In the 1901
Census he and his younger brother James are found in Ballyman, Rathmichael, County Dublin,
with Benjamin and Elizabeth Taylor. Elizabeth was their aunt Elizabeth Clarke,
sister of their mother Rebecca Clarke. Benjamin Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor
describe themselves as gardener and domestic servant, and are living in
Ballyman in a 2 room house leased from Philip Barrington. Their daughter
Kathleen was later to marry Nicholas Biddulph, her first cousin and the younger
brother of James and Robert, but she isn't born yet, she was born in 1908.
Robert
Richard Biddulph was a member of the Church
of Ireland. He was
educated in Dublin.
In the 1911 Census Robert is living with his parents and
siblings in 30 Park Avenue,
Sandymount, Dublin,
a private dwelling house with seven rooms. There were nine members of the
family living there. There were no servants.
Robert is 18 and in the Blind Trade. The youngest child, Mabel Sarah
Margaret R, is two years old.
On the 18th of April 1927 he married Gladys Maude
Sherring in Churchstanton, Somerset. She was born in Manitoba,
Canada, in 1904, the
daughter of Albert Sherring, a farmer, from England. The local papers carried
detailed accounts of the wedding.
CHURCHSTANTON
The marriage of Miss
Gladys Maude Sherring, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs A. E. Sherring, of the
King’s Arms Hotel, and Mr Robert Richard Biddulph formerly of Congor House,
Borrosokane, County Tipperary, took place at the Parish Church on Easter
Monday, in the presence of a large congregation. The bridegroom is a popular motor engineer in
the village, whilst the bride is equally well-known and popular. The church was
charmingly decorated. The bride, who was given away by her father, was attired
in heavy white silk fleur-de-chine, trimmed with Honiton lace and pearls, and
caught up on the left side, with orange blossom. She wore a wreath and veil,
lent by her aunt, Mrs P.R. Ansties, of Bath,
white suede shoes and silk stockings, and carried a bouquet of pink and white
tulips and roses. Her attendants were Miss Olive Sherring (sister) and Miss
Dorothy Langdon (cousin), who wore dressed of crepe-de-chine cornflower blue,
with sequin trimmings, and hats to match, and carried bouquets of blue iris and
white narcissi. The bridegroom’s brother, Mr. J.G. Biddulph was groomsman. The
bride’s mother wore a das-de-beige colour Charnaline coat-frock, with champagne
hat to match. The officiating clergyman was the Rector (Rev. W. H. Blight) and Miss Frances Ewins was at the organ. The
bridegroom’s present to the bride was a French ivory prayerbook, bound with
silver, whilst the bride’s present to her husband was a gold tie-pin with opal
stone. The bridegroom gave the bridesmaids gold initial bangles. A reception
was held at the King’s Arms, at which about thirty guests attended. The
honeymoon was spent at Criccieth, North Wales.
The bride’s travelling dress was a bois-de-rose costume, with jumper, hat,
shoes and stockings to match. The presents were numerous and included several
cheques. The ringers rang merry peals during the day.[1]
Robert Biddulph died on the 5th of October 1959
aged 67. He is buried at Saints Peter and Paul, Churchstanton, Somerset, England.
His wife, Gladys, died in 2002, in Devon.
