William Walmisley
| Born: | Died: | Married: Mary Jackson | Mother: | Father: | Descendant: John Angus Walmisley |
Born around 1745.
The obituary of his son John Angus Walmisley said: "He was the youngest of the sons of William Walmisley, Esq., Clerk of the Papers of the House of Lords, the descendant of one of the ancient English territorial families whose estates were situated at Atherstone, in Warwickshire."
One William Walmesly was christened on the 7th April 1745 in Bermonsey, the son of John (a mason) and Sarah Walmesly. However, this might not be the right Walmesley as on the 20th May 1745 a William Walmesley (child) was buried at the same church.
Also:
- 18 November 1746, Mary Walmesly, daughter of Jonathan (Mason) and Sarah Walmesly
- b. 15 June 1760, c. 22 June 1760, Thomas Walmesly, son of Jonathan (stone mason) and Sarah Walmesly.
Marriage
William married Mary Jackson.
Children
William and Mary had five sons:
- Edward George Walmisley (b.26 Dec 1778, d. 19 Sept 1835) (see section at end of John Angus Walmisley)
- William Walmisley (b. 9 May 1780, d. 1822)
- Thomas Forbes Walmisley (22 May 1783, d. 1866) born in Union Street (Renamed St. Margaret's Street), Westminster.
- Robert Walmisley (b.28 Jan 1786, d.1 Dec 1843)
- John Angus Walmisley (23 Nov 1791)
In 1805 he was listed in the London Tax List as living at North Street, St John the Evangelist, Westminster (the assessed and exonerated value was £1 2s. 6d.)
Death
Obituary in the Times 19 January 1819:
On Sunday last, at his house, Bromley, Kent, in the 74th year of his age, William Walmisley, Esq., nearly 20 years clerk of the papers of the House of Lords, after a painful and protracted illness, which he bore with that piety and resignation which always distinguished this good man during the whole of his life.
Obituary of a different William Walmisley, the Times, April 19, 1822: On Tuesday last, aged 42, Mr. Wm. Walmisley, for 26 years a clerk in the Parliament office, leaving a widow and four young children.
Other Information
Chapter 8. The Parliamentary Office in the Early Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Biographical Notes on Clerks in the House of Lords 1800 to 1939.
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Dictionary of National Biography:
Walmisley, Thomas Forbes (1783-1866), glee composer and organist, third son of William Walmisley, clerk of the papers to the House of Lords, was born in Union (now St. Margaret's) Street, Westminster, 22 May 1783. He, like all his brothers, was a chorister in Westminster Abbey, and he was a scholar at Westminster School from 1793 to 1798. He studied music under the Hon. John Spencer and Thomas Attwood [q.v.], the pupil of Mozart, and was assisstant organist to the Female Orphan Asylum from 1810 to 1814. ...
... Walmisley died on 23 July 1866, and was buried in the family grave at Brompton cemetary. In 1810 he married the eldest daughter of William Capon (1757-1827) [q.v.], draughtsman to the Duke of York. His eldest son, Thomas Attwood Walmisley [q.v.] whose 'Cathedral Music' he edited in 1857, predeceased him.
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