Name: Arthur Fleet
Burial Number: 1396
Gender: Male
Occupation: Shipowner's Clerk
Distinction: Shipbroker
Born: 00/00/1854
Died: 27/04/1929
Buried: 01/05/1929
Story
Arthur Fleet was born in Penge, Surrey, in 1854, he was the son of James Frederick Fleet, 33yrs, Wholesale Grocer, and Frances Roche, 29yrs, Arthur had 6 siblings. His father died in 1862 when he was 8yrs old.
Arthur lived with his widowed mother in Penge, Surrey, and in 1881 they were in Bromley, Kent. He was employed as a shipowner’s clerk from school leaving age and appears to have successfully established himself in the shipping trade. He moved overseas, working in Hong Kong and Shanghai and made himself a fortune. He does not appear to have married.
In 1911, having retired from his business activities in Shanghai, Arthur was visiting England, he stayed at the Bedford Hotel in Bloomsbury, London, he possibly then returned abroad as he did not appear in the 1921 census. At some point he moved to Worthing, Sussex, where his brother, Ernest resided in Winchester Road, and in 1929 Arthur was living at the Sandringham Hotel, Wordsworth Road. Arthur died at the Seabrook Nursing Home, Queen’s Road, Worthing, on 27th April 1929, aged 75yrs.
Probate, resealed Shanghai 1929 and Hong Kong 1930, was granted to Lloyds Bank Ltd, effects £22,136 11s 6d. Value 2023 – £1.8m.
Researcher: Maggi Martin
The Grave
Location in Cemetery
Area: WB Row: 1 Plot: 33
Exact Location (what3words): deals.soon.keen
Ashes or Urn: Unknown
Headstone
Description:
No description of the headstone has been added.
Inscription:
In memorium Arthur Fleet 4th son of the late James and Frances (Roche) Fleet died 27th April 1929 aged 75
Further Information
Birth
Name: Arthur Fleet
Gender: Male
Born: 00/00/1854
Town: Penge
County: Surrey
Country: England
Marriage
Maiden Name: Not applicable
No marriage information is available for this burial record.Information at Death
Date of Death: 27/04/1929
Cause of death: Unknown
Address line 1: Sandringham Hotel
Address line 3: Wordsworth Road
Town: Worthing
County: Sussex
Country: England
Obituary
Worthing Gazette – Wednesday May 1st 1929
Death of Mr A Fleet – The death occurred on Saturday in a local nursing home of Mr Arthur Fleet, a brother of Rear-Admiral E Fleet C.B.E. Mr Fleet, who was 75, had resided in Worthing, latterly at Sandringham Hall, since his retirement from business in Shanghai some 20 years ago. Th funeral is taking place at Heene Cemetery this afternoon, the interment being preceded by a service at St Botolph’s Church at 2.30pm.
Personal Effects
Money left to others: £22136 11 s 7 d
Current value of effects: £1800000
Census Information
1871
Living at 1, Roystons, Beckenham Road, Penge, Surrey. Frances Fleet, Hd. 45yrs, widow, daughter, Agnes, 22yrs, sons, Roche, 21yrs, Civil Servant, Arthur, 17yrs, Shipbroker’s Clerk, Bernard, 14yrs, plus 2 boarders, 3 visitors, and 3 domestic servants.
1881
Living at 58, London Road, Bromley, Kent. Frances Fleet, Hd. 54yrs, widow, daughter, Constance, 26yrs, sons, Bernard, 24yrs, Banker’s Clerk, Arthur, 27yrs, Shipowner’s Clerk, plus 1 domestic servant.
1911
Visitor at Bedford Hotel, Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC. Arthur Fleet, 53yrs, Independent means.
Miscellaneous Information
Added Information
Arthur’s older brother, Ernest James Fleet, (probably the link for his connection with Worthing) had a distinguished naval career, retiring with the rank of Rear Admiral and living at 41, Winchester Road, Worthing, Sussex.
In 1887 Ernest, then a lieutenant, was awarded a silver medal by the Royal Humane Society for personal gallantry, after assisting in the rescue of an Able Seaman. Ernest jumped overboard from his ship, off the coast of East Africa, and swam 150yds in rough seas to aid the stricken sailor.
Rear Admiral Ernest Fleet retired from the active list in 1905, but re-joined during the war as a captain in the R.N.R. and saw service in the Western Mediterranean.
