In memory of Francis Trevelyan Egerton Cockburn-Dickinson
In
the
church
there
is
one
memorial
window
in
the
south
wall
of
the
chancel,
which
is
in
memory
of
the
Rev.
Cockburn-Dickinson's
son,
Francis
Trevelyan
Egerton
Cockburn-Dickinson,
who
sadly
drowned
in
1885,
aged
just
ten.
This
tragedy
occurred
on
Saturday May 2nd 1885.
Francis
Trevelyan
Egerton
Cockburn-Dickinson
was
born
on
7th
September
1874,
and
was
the
3rd
child
of
Rev.
George
Cockburn-Dickinson
and
the
Hon.
Ursula
Elizabeth
Denison.
His
mother,
the
Hon.
Ursula
Elizabeth
Cockburn-Dickinson,
daughter
of
Rt.
Lord
Londesborough
K.C.H.
and
grand-daughter
of
Henry,
Marquis
of
Conyngam,
sadly
passed
away
on
23rd
April,
1880,
just
32
years
of
age,
leaving
six
children:
(1) Edith Jane Catherine Christophina Ursula
(2) Londesborough Granville Lawton Maud
(3)
Francis Trevelyan Egerton
(4) Edgell Antonio Albert Fitzgerald
(5) Eveline Haroldina Elizabeth Carnegie
(6) George Victor Conyngham.
From the tender age of 8, Francis Trevelyan Egerton
Cockburn-Dickinson was reader at Hartford Church, and
on that fateful day in May 1885, the 'Local News' column
of The Hunts Guardian Friday May 8 1885 recorded the
following:
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE
On
Saturday
last
(May
2nd)
an
inquest
was
held
at
the
King
of
Prussia
public
house
in
this
village
on
the
body
of
Francis
Trevelyan
Egerton
Dickerson
aged
10,
son
of
the
Rev.
G.
C.
Dickerson,
vicar
of
Hartford,
who
was
taken
out
of
the
water
dead
that
morning.
It
appeared
from
the
evidence
of
Elizabeth
Hitch,
one
of
the
domestic
servants
in
the
family
that
on
Friday,
the
deceased,
his
younger
brother
and
the
vicar
were
working
in
the
garden
before
early
dinner,
and
as
was
supposed
they
all
went
into
the
house
about
1.00
(sic)
to
dine.
The
deceased
disappeared
from
the
house
and
the
vicar
and
the
other
son
sat
down
to
dinner,
but
as
deceased
did
not
go
to
dinner
also
a
search
was
made
for
him
about
the
house
and
garden.
Witness
ultimately
went
to
the
riverside
and
there
she
found
the
jacket
that
had
been
worn
by
the
deceased,
but
could
not
find
him
anywhere.
A
search
in
the
river
was
then
made
for
the
body
until
late
in
the
evening,
but
without
success.
His
cap
was
found
in
a
chair
in
the
kitchen.
The
dog
was
kept
near
the
boathouse
and
deceased
used
sometimes
go
and
fetch
the
dog,
but
it
was
not
there
when
he
went
to
the
boathouse.
Did
not
think
deceased
knew
the
dog
was
brought
from
the
boathouse.
George
Crow,
labourer,
Hartford,
deposed
to
finding
the
body
on
Saturday
morning
about
four
yards
from
the
bank.
The
water
was
about
20
feet
deep
where
he
pulled
it
out.
The
jury
returned
a
verdict
of
"accidentally
drowned
in
the
river Ouse.
In memory of Francis Trevelyan
Egerton Cockburn-Dickinson
In
the
church
there
is
one
memorial
window
in
the
south
wall
of
the
chancel,
which
is
in
memory
of
the
Rev.
Cockburn-Dickinson's
son,
Francis
Trevelyan
Egerton
Cockburn-
Dickinson,
who
sadly
drowned
in
1885,
aged
just
ten.
This
tragedy
occurred
on
Saturday
May 2nd 1885.
Francis
Trevelyan
Egerton
Cockburn-
Dickinson
was
born
on
7th
September
1874,
and
was
the
3rd
child
of
Rev.
George
Cockburn-Dickinson
and
the
Hon.
Ursula
Elizabeth
Denison.
His
mother,
the
Hon.
Ursula
Elizabeth
Cockburn-Dickinson,
daughter
of
Rt.
Lord
Londesborough
K.C.H.
and
grand-daughter
of
Henry,
Marquis
of
Conyngam,
sadly
passed
away
on
23rd
April,
1880,
just
32
years
of
age,
leaving
six
children:
(1) Edith Jane Catherine Christophina Ursula
(2) Londesborough Granville Lawton Maud
(3)
Francis Trevelyan Egerton
(4) Edgell Antonio Albert Fitzgerald
(5) Eveline Haroldina Elizabeth Carnegie
(6) George Victor Conyngham.
From the tender age of 8,
Francis
Trevelyan
Egerton
Cockburn-
Dickinson
was
reader
at
Hartford
Church,
and
on
that
fateful
day
in
May
1885,
the
'Local
News'
column
of
The
Hunts
Guardian
Friday
May
8
1885
recorded
the
following:
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE
On
Saturday
last
(May
2nd)
an
inquest
was
held
at
the
King
of
Prussia
public
house
in
this
village
on
the
body
of
Francis
Trevelyan
Egerton
Dickerson
aged
10,
son
of
the
Rev.
G.
C.
Dickerson,
vicar
of
Hartford,
who
was
taken
out
of
the
water
dead
that
morning.
It
appeared
from
the
evidence
of
Elizabeth
Hitch,
one
of
the
domestic
servants
in
the
family
that
on
Friday,
the
deceased,
his
younger
brother
and
the
vicar
were
working
in
the
garden
before
early
dinner,
and
as
was
supposed
they
all
went
into
the
house
about
1.00
(sic)
to
dine.
The
deceased
disappeared
from
the
house
and
the
vicar
and
the
other
son
sat
down
to
dinner,
but
as
deceased
did
not
go
to
dinner
also
a
search
was
made
for
him
about
the
house
and
garden.
Witness
ultimately
went
to
the
riverside
and
there
she
found
the
jacket
that
had
been
worn
by
the
deceased,
but
could
not
find
him
anywhere.
A
search
in
the
river
was
then
made
for
the
body
until
late
in
the
evening,
but
without
success.
His
cap
was
found
in
a
chair
in
the
kitchen.
The
dog
was
kept
near
the
boathouse
and
deceased
used
sometimes
go
and
fetch
the
dog,
but
it
was
not
there
when
he
went
to
the
boathouse.
Did
not
think
deceased
knew
the
dog
was
brought
from
the
boathouse.
George
Crow,
labourer,
Hartford,
deposed
to
finding
the
body
on
Saturday
morning
about
four
yards
from
the
bank.
The
water
was
about
20
feet
deep
where
he
pulled
it
out.
The
jury
returned
a
verdict
of
"accidentally
drowned in the river Ouse.
All Saints Hartford
