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Capt William Campbell Adamson RFC1

M, #11793, b. 5 November 1886, d. 5 September 1915
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Pedigree
Last Edited: 16 Apr 2015

Parents:

Father*: William Shaw Adamson1 b. 1851, d. 12 Mar 1936
Mother*: Nora Jane Campbell1 b. c 1858, d. 13 Aug 1932
  • Birth*: Capt William Campbell Adamson RFC was born on 5 November 1886 at Careston Castle, Careston, Forfarshire, Scotland, .1,2
  • He was the son of William Shaw Adamson and Nora Jane Campbell.1
  • Marriage*: Capt William Campbell Adamson RFC married Margaret Stancomb Mann on Wednesday, 28 May 1913.3,2
  • Death*: Capt William Campbell Adamson RFC died on 5 September 1915 at Zandvoorde, Belgium, , at age 28.1

Family:

Margaret Stancomb Mann b. c 1889

Child:

Lt-Col William John Campbell Adamson+2 b. 13 Mar 1914, d. 1991

Notes

  • (Witness) Note for Web: Capt William Campbell Adamson RFC and Nora Jane Campbell and Margaret Stancomb Mann was mentioned with William Shaw Adamson. Adamson, William Shaw (1851-1936), of Careston Castle. Only son of John Adamson (1813-93) and his wife Susan Miller, daughter of Capt. Shaw of Newhall; born 20 November 1851. Educated at Cheltenham College and Edinburgh University. DL and JP for Angus; vice-convener of Angus County Council. He matriculated a coat of arms at the office of Lord Lyon King of Arms, 1900. He married 20 June 1883 Nora Jane (d. 1932), daughter of Rt. Hon. James Alexander Campbell of Stracathro and had issue:
    (1) John Alexander Shaw Adamson (b. & d. 1885), died in infancy;
    (2) Capt. William Campbell Adamson RFC (1886-1915) (q.v.);
    (3) Annie Peto Adamson (1890-1963), born 24 April 1890; m. 1915 Brig-Gen. John Harold Whitworth Becke CMG DSO (d. 1949), son of James Henry Becke of Beckingham (Lincs) and had issue; died 4 November 1963.
    He inherited Careston Castle from his father in 1893.
    He died 12 March 1936 and was buried at Careston.2
  • Note for Web*: Capt William Campbell Adamson RFC Adamson, Capt. William Campbell (1886-1915). Only surviving son of William Shaw Adamson (1851-1936) and his wife Nora Jane, daughter of Rt. Hon. James Alexander Campbell of Stracathro, born 5 November 1886. Educated at Fettes College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He married 28 May 1913 Margaret Stancombe, daughter of William John Mann JP of Highfield, Trowbridge (Wilts) and had issue:
    (1) Lt-Col. William John Campbell Adamson (1914-91) (q.v.)
    He was killed in action near Zandvoorde, 5 September 1915, in the lifetime of his father; buried at Harlebeke War Cemetery, Belgium..2

Citations

  1. [S49] Website Web Site online (www.) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=130756531 [Apr 2015].
  2. [S49] Website Web Site online (www.) http://landedfamilies.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/37-adamson-of-careston-castle-and.html [Apr 2015].
  3. [S49] Website Web Site online (www.) http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/485736/ADAMSON,%20WILLIAM%20CAMPBELL [Apr 2015].
Charts:
Castle-dwelling Adamsons - descendant chart