Caroline Cridland (buried 1906)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Cridland
First name: 
Caroline
Other Christian names: 
Locke
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Unknown
Burial number: 
496
Born: 
11/2/1820
Died: 
30/03/1906
Buried: 
03/04/1906
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SWS
Cemetery row: 
2
Cemetery plot: 
14
what3words location: 
https://what3words.com/bucks.stuff.waters
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Caroline Locke Cridland who died 30th March 1906 in her 87th year

Life story

Life story

Caroline Locke Dobree was born in Clapton, on 11th February 1820, she was baptised on 23rd March 1820 at St. John, Hackney, London. She was the daughter of Bonamy Dobree, 26yrs, Merchant, and Caroline, 24yrs, nee Locke; she had 3 siblings, Bonamy, jnr., b.1818, Mary, b.1821, and Samuel, b.1823. Their mother died, aged 27yrs, 6 days after the birth of Samuel.

On 17th July 1841, Caroline, 21yrs, married Frederick John Morris, 21yrs, at St. Mary, Bryanston Square, Westminster; he was employed in the Bengal Civil Service, and they moved to Calcutta where their son, Frederick Bonamy, was born in 1842. Her husband, Frederick, died in May 1845, and Caroline gave birth to a daughter, Emma, a few weeks later.

Caroline returned to England and in 1851 she was living in Brighton, Sussex, in 1861 Caroline and Emma were living with her father in Westminster, he was then Governor of the Bank of England.*

Caroline, 43yrs, married again on 16th December 1863 at St. George's, Hanover Square, her husband was Henry Cridland, 45yrs, a wealthy widower living in St. James, Piccadilly. After 27yrs of marriage, Caroline was again widowed when Henry died in 1890; on the probate document her address was given as 5, Tweeddale Terrace, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The following year she was living as a lodger, on her own means, at London Road, Tunbridge Wells. In 1901 Caroline was living in Bridge Road, Chertsey, where her son, Frederick lived, and in 1906, aged 86yrs, Caroline died on 30th March at Culbin, Worthing, Sussex. Probate was granted to Frederick Bonamy Morris, Esquire, effects £16,224 4s 1d. Value 2021 - £2m.

Burial researcher: 
Maggi Martin

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
11/02/1820
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Dobree
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Frederick John
Spouse one last name: 
Morris
Marriage one date: 
17/07/1841
Marriage one address: 
Westminster, London, England
Marriage 2
Spouse two first names: 
Henry
Spouse two last name: 
Cridland
Marriage two date: 
16/12/1863
Marriage two address: 
Hanover Square, London, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
30/03/1906
Age (at time of death): 
86
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
Culbin, Heene, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Probate pounds: 
£16,224

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1851 census: 

Living at 30, Russell Square, Brighton, Sussex. Caroline Morris, 31yrs, widow, Annuitant, daughter, Emma S. 5yrs, plus 3 domestic servants.

1861 census: 

Living at Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London. Bonamy Dobree, 66yrs, widower, Merchant and Foreign Banker, daughter, Caroline Morris, 41yrs, widow, granddaughter, Emma, 15yrs, plus Butler, Ladys Maid and 3 domestic servants.

1891 census: 

Living at London Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Caroline Cridland, 71yrs, widow, lodger, living on own means, visitor, Mary Dobree, 65yrs, plus 1 domestic servant.

1901 census: 

Living at Stradone, Bridge Road, Chertsey, Surrey. Caroline L. Cridland, 81yrs, widow, living on own means, plus 2 domestic servants.

Miscellaneous information

Bank of England - June 2020

In June 2020 the Bank of England issued a public apology for the involvement of Dobrée, amongst other employees, in the slave trade following the investigation by the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership at UCL.

The Bank said it would take down portraits of the governors with links to slavery. A database compiled by University College London of slave owners and other beneficiaries of slavery lists 11 former governors and 16 directors.