Agnes Nepean (buried 1943)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Nepean
First name: 
Agnes
Other Christian names: 
Louisa More
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
1763
Born: 
10/11/1855
Died: 
09/08/1943
Buried: 
13/08/1943
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SWS
Cemetery row: 
8
Cemetery plot: 
24
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Herbert Augustus Tierney Nepean Late Colnl. Indian Staff Corps. Died 10th December 1924 aged 85 "Praise ye the Lord" Also of his wife Agnes Louisa More Nisbet died 9th August 1943 aged 88
Grave location map

Life story

Life story

Agnes Louisa More Nepean (nee Nisbett) was born on the 10th of November 1855 and was baptised on the 16th November 1855 in Edinburgh. Agnes was the daughter of John More Nisbett and Agnes Hamilton-Dalyrumple, and one of five children (three brothers and a sister.) Her mother was the daughter of the 9th Earl of Stair. Her father was of the Cairnhill Estate in Lanarkshire. Agnes's grandfather George More Nisbett had been a very successful industrialist. 

Agnes married Herbert Augustus Tierney Nepean (17th April 1839- October 1924) in 1895. Herbert had had to petition his previous wife Alice for divorce. This was granted on 21st January 1879. Herbert had three children with his first wife Alice, but none with Agnes. He had married Alice in Cannanore in Madras, India. He was one of the Nepean Baronets of Bothenhampton and served with the Indian Army, reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel by the time he retired in 1902. 

In 1901 Agnes was living with husband Colonel Herbert in Lasswade, Midlothian with four servants. The lodge which was there home is now a grade-C listed building. It was built by J. McIntyre Henry in 1891. It has a single storey and and attic, an asymmetrical four bay lodge with half timbered and pierced M shaped gables to the north west and Dutch gables to the north east with a latter harled (rough cut lime and aggregate) wall addition to the south west. 

The 1911 census records 71-year-old Colonel Herbert Augustus Nepean living with his 55-year-old wife Agnes at Charlwood, 24 Lansdowne Road, Hove. Also residing there at the time was a family member, 56-year-old Margaret More Nisbett. The house was staffed by a cook, a housemaid, a tablemaid and a 16-year-old general servant, Ethel Bridges from Broadwater. 

Agnes would live at Charlwood with her husband until he died in East Preston in 1924 (possibly after having been admitted to a nursing home.) She would then continue to live there with her companion, Emily and various changes of servants until at least 1939. 

By this time 84-year-old Agnes and companion Emily Rutherford, who was now 64 had a German cook and housemaid Jenny and Hedwig Mayer. Agnes Louisa Nepean died on the 9th of August 1943. She was living at Millowe, 15 Church Road, Tarring. She was a widow and left an Estate of £7,256, 12 shillings and 7 pence. She is also commerorated on the Nepean family monument in Dean cemetery, Edinburgh

The Last Will and Testament for Agnes Nepean was dated 24th March 1942 and has this signature:

 

Burial researcher: 
Matt Bury

Further information

Birth
Gender: 
Female
Date born: 
10/11/1855
Address at birth: 
Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
Mother
Mother's name: 
Agnes
Mother's maiden name: 
Hamilton-Dalrymple
Mother's year of birth: 
1823
Mother's year of death: 
1900
Father
Father's name: 
John More Nisbett
Father's year of birth: 
1826
Father's year of death: 
1904
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Nisbett
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Herbert Augustus Tierney
Spouse one last name: 
Nepean
Marriage one date: 
17/04/1894
Marriage one address: 
Midlothian (County of Edinburgh), Scotland

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
09/08/1943
Age (at time of death): 
88
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Millowe, 15 Church Road, Tarring, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Hamilton More Nisbett, Brother.
Probate pounds: 
£7,256

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1871 census: 

Living at Drum House, Liberton, Edinburgh - John More Nisbett, 45yrs, Landowner; Agnes More Nisbett, 47yrs; Isabella F M Nisbett, 22yrs; North More Nisbett, 18yrs; Margaret J M Nisbett, 16yrs; Louisa M Nisbett, 15yrs; Alan M Nisbett, 5yrs; Hamilton M Nisbett, 3yrs; Helen Hunter Nisbett, 27yrs, Governess; Grace Stewart, 45yrs, Servant;

1901 census: 

Living at Midfield Lodge, Lasswade - Herbert A J Nepean, 61yrs, Retired Colonel in Army; Agnes L Nepean, 45yrs; Jane W Wallace, 57yrs, Servant; Isabella C Scott, 26yrs, Servant; Isabella W Bolton, 21yrs, Servant; Isabella B Greg, 15yrs, Servant;

1911 census: 

Living at Charlwood, 24 Lansdowne Road, Worthing - Herbert Nepean, 71yrs, Army Pensioner, Colonel; Agnes Nepean, 55yrs; Margaret More Nisbett, 56yrs, Visitor; Mary Weller, 57yrs, Cook; Emily Rutherford, 34yrs, Housemaid; Louisa Dewyers, 19yrs, Table maid; Ethel Bridger, 16yrs, General Servant;

1939 register: 

Living at 24 Lansdowne Road, Worthing - Agnes L Nepean; Emily Rutherford, Companion; Jenny Mayer, Cook; Hedwig Mayer, Housemaid;