Studley Priory Family Lairs

[cuffie81]

Larger view of Studley Priory map; 1919

https://maps.nls.uk/view/106017306#zoom=5&lat=8634&lon=12213&layers=BT

[CarolA3]

Well just to be pernickety (it's the mood I'm in!), Find a Grave only shows us the churchyard memorials for Robert and Margaret.  There's no conclusive proof that they were buried there.

Baird, I meant to ask - are you and the Hendersons related, or were you just curious?

[CarolA3]

Larger view of Studley Priory map; 1919

https://maps.nls.uk/view/106017306#zoom=5&lat=8634&lon=12213&layers=BT

And there's 'The Enclosure (Burial Place)' again, complete with the path to the Priory 

I want to go there and have a look now 

[cuffie81]

Well just to be pernickety (it's the mood I'm in!), Find a Grave only shows us the churchyard memorials for Robert and Margaret.  There's no conclusive proof that they were buried there.

Nothing wrong with being pernickety , Carol.

It took a bit of digging, there are a lot of newspaper references to Robert's death, but this one states the funeral took place at the church, no mention of the vault on the estate.

I'll see if I can find any reference to Margaret's funeral, or service.

Reading Standard
23 Jan 1932
page 20
Death of Captain Henderson, M.P.
Seven years Member for South Oxon Divion
A Popular Personality
- news which became known in the early hours of Sunday morning
- that Capt. Robert Ronald Henderson, M.P. for the division,
- had died suddenly about 10 o'clock on Saturday night,
- was received with great regret
...
Soldier and Politician
- Capt. Henderson,
- who lived at Studley Priory, near Oxford,
- was born in 1876,
- the son of the late Mr J Henderson,
- and he chose the army as a career
- he joined the 3rd Hussars in 1896 and served till 1908
...
 the year following his retirement from the army in 1908,
 - he married Margaret Frances Dashwood,
 - and he leaves a widow and six children,
 - three boys and three girls
...
- The Funeral
- The funeral of Captain Henderson
- took place on Wednesday,
- at the church of Horton-cum-Studley
- Family mourners included:
- Mrs Henderson (widow)
- Mr Turner Henderson (brother)
- Sir George and Lady Dashwood (father-in-law and mother-in-law)
- and Captain Henderson's sons and daughters
- To coincide with the time of the funeral
- memorial services were held at
- the Cathedral, Oxford
- and at the parish church, Henley

[has photo of Captain Henderson]

[cuffie81]

Well just to be pernickety (it's the mood I'm in!), Find a Grave only shows us the churchyard memorials for Robert and Margaret.  There's no conclusive proof that they were buried there.

I'll see if I can find any reference to Margaret's funeral, or service.

I haven't had any luck with this.

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And there's 'The Enclosure (Burial Place)' again, complete with the path to the Priory 

I want to go there and have a look now 

It looks like it's now in within Studley Wood Golf Club. I wonder if the golf club might have some info about who is buried there. If David's remains are there, maybe there's an inscription or plaque.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Horton-cum-Studley,+Oxford/@51.8006843,-1.1368954,1547m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x4876e82d0a174297:0x5b8d81365fe27f8a!8m2!3d51.8068791!4d-1.1354894?hl=en

[Baird]

Many thanks Cuffie and Carol for the information.
My friends' father was a major in the 2nd Seaforths and was seriously wounded around the same time in the same area as Major Henderson. Thinking he may have known Major Henderson I tried to find out more about him and discovered the mystery of the Majors' remains.
We wondered if Major Henderson was able to be repatriated through his family connections. The other men listed as being transferred from BadBurg-Hau to the Reichswald Forest Cemetery are all there .
Thank you again for all your research.

Baird

[artifis]

I would have thought that the CWGC would have records of all instances where a soldier's remains were repatriated to their home, surely there would have to be applications/correspondence etc. to prove lineage and legality of the request.  If that is the case such info may only be available to close descendants of the deceased or his family.  Might be worth an email inquiry?