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Charles Keyser
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Keyser in the 1910sBorn Charles Edward Keyser Died Aldermaston, Berkshire Resting place Church of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermaston Residence Aldermaston Court Alma mater Trinity College, Cambridge Occupation Stockbroker, philantropist Title Lord of the Manor of Aldermaston Term 1893–1929 Predecessor Daniel Higford Davall Burr Spouse Mary Emma Bagnall Children 3 Parents Charles Keyser, and Margaret Blore Relatives Edward Blore (maternal grandfather) Charles Edward Keyser FSA[1] (10 September 1847 – 1929) was a British stockbroker and authority on English church architecture.[2] In his later life, he became Lord of the Manor of Aldermaston in the English county of Berkshire.
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Biography
Charles Keyser was born in Paddington, London, to financier Charles Keyser (d. 1892) and Margaret Blore (daughter of Edward Blore).[2][3] Keyser attended Eton College, before studying Law at Trinity College, Cambridge. He gained his B. A. in 1870 and his M. A. in 1873.[2] Keyser joined Colne Valley Water, becoming the chairman.[4] At this time, he lived at Warren House in Stanmore with his sister, Agnes. Leaving Warren House in approximately 1890, Keyser bought Merry Hill House in Bushey. While living in Hertfordshire, he captained the Hertfordshire County Cricket Club for eight years.[2] After his studies, Keyser worked in the City of London as a stockbroker, building great wealth.[5]
In 1879, Keyser was appointed as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries due to his writings and lectures on English church architecture. He was president of the British Archaeological Association. In 1883, he wrote for the South Kensington Museum about buildings in Great Britain with mural paintings.[2]
In 1893, Keyser purchased Aldermaston Court, a neoclassical mansion and estate in the Berkshire village of Aldermaston.[2] The manor house was built in the mid-19th century by Philip Charles Hardwick,[6] a student of Keyser's maternal grandfather.[7] Keyser had been told of the estate's sale by his sister, Agnes, who said that it reminded her of her stay at Sandringham House.[5] He was the benefactor of numerous projects in the village, including the renovation of the church, establishment of a water supply and drainage system, and building of a parish hall.[2] While in Aldermaston, Keyser was involved with the South African Wars (1879–1915), establishing a convalescent home for wounded soldiers. He later equipped the parish hall for the same purpose if its use was necessary.[2]
Keyser served as a Justice of the Peace in both Hertfordshire and Berkshire, and sat on both county councils. He was, at various times, Deputy Lieutenant and High Sheriff of Berkshire.[2]
Keyser was a freemason and Knight Templar.[8] He was Grand Warden of England and Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Hertfordshire.[2] He was also chairman of the Harrow and Reading divisions of the Conservative Association, and was treasurer of the west Hertfordshire association.[2]
Personal life
Keyser married Mary Emma Bagnall on 29 November 1871. They had one son, Charles Norman (1885–1964),[3][9] and three daughters: Dorothy Margaret (1884–1963), Muriel Agnes (1886–1977) and Sybil Violet (1889–1966).[3] In the 1891 census, all four Keyser children were listed as living at St George Hanover Square. In the following census, Keyser's daughters were recorded at 37 Portman Square.[3]
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Society of Antiquaries of London (1920, p. 281)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Anonymous (1913, p. 97)
- ^ a b c d Stock & Stock (2011)
- ^ Baker (1976, p. 99)
- ^ a b Sermon (2005)
- ^ Fawcett (1977, p. 44)
- ^ Allinson (2008, p. 125)
- ^ Anonymous (1913, p. 99)
- ^ Anonymous (1913, p. 100)
Sources
- Allinson, K (2008), Architects and Architecture of London, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Architectural Press, ISBN 0750683376, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QlhOYVSG-FQC, retrieved 23 May 2011
- Anonymous (1913), Representative British Freemasons (REPRINT), London: Kessinger Publishing, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6DtvwH_Dfl8C, retrieved 23 May 2011
- Baker, T F T (1976), The Grove, Great Stanmore – Extracts from a History of the County of Middlesex, 5, Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cbye/ftweb/von%20mayersbach/alexander%20ferdinand/grove_vch.htm, retrieved 24 May 2011
- Fawcett, J (1977), Seven Victorian Architects, University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wScRAQAAMAAJ, retrieved 23 May 2011
- Sermon, D (2005), Masonic Paintings in a Berkshire Church, London: Grand Lodge Publications, http://www.freemasonrytoday.com/34/p11.php, retrieved 23 May 2011
- Society of Antiquaries of London (1920), Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London, London: The Society
- Stock; Stock, R (2011), Ancestors of the Kay, Star, Steel(e) and Stock Families, Milton Keynes, http://www.stockfamily.me.uk/p60.htm, retrieved 11 September 2011
Categories:- 1929 deaths
- 1847 births
- Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
- People from Aldermaston
- Stock brokers
- English businesspeople
- 19th-century businesspeople
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