03. Basil Procter, FRIBA| 1871-10-03 | b. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland | GRO index; censuses; RNVR service record |
| 1881 | scholar, with his brother Stephen, sister Phyllis, and their aunt Anna Watson, boarding with James Bewick, engine fitter, at 2 Beverly Terr., Tynemouth, Northumberland | TNA: RG 11/5082 f102 p1 |
| 1884/1887 | of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; at Ackworth | Ackworth School Centenary Committee (1879) List of the Boys and Girls admitted into Ackworth School 1779–1879. Ackworth |
| 1891 | clerk, employed, living with his family at Otterburn Villas, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with his cousin Margaret L. Procter, and a domestic servant | RG 12/4219 f70 p9 |
| 1895/1896 | with his father, registered to vote from 2 Otterburn villas, with a counting house in Lime street | electoral registers |
| 1896/1901 | registered to vote from 2 Otterburn villas, with a counting house in Lime street | |
| 1896-03-14 | with his brother Basil on violin, had played the piano in the musical part of the annual meeting of the Newcastle Literary and Philosophical Society | Newcastle Chronicle |
| 1896-11-16 | with his brother Stephen, took part in an invitation concert given by the North Shields Radical Club, playing pianoforte and violoncello | Shields Daily Gazette, 1896-11-17 |
| 1898-10-29 | one of the trustees of the new 'Anna S. Procter' Memorial Home, at Summerhill, Shotley Bridge | Newcastle Journal, 1898-10-31 |
| 1899-08-07 | took part in the Gentlemen's Singles, in the Westoe tennis tournament | Shields Daily Gazette |
| 1900-12-11 | pianist at a chamber concert given by the Newcastle Musical Society, in the Grand Assembly Rooms, Barras Bridge, Newcastle; with another, played an andante with variations by Schumann, "admirably" | Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1900-12-12 |
| 1901 | miller's agent, worker, living at 2 Otterburn Villas South, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with his brothers, their aunt Anna Watson, and a domestic servant | RG 13/4782 f8 p7 |
| 1902-11-04 |
MR. ALAN PROCTER'S CONCERT Mr. Alan Procter, who, when a pupil of Dr. Rea, of Newcastle, took the degree of L.R.A.M., London, and afterwards studied at the Berlin Conservatoire, whence he returned in August this year, gave a concert last night at the Assembly Rooms, Barras Bridge, which attracted a large gathering of the lovers of chamber music. [review of his performance continues . . . ] |
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1902-11-05 |
| 1903-09-16 |
MR. ALAN PROCTER, BERLIN CONSERVATOIRE and Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music. Lessons in Pianoforte playing. Resumes November 21. Otterburn Villas South, Newcastle. |
Newcastle Daily Chronicle |
| 1904-09-21 |
MR. ALAN PROCTER, (Berlin Conservatoire and Licentiate R.A.M.). Resumed Lessons in PIANOFORTE and THEORY, September 19. OTTERBURN VILLAS SOUTH, JESMOND. |
Newcastle Daily Chronicle |
| 1905-09-19 |
MR. ALAN PROCTER, (Berlin Conservatoire and Licentiate of the Royal Academy, London). Resumes Lessons in PIANOFORTE PLAYING and THEORY of MUSIC on Tuesday, 19th September. OTTERBURN VILLAS SOUTH, JESMOND, NEWCASTLE. |
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1905-09-16 |
| 1906-04-04 |
performed in the Newcastle Musical Society's concert at the Barras Bridge Assembly Rooms; "Mr. Alan Procter at the pianoforte in a tender nocturne of Chopin's, and a showy piece by Godard, displayed a firm, delicate touch, and nice powers of expression" . . . |
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1906-04-05 |
| 1907-01-14 |
MR. ALAN PROCTER, (Berlin Conservatoire and Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music) begs to intimate that his new Studio, Claremont Buildings, Barras Bridge, will be open on Thursday, 17th inst., for tuition in Pianoforte Playing and the Theory of Music.—Otterburn Villas South, Newcastle. |
Newcastle Daily Chronicle |
| 1907-10-29 | gave a Grieg recital at the Grand Assembly Rooms, Barras Bridge | Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1907-10-18 |
| 1908/1914 | registered to vote from 2 Otterburn villas, with a studio in Claremont Buildings | electoral registers |
| 1909-09-27 |
MR. ALAN PROCTER, (Berlin Conservatoire and Licentiate R.A.M.) resumes Lessons in PIANOFORTE PLAYING and THEORY OF MUSIC. Monday, September 27. Studio: CLAREMONT BUILDINGS, BARRAS BRIDGE. |
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1909-09-22 |
| 1910-03-02 | one of the performers at the Newcastle Musical Chamber Concert in the Grand Assembly Rooms, Newcastle-on-Tyne: "Mr. Alan Procter, whose touch and technique are unexceptional, gave a capable rendering of Grieg's exquisite "Ballade" for piano solo, Op. 24" | Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 1910-03-03 |
| 1910-08-19 | a guest at the wedding of Sarah Spence and Guy Clephan, at Pilgrim Street fmh, Newcastle | Newcastle Journal, 1910-08-19 |
| 1910 | prof. of music, Claremont buildings, Barras bridge; r 2 Otterburn villas | Ward's Directory |
| 1911 | not found in census | |
| 1912-01-17 | pianist at a concert at the Town Hall, West Hartlepool, Durham | Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, 1912-01-15 |
| 1913-01-30 | among the chief mourners at the funeral of Henry Procter, at Jesmond Cemetery | Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1913-01-31 |
| 1914-06-25 | competed in the Sunderland and Durham tennis tournament, playing for the Gentlemen's Doubles (Open), for the Durham County championship | Newcastle Journal, 1914-06-26 |
| 1915-03-04 | a performer in the chamber concert at the
Connaught Hall, Newcastle: A notable feature of the items performed was Grieg's Lyric Cycle, of which Mr Alan Procter submitted a very sympathetic and scholarly interpretation. Mr Procter's fine playing was also a source of great strength and power in Louis Nicole's pianoforte trio in D minor, op. 122. |
Newcastle Journal, 1915-03-05 |
| 1916-04-05 | with others, performed with his brother Stephen on cello at the Northumbrian Chamber Music Society's concert in the Connaught Hall, Newcastle | Newcastle Journal, 1916-04-06 |
| 1918-09-27 | professor of music; engaged in the Tyneside Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve; 6 ft 1 in, 36 in chest, dk hair, blue eyes, fresh complexion; entered Hydrophone Service | RNVR service record |
| 1918-09-27/1919-03-08 | served on Tarlair; discharged to shore on demob. | |
| 1919-02-17 | present at the funeral of Elizabeth Spence Watson, at Jesmond Cemetery, Newcastle | Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1919-02-18 |
| 1921-04-21 | present at the memorial service for Terence Spence Corder, at Jesmond pc | Shields Daily News, 1921-04-22 |
| 1921 | professor of music, own account, working at Claremont Buildings, Newcastle; living in 7 rooms at 2 Otterburn Villas South, Newcastle on Tyne, with his mother and brothers, his aunt Anna, and a German servant | RG 15/25353 RD558 SD4 ED18 SN336 |
| 1923-06-16 | trustee of the Procter Memorial Holiday Home (Shotley Bridge) and Invalid Loan Society | Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 1923-06-18 |
| 1924-06-30 | broadcast on 5NO Newcastle, 400M, playing solo pianofore: Handel's Suite in G Major, minuet, gavotte, double gigue; as well as Scott's 'Lente', Chopin's 'Etude in Arpeggios', Ducelle's 'Valse in Scales', and Rosellen's 'Toccata in Octaves' | Newcastle Daily Chronicle |
| 1925-06-29 | broadcast on 4NO Newcastle, 403M, playing selected pieces from Gibbons's keyboard music—as part of the Orlando Gibbons tercentenary | The Scotsman, 1925-06-27 |
| 1926-07-27 | an hour's broadcast on 5NO Newcastle, 507M, along with two vocalists | The Scotsman |
| 1927-07-15 | broadcast 15 minute pianoforte recital on 5NO Newcastle, 960 KC (312.5M) | The Scotsman |
| 1928-09-27 |
Mr Alan Procter, L.R.A.M., RESUMES PIANOFORTE LESSONS THURSDAY, 27th September, OTTERBURN VILLAS SOUTH, JESMOND. |
Newcastle Journal, 1928-09-22 |
| 1928/1930 | with his mother and his brother Stephen, registered to vote from 2 Otterburn Villas, Newcastle upon Tyne | electoral registers |
| 1932/1936 | ||
| 1936 | prof. of music, of 2 Otterburn vls. so | Ward's Directory |
| 1937 | with his brother Alan, registered to vote from 2 Otterburn Villas, Newcastle upon Tyne | electoral register |
| 1939-09-29 | prof. of music – retired, living with his wife at 2 Otterburn Villas South, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 1939 England and Wales Register (RG 101) |
| 1940-06-05 | of Jesmond; had donated a piano for use at St Jude's Church, Shieldfield | Newcastle Journal |
| 1941 | of 2 Otterburn Villas South, Newcastle 2; tel. Jesmond 2122 | phone book |
| 1944-11-30 | of Otterburn Villas South, Newcastle; short letter published in the Newcastle Journal, on the subject of the Apocrypha | Newcastle Journal |
| 1949 | of 2 Otterburn Villas South, Newcastle 2; tel. Jesmond 2122 | phone books |
| 1951/1952 | ||
| 1954 | of 2 Otterburn Villas South, Newcastle 2; tel. Newcastle 91-4288 | phone book |
| 1954-07-07 | of 2 Otterburn Villas South, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; d. at Preston Hospital, North Shields, Northumberland | GRO index; National Probate Calendar |
| 1954-08-31 | will proved at Newcastle-upon-Tyne by Gavin Douglas, bookseller and publisher, and Norleigh Booth, solicitor; effects £6601 11s. 9d. | National Probate Calendar |
| 1873-09-21 | b. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland | GRO index; censuses |
| 1881 | scholar, with his brother Alan, sister Phyllis, and their aunt Anna Watson, boarding with James Bewick, engine fitter, at 2 Beverly Terr., Tynemouth, Northumberland | TNA: RG 11/5082 f102 p1 |
| 1884/1888 | of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; at Ackworth | Ackworth School Centenary Committee (1879) List of the Boys and Girls admitted into Ackworth School 1779–1879. Ackworth |
| 1888-08/1890-06 | at Bootham | Bootham School admission register; Old York Scholars' Association (1971) Bootham School Register. London: Oyez Press |
| 1891 | flour miller apprentice, employed, living with his family at Otterburn Villas, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with his cousin Margaret L. Procter, and a domestic servant | RG 12/4219 f70 p9 |
| 1896 | of Otterburn Villas, Newcastle-on-Tyne | Proceedings of the Ackworth Old Scholars' Association, Part XV, Eighth Month, 1896 |
| 1896-11-16 | with his brother Stephen, took part in an invitation concert given by the North Shields Radical Club, playing violoncello and pianoforte | Shields Daily Gazette, 1896-11-17 |
| 1901 | miller's agent, worker, living at 2 Otterburn Villas South, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with his brothers, their aunt Anna Watson, and a domestic servant | RG 13/4782 f8 p7; Proceedings of the Ackworth Old Scholars' Association, Part XX, Eighth Month, 1901 |
| 1905 | of Otterburn Villas, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Ackworth Old Scholars' Association Annual Report, 1905 |
| 1907-05-19 | of Newcastle-on-Tyne | Frank and Mary Pollard visitors' book |
| 1909-12-16 | a pupil of the Newcastle Conservatoire of Music; sang a song at a concert at the Grand Assembly Rooms | Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1909-12-17 |
| 1910-08-19 | a guest at the wedding of Sarah Spence and Guy Clephan, at Pilgrim Street fmh, Newcastle | Newcastle Journal, 1910-08-19 |
| 1911 | commercial traveller, Oxo & canned goods, living in 9 rooms at 2 Otterburn Villas South, Newcastle on Tyne | RG14PN30574 RG78PN1752 RD558 SD2 ED17 SN117 |
| 1911-10-27 | a performer at the chamber concert given in aid
of the Sunderland Orphan Asylum, at the Town Hall: Mr Stephen Procter enhanced his reputation as a tenor by singing "Come Again" (John Dowland), "The Leafy Cool Kellure" (a Jacobite song arranged by C.V. Stanford), and "I'll Sail Upon the Dog Star" (Henry Purcell), and the audience were so delighted with his rendering that he had to respond to an encore. |
Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1911-10-28 |
| 1913-01-30 | among the chief mourners at the funeral of Henry Procter, at Jesmond Cemetery | Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1913-01-31 |
| 1914-04-07 | played cello at the chamber concert at the Connaught Hall, Newcastle, but the performance of Mozart's piano quartet in G minor "lacked that spontaneity and naivete so essential to Mozart's music." | Newcastle Journal, 1914-04-08 |
| 1915-03-04 | performed in a string quintet at the Northumbrian Chamber Music Society's concert in the Connaught Hall, Newcastle | Newcastle Journal, 1915-03-05 |
| 1916-04-05 | with others, performed with his brother Alan on piano at the Northumbrian Chamber Music Society's concert in the Connaught Hall, Newcastle | Newcastle Journal, 1916-04-06 |
| 1918-08-14 | coml traveller, grey hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion; engaged in RNVR Division Tyne No. Z13170 | TNA: ADM 337/83/766 |
| 1918-08-14/1919-01-30 | served at HMS Tarlair, the Navy's main hydrophone research and training base, in Aberdour, Fife; character VG, ability Sat. | ADM 337/83/766; HMS Tarlair Heritage Project |
| 1918/1919 | registered to vote from 2 Otterburn Villas, Newcastle upon Tyne | electoral registers |
| 1920/1923 | with his mother, registered to vote from 2 Otterburn Villas, Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| 1921-04-21 | present at the memorial service for Terence Spence Corder, at Jesmond pc | Shields Daily News, 1921-04-22 |
| 1921 | commercial traveller, canned goods &c. employed by J.A. France & Son, merchants & agents, working at 10 Bigg Market, Newcastle; living in 7 rooms at 2 Otterburn Villas South, Newcastle on Tyne, with his mother and brothers, his aunt Anna, and a German servant | RG 15/25353 RD558 SD4 ED18 SN336 |
| 1924-12-20 | played cello accompaniment to the choral works at a concert by the Newcastle Bach Choir, in the King's Hall, Armstrong College | Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 1924-12-22 |
| 1924/1926 | with his mother and his brother Basil, registered to vote from 2 Otterburn Villas, Newcastle upon Tyne | electoral registers |
| 1927 | with his mother, registered to vote from 2 Otterburn Villas, Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| 1928/1936 | with his mother and his brother Alan, registered to vote from 2 Otterburn Villas, Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| 1932-01-22 | played cello at a concert forming part of an evening's entertainment at the Brunswick Church Hall, Newcastle, organized on behalf of Newcastle and Gateshead Home Teaching Society, for between 250 and 300 blind folk | Newcastle Journal, 1932-01-23 |
| 1933-02-15 | a co-executor of the will of William Douglas | National Probate Calendar |
| 1935 | miller, of 2 Otterburn Villas, Newcastle-on-Tyne | Edgar B. Collinson (1935) Bootham School Register, 2nd edition, Scarborough: Old York Scholars' Association |
| 1937 | with his brother Alan, registered to vote from 2 Otterburn Villas, Newcastle upon Tyne | electoral register |
| 1939-02-06 | of 2 Otterburn Villas South, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; d. Gresham House, Park-terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | GRO index; National Probate Calendar |
|
PROCTER.—At a nursing home, Newcastle upon Tyne, on the 6th inst., Stephen Procter, 2, Otterburn Villas South. Funeral at Jesmond Old Cemetery on Thursday, 9th, at 2.0 p.m. |
Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 1939-02-07 | |
| 1939-04-12 | will proved at Newcastle-upon-Tyne by Gavin Douglas, bookseller, and Basil Douglas, british broadcasting corporation official; effects £12,440 17s. 7d. | National Probate Calendar |
03. Basil Procter, FRIBA| 1876-06-26 | b. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland | GRO index; censuses |
| 1881 | scholar, living at Blythswood House North, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with his parents, a cook, and a housemaid | TNA: RG 11/5070 f54 p46 |
| 1890-08/1893-06 | at Bootham | Bootham School admission register; Old York Scholars' Association (1971) Bootham School Register. London: Oyez Press |
| 1891 | schoolboy, pupil at Friends' Boys' School, St Giles, York, Yorkshire | RG 12/3886 f101 p3 |
| 1893-06 | of the Friends' School, York; matriculated in the First Division | York Herald, 1893-07-21 |
| 1894-05-21 | had passed the final examination in Political Economy, in the University Extension, Newcastle | Newcastle Evening Chronicle |
| 1895-02-23 | had passed with distinction the final examination in 'The History of English Gothic Architecture', in the University Extension, Newcastle | Newcastle Evening Chronicle |
| 1896-03-14 | with his brother Alan on piano, had played the violin in the musical part of the annual meeting of the Newcastle Literary and Philosophical Society | Newcastle Chronicle |
| 1901 | architect, own account, at home, living at 2 Otterburn Villas South, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with his brothers, their aunt Anna Watson, and a domestic servant | RG 13/4782 f8 p7 |
| 1906 | registered to vote from 2 Otterburn villas, with his office at Emerson chambers, Newcastle | electoral register |
| 1908-01-26 | of London | Frank and Mary Pollard visitors' book |
| 1909-06-14/-15 | of London; stayed with Frank and Mary Pollard in York | |
| 1909 | published Kings and Queens of England | London Daily News, 1909-09-17 |
| 1910-08-19 | a guest at the wedding of Sarah Spence and Guy Clephan, at Pilgrim Street fmh, Newcastle | Newcastle Journal, 1910-08-19 |
| 1911 | architect, own account, at home, living in 2 rooms at 18 Whitcomb Street, Strand, London W.C. | RG14PN1187 RG78PN40 RD13 SD1 ED2 SN177 |
| 1913-07-26 | a guest at the wedding of Olive Mary Richardson and James Macartney, at Westminster Cathedral | Newcastle Journal, 1913-07-29 |
| 1914/1918 | orderly, Friends' Ambulance Unit, Dunkirk | British Red Cross Register of Overseas Volunteers |
| 1915 | architect, of 18 Whitcomb street, WC | Post Office London Directory |
| 1916 | of 14 Gt Russel Street W.C.1; orderly, F.A.U., Hon. R. Coventry Personnel | British Red Cross Register of Overseas Volunteers |
| 1921 | architect, own account, working at no fixed place; living in 7 rooms at 2 Otterburn Villas South, Newcastle on Tyne, with his mother and brothers, his aunt Anna, and a German servant | RG 15/25353 RD558 SD4 ED18 SN336 |
| 1924/1926 | with his mother and his brother Stephen, registered to vote from 2 Otterburn Villas, Newcastle upon Tyne | electoral registers |
| 1935 | architect, of 2 Otterburn Villas, Newcastle-on-Tyne | Edgar B. Collinson (1935) Bootham School Register, 2nd edition, Scarborough: Old York Scholars' Association |
| 1939-09-29 | not found in 1939 Register | 1939 England and Wales Register (RG 101) |
| 1941 | archtct, of 24 Torrington Sq., W.C.1 | Post Office London Directory |
| 1941-11 | of Edinburgh; elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects | The Scotsman, 1941-11-22 |
| 1943-08-18 | of 10 Forth-street, Edinburgh; d. at The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh | Bootham School Register; Bootham; National Probate Calendar |
| 1944-06-12 | will proved at Newcastle-upon-Tyne by Edward Norman Robinson, solicitor; effects £9335 7s. 6d. | National Probate Calendar |
| 1879-01-21 | b. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland | GRO index; censuses; Mount School admission register |
| 1881 | scholar, with her brothers Alan and Stephen, and their aunt Anna Watson, boarding with James Bewick, engine fitter, at 2 Beverly Terr., Tynemouth, Northumberland | TNA: RG 11/5082 f102 p1 |
| 1890-08-25 | a pupil of Miss Newborne, had passed preliminary grade of the National Society of Professional Musicians, with honours | Newcastle Daily Chronicle |
| 1891 | living with her family at Otterburn Villas, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with her cousin Margaret L. Procter, and a domestic servant | RG 12/4219 f70 p9 |
| 1892-12-08 | applied for admission to the Mount School, York | Mount School admission register |
| 1893-08/1896-12 | of Newcastle; at the Mount School, York | Mount School admission register; H. Winifred Sturge, ed. (n.d. [1932]) A Register of Old Scholars of The Mount School, York 1931–1932. Leominster: The Orphans' Printing Press |
| 1896-02-15 | passed the examination following the course of lectures on 'The History of English Gothic Architecture' | Yorkshire Gazette |
| 1896-09-29 | passed the course on 'The World's Great Explorers' | York Herald |
| 1901 | one of six lodgers (including Sarah Spence) with John Armstrong, farmer, and his family, at Nab Farm, Rydal and Loughrigg, Westmorland | RG 13/4908 f72 p2 |
| 1902-02-03 | played as one of the backs in the Northumberland Ladies' County Hockey team, in the Yorkshire v. Northumberland match, at Ripon | Newcastle Journal, 1902-02-05 |
| 1905-06-03 | on the committee of the Anna S. Procter Memorial and Invalid Loan Society, at is annual meeting at Shotley Bridge | Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1905-06-05 |
| 1908 Q1 | m. William Douglas (1868–1932), in Newcastle upon Tyne RD | National Probate Calendar |
| Children: | Gavin (1908 – after 1960) and Basil (1914–1992) | GRO index; National Probate Calendar; Wikipedia |
| 1910-08-19 | a guest at the wedding of Sarah Spence and Guy Clephan, at Pilgrim Street fmh, Newcastle | Newcastle Journal, 1910-08-19 |
| 1911 | not found in census of England & Wales | |
| 1921 | ||
| 1932-02-20 | of 39 Tuverleith Row, Edinburgh; with her husband, embarked at London on the H. & W. Nelson line MV Highland Princess, bound for Teneriffe, travelling first class | UK outward passenger lists |
| 1932 | literary work, author of two books; of 30 Inverleith Row, Edinburgh | Sturge, ed. (n.d. [1932]) |
| 1932-12-06 | husband of 39 Inverleith-row and of 9 Castle-street, both in Edinburgh, at the date of his death | National Probate Calendar |
| 1939-09-29 | not found in 1939 Register | 1939 England and Wales Register (RG 101) |
| 1960-06-19 | of 8 St George's Terrace, London N.W.1; d. | GRO index; National Probate Calendar |
|
DOUGLAS.—At Sanderstead, on 19th June 1960, PHYLLIS DOUGLAS, aged 81, of 8 St George's Terrace, London, N.W.1. Cremation, Golders Green, to-morrow (Wednesday) at aa.10 a.m. (Bedford Chapel) (Flowers may be sent to Leverton & Sons, Ltd, 212 Eversholt Street, Euston, London, N.W.1). |
The Scotsman, 1960-06-21 | |
| 1960-08-24 | confirmation of Gavin Douglas and Basil Douglas, sealed at London | National Probate Calendar |
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