Capt. Charles William Selwyn b. 7 Mar 1858 London d. 01 Mar 1893 Auckland, New Zealand: The genealogy of the Selwyn and related families.

1858 - 1893 (34 years)

Name	Charles William Selwyn
Prefix	Capt.
Born	7 Mar 1858	London
Gender	Male
Census	1871	The Close, Lichfield [1]
Died	01 Mar 1893	Auckland, New Zealand
Age	34 years
Buried	02 Mar 1893	St. Johns College, Auckland
Person ID	I0396	The Selwyn Family Tree
Last Modified	14 Jan 2014

Father	The Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Jasper Selwyn, PC QC, b. 13 Oct 1813, Church Row, Hampstead , d. 11 Aug 1869, Pagoda House, Richmond (Age 55 years)
Mother	Hester Ravenshaw, b. Abt 1820, London , d. 23 Feb 1868 (Age 48 years)
Married	1856
Family ID	F044	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Isabella Constance Dalgety, b. 16 Jan 1864, St. John's, Paddington , d. 18 Mar 1949 (Age 85 years)
Married	12 Aug 1884
Last Modified	11 Jul 2012
Family ID	F223	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

Census - 1871 - The Close, Lichfield

Died - 01 Mar 1893 - Auckland, New Zealand

Buried - 02 Mar 1893 - St. Johns College, Auckland

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Photos

Capt. Charles William Selwyn
The medals on show are the Egypt Medal and the Khedive's Star

Headstones

Headstone of Charles William Selwyn
Situated at St. John's College, Auckland

Looking from the church yard towards the apse of St John's Theological College Chapel, showing the grave and tombstone of Charles William Selwyn. The inscription reads:

In memory of
CHARLES WILLIAM SELWYN
late Captain Royal Horse Guards
and MP for Wisbech
Born 7th March 1858 died 1st March 1893.

What I do thou knowest not now
but thou shalt know hereafter

Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 4-RIC278

Notes

Entry on Wikipedia
M.P. for Wisbech, 1886-1891
Adm. pens. at TRINITY, June 7, 1876. [Eldest] s. of the Rt. Hon. Charles Jasper (above), Lord Justice in Chancery (and Hester, 5th dau. of John Goldsborough Ravenshaw, Esq.). B. [Mar. 7], 1858, in London. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1876. Second Lieut., Royal Horse Guards, 1878; Lieut., 1880; Capt., 1885. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Nov. 2, 1886, age 28. Of Selwyn Court, Surrey. D.L. for Cambs. M.P. for Wisbech Division of Cambs., 1886-91. Married, 1884, Isabella Constance, 2nd dau. of Frederick Gonerman Dalgety, Esq., of Lockerley Hall, Hants. Died 1893, in New Zealand. (Eton Sch. Lists; Inns of Court; Army Lists; Walford, County Families; Trin. Adm. Reg. calls his father 'Bishop of Lichfield.')

Sources
[S26] 1871 Census for Staffordshire/The Close/District 12.