Author Topic: "Officers of the S.P.C.K. Northumberland Avenue, W.C." ANSWERED -- WITH THANKS!  (Read 171 times)

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This is a long shot; but perhaps this might mean something to someone.

An ancestor kept a diary in the last few months of his life in 1895, and at the back of it is what looks like an address book: he has listed some names and addresses, a couple of whom I recognize as having belonged to family/associates of his.  One of the entries on the list reads, rather cryptically, "12/ officers of the S.P.C.K. Northumberland Avenue, W.C."  Does anyone know what these initials might have stood for -- do they possibly indicate a military connection?  A particular military battalion, perhaps?  There are gaps in my knowledge of this man's life, but he did come from a military family.  When I googled the initials S.P.C.K. what came up was the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; but that doesn't seem like a good fit for him.

As I say, this is a long shot; but if anyone has any ideas about those initials I'd be delighted to hear them!

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OWEN: Edinburgh, Aberystwyth, Middlesex, Essex, Kendal, Berwick, Montgomeryshire
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Re: "Officers of the S.P.C.K. Northumberland Avenue, W.C."
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 02 September 23 18:04 BST (UK) »
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.

The address fits.

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Re: "Officers of the S.P.C.K. Northumberland Avenue, W.C."
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 02 September 23 18:22 BST (UK) »
Seems that today the building is the Nigerian High Commission

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Re: "Officers of the S.P.C.K. Northumberland Avenue, W.C."
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 02 September 23 19:30 BST (UK) »
Oh, Gaffy and Watson -- bless you!  Thank you so much!  So the Northumberland Avenue leaves us in no doubt then: we have to be talking about the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge!  (I hadn't picked up the links you pointed to with the address).  What I was reading in the diary as "officers" was clearly "offices"! (Well, his handwriting is very difficult to read -- that's my excuse anyway!)    This is certainly food for thought in relation to this ancestor and has me re-evaluating him.

Thank you both so much for your help.

CELTICANNIE
PEPLOE/PEPLOW: Shropshire, Inverness
DAVIES: Inverness, Montgomeryshire, Ruabon
OWEN: Edinburgh, Aberystwyth, Middlesex, Essex, Kendal, Berwick, Montgomeryshire
TROLLOPE: Warwickshire, Middlesex
TAYLOR & McKAY: Montreal, Canada