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« on: Thursday 27 June 13 11:31 BST (UK) »
I have a bit of a conundrum concerning this marriage which was announced in the Hampshire Telegraph of Monday 29 June 1829:
“Married, on Monday last, at Kingston, Mr Hugh Price, of his Majesty’s sloop Favourite, to Mrs Denbey, of Gosport”.
My problem is that as far as I am aware there was only one Hugh Price serving as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy around this period, although on half pay and involved in various business enterprises, and he had been married in Clifton, Gloucestershire in 1826. I know that he and his wife from that marriage had six children between 1829 and 1840. So who is this other Hugh Price? I have made several assumptions here. Firstly, I think that the address “Mr” indicates he was an officer in the RN. Initially I thought the location could be Kingston in Surrey, or even Jamaica, but then I discovered there was a Kingston in Portsmouth and the fact that it’s a naval base and there’s mention of Gosport clinches it I think. Why “Mrs” Denbey. A widow perhaps?
The sloop Favourite had been launched in April that year and sailed for the Mediterranean on 5 August so this probably accounted for the timing of the wedding.
I would welcome any thoughts on all of this and, particularly, more about the happy couple.
Imber