Dennis Williams
Gone but not forgotten
The man who gave his name to Great Charles street died in 1794 and lies buried in Hendon, Middlesex. He and his wife Mary Gulston, had four kids, all of whom died unwed, three being remembered by named Streets - Lionel, Mary Ann and Caroline. His eldest son Charles, having died in 1785, and Mary Ann dying in 1794.
A codicil in their father’s will was that if they died ‘without issue’, his estates should go to his “dear friend” Francis, Lord Hertford, of Ragley Hall, Alcester; or his son Lord Yarmouth.
So with Lionel’s death in 1807, Caroline inherited the entire estate, and in 1825 when it appeared likely she would’t marry, she applied to the Court of Chancery to realize large sums of money for a spend up before she went. In 1829 the remains of the estate was then divided between her and her father’s friend Lord Francis Charles, the third Marquis of Hertford, the grandson of her father’s “dear friend”. Caroline Coleman lived at Cheltenham, where she died in 1837, aged 70, to be buried at Charlton Kings, on the outskirts of Cheltenham. She settled her account on her pal the oddly named Frind Cregoe, on the undertstanding that he adopted the Colmore moniker. Cregoe came from a Cornish family (and we now have CREGOE Street in Lea Bank).
Frind Cregoe-Colmore lived only a couple of years more than Carloline, his benefactor, and he is also buried in Cheltenham with his wife Elizabeth, and his son and heir..wait for ir…Colmore Frind Cregoe-Colmore. This son married twice and had four children, his oldest and heir being William Barwick Cregoe-Colman (he of Barwick street).
In 1857 the site for the Council House was sold by his father for the princely sum of £33,000, and the extension later negotiated on a 999 year lease, plus a quarter of an care given for the School of Art in Margaret Street, plus yet another £1000 for it’s eventual extension. Cornwall Street and Margaret Street bound the Art scool, one being named after his County of origin, and the other after Margaret Alice Radcliffe, a daughter of Colomore Frind Cregoe-Colmore…
When old William died. Much of his estate on the Bell Barn and Oozells estates were sold, and realized another tidy sum and as William was a batchelor, all these many assets were divided in equal thirds to his sisters - Mrs Margaret Radcliffe, Mrs Roche, and Mrs Adams. Today the money goes even further afield, including Ireland, Soth Africa, and Argentina…
Some pictures to show their influence in our City
Colmore Estates before Council House 1849
Colmore Estates afrer Council House 1888
A codicil in their father’s will was that if they died ‘without issue’, his estates should go to his “dear friend” Francis, Lord Hertford, of Ragley Hall, Alcester; or his son Lord Yarmouth.
So with Lionel’s death in 1807, Caroline inherited the entire estate, and in 1825 when it appeared likely she would’t marry, she applied to the Court of Chancery to realize large sums of money for a spend up before she went. In 1829 the remains of the estate was then divided between her and her father’s friend Lord Francis Charles, the third Marquis of Hertford, the grandson of her father’s “dear friend”. Caroline Coleman lived at Cheltenham, where she died in 1837, aged 70, to be buried at Charlton Kings, on the outskirts of Cheltenham. She settled her account on her pal the oddly named Frind Cregoe, on the undertstanding that he adopted the Colmore moniker. Cregoe came from a Cornish family (and we now have CREGOE Street in Lea Bank).
Frind Cregoe-Colmore lived only a couple of years more than Carloline, his benefactor, and he is also buried in Cheltenham with his wife Elizabeth, and his son and heir..wait for ir…Colmore Frind Cregoe-Colmore. This son married twice and had four children, his oldest and heir being William Barwick Cregoe-Colman (he of Barwick street).
In 1857 the site for the Council House was sold by his father for the princely sum of £33,000, and the extension later negotiated on a 999 year lease, plus a quarter of an care given for the School of Art in Margaret Street, plus yet another £1000 for it’s eventual extension. Cornwall Street and Margaret Street bound the Art scool, one being named after his County of origin, and the other after Margaret Alice Radcliffe, a daughter of Colomore Frind Cregoe-Colmore…
When old William died. Much of his estate on the Bell Barn and Oozells estates were sold, and realized another tidy sum and as William was a batchelor, all these many assets were divided in equal thirds to his sisters - Mrs Margaret Radcliffe, Mrs Roche, and Mrs Adams. Today the money goes even further afield, including Ireland, Soth Africa, and Argentina…
Some pictures to show their influence in our City
Colmore Estates before Council House 1849
Colmore Estates afrer Council House 1888
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