Colonel Richard George Southey

1842 - 1909  (67 years)

• Name	Richard George Southey  [1]
  Title	Colonel
  Birth	20 Mar 1842	Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [2]
  Baptism	28 Aug 1842  [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Occupation	'Kennersley', Cedarville, East Griqualand, South Africa
  a Farmer
  Death	30 Nov 1909	Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  Person ID	I5296	master
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Sir Richard Southey, 1820 Settler,   b. 25 Apr 1808, Culmstock, Devon, England d. 22 Jul 1901, 'Southfield', Plumstead, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Isabella Shaw,   b. Abt 1810, England d. 21 Jun 1869, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F1990	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eliza Edith Julia Greaves,   b. 20 Jun 1863, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 16 Jun 1957, 'Kennersley', Cedarville, East Griqualand, South Africa (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	25 Apr 1882	Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Children	+ 1. Wilfred George Southey,   b. 23 Jan 1883, Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa d. 17 Sep 1957, Matatiele, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 74 years) + 2. Evelyn Isabel Southey,   b. 20 Aug 1884, Plumstead, Western Cape, South Africa d. 1973 (Age 88 years) + 3. Maurice Edward Southey,   b. 2 Apr 1886, Plumstead, Western Cape, South Africa d. Abt 1960 (Age 73 years)   4. Herbert Southey,   b. 1888 > 5. Frances Ada Southey,   b. 13 Jan 1890, Plumstead, Western Cape, South Africa d. 1976, Matatiele, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 85 years)   6. Ella Southey,   b. 1891 + 7. John Metcalfe Southey,   b. 23 Sep 1893, Plumstead, Western Cape, South Africa + 8. Edith May Southey,   b. 8 Jul 1899, Plumstead, Western Cape, South Africa   9. Gertrude Cecil Southey,   b. 11 Feb 1901, Plumstead, Western Cape, South Africa d. 1978, Cedarville, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (Age 76 years) > 10. Dora Kathleen Southey,   b. 27 Sep 1902, Plumstead, Western Cape, South Africa
  Family ID	F2007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2005

  
  

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  Birth - 20 Mar 1842 - Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage - 25 Apr 1882 - Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death - 30 Nov 1909 - Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Issue 4 sons, 6 daughters Entered the Imperial army in 1864 , served with the Lincolnshire Regiment until 1878. Then joined Cape Colonial Forces. As Colonel had the orders of Companion of the Bath and St Michael & St George conferred on him. He was the Officer Commanding, Cape Volunteers, 1882 - 1892 South Africa Magazine, January 1, 1910, titled Domestic Announcements: SOUTHEY - On December 1, at Claremont, Cape Town, Colonel Richard George Southey, C.B., C.M.G., late Lincolnshire Regiment, fourth son of the late Sir Richard Southey, K.C.M.G.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3527] 1820 Settler's Centenary Genealogical records, (https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/305287), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKK-P5GL?i=84&cat=305287 (Reliability: 3). [S2551] Margetson, Brian. [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-TSF3-Z?cat=959223.