 Frederick Dimsdale, solicitor of 10 Curzon Street, Mayfair and C Burrell Moore of Kingston charged at Mansion House Police Court on Wednesday October 3 with conspiring together by means of uttering false deeds on property in Croydon of defrauding S Marburg of 52 Doughty Street of £15,000. Frederick Dimsdale practiced at 39 Lombard Street. Frederick Dimsdale then presented a petition for liquidation saying his liabilities amounted to £230,000 and assets amounted to £130,000. Assets included an interest in the Basingstoke Canal and properties in Surrey, Bucks and Middlesex. A receiver was appointed by the court. The receiver recorded total debts as £226,430 and assets £14,979. The case continued with additionally James Drake, a carpenter accused of obtaining £300,000 by means of forged and counterfeit leases. Frederick Dimsdale’s son Clarence Dimsdale was also found to be involved. On Friday December 14 Lena Chester, 30, fashionably dressed was charged with attempting to bribe the gaolor of Mansion House Police Court by offering him £500 to release Frederick Dimsdale. Frederick Dimsdale was sentenced to penal servitude for life. In March 1878 it was reported that Clarence Dimsdale had absconded and all hope of apprehending him had gone. He had succeeded in escaping from England. from Old Bailey online 175. FREDERICK DIMSDALE (52) and Charles BURRELL MOORE (42) were indicted (together with CLARENCE WILLIAM DIMSDALE , not in custody), for Feloniously forging and uttering on 16th March, 1875, a certain deed purporting to be a lease, with intent to defraud. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, with. MESSRS. BOWEN, STRAIGHT, and. GRAIN, conducted the Prosecution; MR. BESLEY, with. MR. NICHOLSON, appeared for Dimsdale, and MR. MONTAGU WILLIAMS for Moore. After the. ATTORNEY-GENERAL had opened the case, MR. WILLIAMS stated. that, as far as the facts were concerned, he was unable to alter them, but, referring to the case of Reg. v. Willshire, reported in the last number of the Session Paper, vol. 87, page 85, he would take the opinion of the Court whether the document in question, being signed by the parties in their own genuine names, came within the legal definition of a forged instrument. MR. JUSTICE LOPES was clearly of opinion, that to make a false instrument, which represented that which it was not, with intent to defraud, was a forgery, as laid down in Reg. v. Ritson, 1st Law Reports, page 200, and supported by various dicta from works of authority on the subject. The prisoners then stating that, under the advice of their Counsel, they would PLEAD GUILTY , the. JURY. found that verdict. 1881 census RG11/1177/107/24 "Convict Prison" Parkhurst, Carisbrook, IOW Frederick Dimsdale convict M 56 solicitor Hertford possible death death registration index Frederick Dimsdale Sep 1886 Medway KEN 2a 305 age 61
  Person ID	I9301	Featherstone Main
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2021

  
  

  Family 1	Jane Cassandra Wilks Featherstonehaugh,   b. Abt 1835, Dartford, Kent, England ,   d. Sep 1901, 1a.339, Marylebone, London, England  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Marriage License	05 Mar 1860	St Stephen's Church, Paddington, London, Middlesex, England   [10, 15]
  	marriage allegation Faculty Office3rd March 1860 APPEARED PERSONALLY Jane Cassandra Wilks Featherstonehaugh of the District Chapelry of Saint Stephen in the Parish of Paddington in the County of Middlesex, spinster above the age of 21 years And prayed a Licence for the Solemnisation of Matrimony in the District Chapelry of Saint Stephen aforesaid Between her and Frederick Johnstone of the Parish of Paddington, Widower Dyke and Stokes Proctors Licence dated 3 March 1860 And made Oath that she believeth there is no impediment of kindred or Alliance, or of any other Lawful Cause, nor any suit commenced in any Ecclesiastical Court, to bar or hinder the Proceedings of the said Matrimony, according to the Tenor of such Licence. And she further made Oath that she hath had her usual Place of Abode within the said District Chapelry of Saint Stephen for the space of Fifteen Days last past Jane C W Featherstonehaugh Sworn before me W Balinson Surryate (source: Marriage Allegations FM1/24 pt1 f218 Lambeth Palace Library)
  Married	Dec 1860	1a.421, St George Hanover Square, London, England   [16]
  Married	26 Dec 1860	The Registry Office, St George Hanover Square, London, Middlesex, England   [16, 17]
  Children	1. Alicia Frederica Vane Dimsdale,   b. 16 Dec 1861, St Georges, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 06 Nov 1948, North Town House, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England  (Age 86 years)   2. Greville Henry Frederick Dimsdale,   b. 1863, St George Hanover Square, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 22 Jan 1884, 108 Park Street, Grosvenor Square, London, Middlesex, England  (Age 21 years)
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2022
  Family ID	F3537	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Sporner Manning,   b. Abt 1824, Worcester, Worcestershire, England ,   d. Abt 1857  (Age ~ 33 years)
  Married	Abt 1847	Martley, Worcestershire, England   [18]
  Children	1. Clarence W Dimsdale,   b. Abt 1849, Bloomsbury, London, Middlesex, England   2. Annie Martha Dimsdale,   b. 26 Jan 1850, Bloomsbury, London, Middlesex, England   3. Jessie Lily Dimsdale,   b. 09 Feb 1852, 60 Doughty Street, Bloomsbury, London, Middlesex, England   4. Marion Eliza Dimsdale,   b. 01 Apr 1853, Stonefield Terrace, St Pancras, London, Middlesex, England   5. Caroline Roseline Blackie Dimsdale,   b. 02 Feb 1855, Stonefield Terrace, Bloomsbury, London, Middlesex, England
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2022
  Family ID	F3973	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1163] E mail fom David Ross-Hamilton, David Ross-Hamilton, (Period, 2012), Hi Paul The following records were in The London Metropolitan Archives Ref: COL/CHD/FR/04/47 Freedom Register 1st Nov 1882 to 30 June 1884 8 May 1884 Albany Featherstonehaugh Major to Charles Lomas (Vintner) Testmony inrolled 5s 5 June 1884 Mark Buoaventura Featherstonehaugh Major to George Martin (Vintner) testmony Inrolled 5s The records include the Oath they swore and their signature beneath the oath. Yes that is the link to my 1st cousin 4 times removed on his mothers side. Frederic Dimsdale was born on 27 Nov 1823 source Non-Conformist Birth Records (TNA Reference RG5 / Piece 103 / Folio 99) From a newspaper article in The Standard 21st Sept 1860 regarding the theft of Jewellery, it would appear that Frederic Dimsdale also went under the name of Frederick Johnstone of 10 Curzon Street, which was the Census address of Frederick & Jane in 1861, so I consider that Jane's marriages in March Q & Dec Q were to the same man under 2 different names. According to the 1861 & 1871 Census Caroline Roselina Blackie Dimsdale was born in Germany Jane CW Featherstonehaugh's death was registered under both Featherstonehaugh and Dimsdale, with the same reference I hope this is useful -- Regards David. [S1163] E mail fom David Ross-Hamilton, David Ross-Hamilton, (Period, 2012), Hi Paul The original registration form for Frederic Dimsdale from the Dr.Williams Library show the place of Birth at Hadley in the Parish of Hadley in the County of Middlesex, it bears his fathers signature. It includes his Maternal Grandfather and with 2 original wills I hold and his parents marriage certificate it tie him to my family tree. Newspaper article on court case involving his mother, 2 brothers & Frederic gives plenty of information that ties up with his first wife and with information in the 1860 case of Frederick Johnstone to link the 2. [S1841] 1841 Census England & Wales, (2008), 1841 Census records HO107/654/20/25 High Street, Hadley, Middlesex Charlotte Dimsdale59IndY Charlotte Dimsdale 22Y Melville Dimsdale24Y Fredk Dimsdale17Y is this him? 1841 census HO107/686/1/17/28 Tottenham Court Road, St Pancras, Middlesex Jackson Gibbets 32 linen draper y Sarah Gibbets 35 y Joseph Lightfoot 20 sh draper n William Lampries 19 sh draper n Dennis Abraham 25 sh draper n Frederick Dimsdale 18 porter n Mary Villan 30 F.S. n. [S1851] 1851 Census England & Wales, UK Gov., (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com OperationsInc, 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851.Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): PublicRecord Office (PRO), 1851. Data imaged from the National A;). [S1851] 1851 Census England & Wales, UK Gov., (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com OperationsInc, 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851.Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): PublicRecord Office (PRO), 1851. Data imaged from the National A;), 1851 census HO107/1495/427/33 60 Doughty Street, St Pancras, Middlesex Frederick Dimsdale head M 27 solicitor Middlesex, Hadley Mary S Dimsdale wife M 28 Worcester, Worcester Clarence W Dimsdale son 2 1/2 Middlesex, St Pancras Annie M Dimsdale dau 1 Middlesex, St Pancras and servants. [S493] baptism register St Pancras old church Middlesex, (2010), Parish records of St.Pancras Old Church Baptisms 1858 Jan 11 Marion Eliza, Frederick & Mary Spooner (deceased), Dimsdale, Stonefield Terrace, Solicitor, born 1 April 1853 Jan 11 Caroline Roseline Blackie, Frederick & Mary Spooner (deceased), Dimsdale, Stonefield Terrace, Solicitor, born 2 Feby 1855. [S10] marriage certificate. [S1861] 1861 Census England & Wales, UK Gov., (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;), 1861 census RG9/46/35/3 10 Curzon Street, St George Hanover Square, Westminster Frederick Dimsdale head M 37 solicitor on the rolls not in practice Middx, Hadley Jane C W Dimsdale wife M 27 Rob Burrows visitor M 51 DL + JP Co Caban Ireland Dublin Ann Burrows wife of the above M 47 Chester Cheshire Frances S Burrows dau of above U 19 Cavan, Ireland Shadons House Robt S Burrows son of above 15 Dublin and servants. [S1871] 1871 Census England & Wales, (2009), 1871 census RG10/102/61/3 10 Curzon Street, Mayfair, Westminster, London Fredk Dimsdale head M 46 solicitor Barnet, Herts Jane C W Dimsdale wife M 36 Dartford, Kent Clarence W Dimsdale son U 22 article clerk Bloomsbury, Middx Annie M Dimsdale dau U 21 Bloomsbury, Middx Jessie L Dimsdale dau U 19 Bloomsbury, Middx Alicia F V Dimsdale dau 9 Middx, St Georges Greville H F Dimsdale son 7 Middx St Georges Jane Burgess serv U 31 cook Chigwell, Essex Mahala Potter serv U 21 housemaid Old Buckingham Norfolk George Snowden serv U 49 coachman Melton Mowbray. [S10] marriage certificate, 1860 Marriage solemnized at St Stephens Church, in the Parish of Saint Stephens, Paddington in the county of Middlesex. Entry number 99. 5th March 1860 Frederick Johnstone a gentleman aged 36 a widower of Eastbourne Terrace, father Thomas Johnstone a gentleman. To Jane Cassandra Wilks Featherstonhaugh, aged 26 a spinster of 10 Sutherland Place, father William Featherstonhaugh a gentleman. Married by Licence by Harvey W Brooks imcumbent. Both signed. Witnesses T Featherstonhaugh, Clarence W Johnstone. [S1871] 1871 Census England & Wales, (2009), 1871 census RG10/102/61/3 10 Curzon Street, Mayfair, Westminster, London Fredk Dimsdale head M 46 solicitor Barnet, Herts Jane C W Dimsdale wife M 36 Dartford, Kent Clarence W Dimsdale son U 22 article clerk Bloomsbury, Middx Annie M Dimsdale dau U 21 Bloomsbury, Middx Jessie L Dimsdale dau U 19 Bloomsbury, Middx Alicia F V Dimsdale dau 9 Middx, St Georges Greville H F Dimsdale son 7 Middx St Georges Jane Burgess serv U 31 cook Chigwell, Essex Mahala Potter serv U 21 housemaid Old Buckingham Norfolk George Snowden serv U 49 coachman Melton Mowbray. [S1881] 1881 Census England & Wales, UK Gov, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;), 1881 census RG11/1177/107/24 "Convict Prison" Parkhurst, Carisbrook, IOW Frederick Dimsdale convict M 56 solicitor Hertford. [S333] Newspaper Article, various, (various), Frederick Dimsdale Synopsis from accounts in Birmingham Daily Post, The Times and Illustrated Police News between October 1877 and June 1878 Frederick Dimsdale, solicitor of 10 Curzon Street, Mayfair and C Burrell Moore of Kingston charged at Mansion House Police Court on Wednesday October 3 with conspiring together by means of uttering false deeds on property in Croydon of defrauding S Marburg of 52 Doughty Street of £15,000. Frederick Dimsdale practiced at 39 Lombard Street. Frederick Dimsdale then presented a petition for liquidation saying his liabilities amounted to £230,000 and assets amounted to £130,000. Assets included an interest in the Basingstoke Canal and properties in Surrey, Bucks and Middlesex. A receiver was appointed by the court. The receiver recorded total debts as £226,430 and assets £14,979. The case continued with additionally James Drake, a carpenter accused of obtaining £300,000 by means of forged and counterfeit leases. Frederick Dimsdale’s son Clarence Dimsdale was also found to be involved. On Friday December 14 Lena Chester, 30, fashionably dressed was charged with attempting to bribe the gaolor of Mansion House Police Court by offering him £500 to release Frederick Dimsdale. Frederick Dimsdale was sentenced to penal servitude for life. In March 1878 it was reported that Clarence Dimsdale had absconded and all hope of apprehending him had gone. He had succeeded in escaping from England. from Old Bailey online 175. FREDERICK DIMSDALE (52) and Charles BURRELL MOORE (42) were indicted (together with CLARENCE WILLIAM DIMSDALE , not in custody), for Feloniously forging and uttering on 16th March, 1875, a certain deed purporting to be a lease, with intent to defraud. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, with. MESSRS. BOWEN, STRAIGHT, and. GRAIN, conducted the Prosecution; MR. BESLEY, with. MR. NICHOLSON, appeared for Dimsdale, and MR. MONTAGU WILLIAMS for Moore. After the. ATTORNEY-GENERAL had opened the case, MR. WILLIAMS stated. that, as far as the facts were concerned, he was unable to alter them, but, referring to the case of Reg. v. Willshire, reported in the last number of the Session Paper, vol. 87, page 85, he would take the opinion of the Court whether the document in question, being signed by the parties in their own genuine names, came within the legal definition of a forged instrument. MR. JUSTICE LOPES was clearly of opinion, that to make a false instrument, which represented that which it was not, with intent to defraud, was a forgery, as laid down in Reg. v. Ritson, 1st Law Reports, page 200, and supported by various dicta from works of authority on the subject. The prisoners then stating that, under the advice of their Counsel, they would PLEAD GUILTY , the. JURY. found that verdict. [S3] death registration index, (1837-2010), Medway Kent 2a 305 aged 61. [S2] Index Marriage registration England & Wales, (1837-1965), Marriages Dec 1860 (>99%) In St Geo Han Sq. Vol 1a. Page 421 Dimsdale Frederick Featherstonehaugh Jane Casandra Wilks Featherstonhaugh Jane Casandra Wilks. [S2] Index Marriage registration England & Wales, (1837-1965), marriage registration index Dec 1860 St George Hanover Square MDX 1a 421 Jane Casandra Wilks Featherstonehaugh and Frederick Dimsdale. [S10] marriage certificate, entry number 146 26th December 1860 Marriage solemnized at The Registry Office in the District of St George Hanover Square in The County of Middlesex. Frederick Dimsdale aged 37 years a gentleman of 10 Curzon Street, Mayfair, father Thomas Dimsdale a deceased gentleman To Jane Casandra Wilks Featherstonhaugh aged 25 years a spinster of 10 Curzon Street, Mayfair, father William Featherstonhaugh a deceased gentleman. Married in The register office without icence before me Wiliam Henry ??auister registrar, both signed in the presence of John Finnimore and Gorgi Parker. ?? Chappell Superindent Registrar. [S2] Index Marriage registration England & Wales, (1837-1965), marriage registration index Sep 1847 Martley WOR 18 519 Frederick Dimsdale and Mary Sporner Manning.