| 1905-12-30 | b. Forest Hall, Tynemouth, Northumberland | GRO index; "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch: 30 December 2014, Henry Calvert Clapham, 03 Mar 1906; citing reference item 2 p 181; FHL microfilm 1,469,111; TNA: RG14PN30781 RG78PN1759 RD559 SD3 ED10 SN221; British Army WWI Pension Records |
| 1906-03-03 | bapt. Longbenton, Northumberland | FamilySearch |
| 1911 | living in 8 rooms at South Lodge, Forest Hall, Tynemouth, with his family, a nursery governess, a cook, and a housemaid | RG14PN30781 RG78PN1759 RD559 SD3 ED10 SN221 |
| 1919/1921 | at Bootham School | Edgar B. Collinson, ed. (1935) Bootham School Register, 2nd edn |
| 1921 | attending school whole time; of 47 & 49 Bootham, York, Yorkshire | RG 15/23502 RD517 SD2 ED34 SN– |
| 1927 | Cert. Ass. Inst. of Bankers | Old York Scholars' Association (1971) Bootham School Register. London: Oyez Press |
| 1928-03-28 | played rugby for the Banking Houses of Newcastle, against the Newcastle Law Students' Society, at the Medical College ground, Heaton | Newcastle Journal |
| 1929-03-30 | played rugby for Lloyds Bank (England and Wales), against Stroud | Gloucestershire Echo, 1929-04-16 |
| 1929-06-26 | with another, had won the open coxswainless pairs at the Durham Regatta, for the Tyne A.R.C. | Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette |
| 1930-02-08 | played for Lloyds Bank Country Fifteen against Lloyds Bank London Fifteen, in the rugby match at New Beckenham, London | Western Mail |
| 1931-07-18 | at the Tyne Regatta, rowed stroke on heat 2 of the Tyne General Ferry Co.'s Challenge Cup, for junior oarsmen, about three-quarters of a mile | Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1931-07-20 |
| 1932-04-23 | a new forward playing for Hartlepool Rovers | Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, 1932-04-22 |
| 1933-01-07 | played for Hartlepool Rovers against Middlesbrough, at Middlesbrough | Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, 1933-01-04 |
| 1933-10-07 | Sec.-Lt. H. Clapham to be lt., 72nd (Northumbrian) Fd Bde, Royal Artillery | Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |
| 1934-03-31 | played for Hartlepool Rovers against Old Millhillians, at the Friarage | Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, 1934-03-27 |
| 1935 | bank inspector, of 4 Grange Avenue, Benton, Newcastle-on-Tyne; at present on inspection staff of Lloyd's Bank, with centre at Leeds; interests—rugby football; Territorial Army, Lieut. R.A. 72nd Field Brigade | Collinson, ed. (1935) |
| 1939-03-07 | Lloyds Bank appointments: "Mr H.C. Clapham, of the Head Office, will succeed Mr Hunter as sub-manager of the Sunderland branches." | Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette |
| 1939-09-29 | not found in 1939 Register | 1939 England and Wales Register (RG 101) |
| 1942-06-23 | in Libya: Major H.C. Clapham, Northumbrian Territorials, reported "missing," is now known to be a prisoner. [ . . . ] Major Clapham was a well-known Northern Rugby Club player and a member of the Inspection Department of Lloyds Bank. His mother now lives at Rothbury. |
Newcastle Evening Chronicle |
| 1943-04 | major, Royal Artillery; prisoner of war | Bootham |
| 1944-03 | major, Royal Artillery; previously reported prisoner of war, later reported wounded and prisoner of war | |
| 1945-11-08 | major, Royal Regiment of Artillery; mentioned in despatches | The London Gazette, 1945-11-06 |
| 1945-12-17 | of Lloyds Bank, Sunderland | Newcastle Journal |
| 1946-11-19 |
Mr H.C. Clapham, who has been sub-manager of Lloyds Bank, Sunderland, since 1939, has been appointed manager of the Darlington branch. |
Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette |
| 1947 | of 18 Claremont pl, Newcastle 2; tel. Newcastle 27727 | phone book |
| 1947-04-29 | to be second-in-command of the re-forming 72nd (Northumbrian) Field Regiment R.A. | Shields Daily News |
| 1951-03-16 | a well-known gunner, in the list of president and vice-presidents of the new Gunner Club, at 266 Westgate Road, Newcastle | Newcastle Evening Chronicle |
| 1951-04-11 | "attends to the financial affairs" of the Northern Football Club | The Tatler |
| 1953-01-22 | has been appointed as manager of the Lloyd's bank branch at Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne | Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |
| 1955 Q2 | m. Ingeborg Winge Delouche (née Stenersen, 1909–1990), in Northumberland South RD | GRO index; 1939 England and Wales Register |
| Child: | Antoinette Esther (1956 – after 1988) | OYSA (1971); Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 1986-05-10 |
| 1956-01-02 | Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel, of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Territorial Army (now T.A.R.O.); awarded an OBE in the military division | The London Gazette, 1955-12-30 |
| 1971 | chief manager for the Netherlands, Lloyds Bank, Europe, Ltd, of Wassenaar, Holland | OYSA (1971) |
| 1974 | living with his daughter at 46 Montague Court, Montague Avenue, Newcastle upon Tyne West | electoral register |
| 1976-03-03 | co-director of Watsons Seeds, of Collingwood Street, Newcastle; family are owners | Newcastle Evening Chronicle |
| 1984 | of Flat 46 Montague Ct, Gosforth, Northumberland; tel. Tyneside 284 1581 | phone book |
| 1986-05-10 | retired colonel, living with his wife in Montagu Court, Gosforth | Newcastle Evening Chronicle |
| 1988-09-18 | of 46 Montague Ct, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne; d. Northumberland North Second RD, probably at the home of his sister, in Thropton | GRO index; National Probate Calendar; Berwick Advertiser, 1988-09-22; PP-TREE |
| 1988-09-22T11:30 | funeral service at All Saints pc, Rothbury, Northumberland | Berwick Advertiser, 1988-09-22 |
| 1989-07-14 | will proved at Newcastle-upon-Tyne; £97,719 | National Probate Calendar |
| 1908-02-20 | b. Forest Hall, Tynemouth, Northumberland | GRO index; TNA: RG14PN30781 RG78PN1759 RD559 SD3 ED10 SN221; British Army WWI Pension Records |
| not baptised | British Army WWI Pension Records | |
| 1911 | living in 8 rooms at South Lodge, Forest Hall, Tynemouth, with her family, a nursery governess, a cook, and a housemaid | RG14PN30781 RG78PN1759 RD559 SD3 ED10 SN221 |
| 1926-06-09 | one of three bridesmaids at the wedding of Esther Helen Armstrong and Angus Murray McCracken, at Rothbury pc; wore "frocks of shaded orchid taffetas and blue net. They wore caps of tulle and shaded French flowers, and pendants of crystal, the gifts of the bridegroom, and carried bouquets of lavender and rose sweet peas." | Newcastle Evening Chronicle |
| 1921 | school girl boarder, whole time, Central Newcastle High School, in the household of Dorothea Frances Powles Hiley, 76 Jesmond Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne | RG 15/25352 RD 558 ED17 SD 4 SN36 |
| 1931-10-20 | one of four bridesmaids at the wedding of Elizabeth M. Armstrong and Dr James Douglas Wright McCracken, at Rothbury pc | Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1931-10-21 |
| 1936-02-01 | one of the bridal attendants at the wedding of Veronica Mary Lake and Anthony Clapham, at St Anselm's church, Hatch End | Harrow Observer, 1936-02-07 |
| 1936-12-19 | one of three bridesmaids at the wedding of R. Frankland Chapman and Kathleen Surtees, at St Bartholomew's church, Benton | Newcastle Journal, 1936-12-21 |
| 1938-09-07 | one of five bridesmaids at the wedding of David Alfred Biesterfield and Mary Grant Featonby, at St George's church, Cullercoats | Shields Daily News, 1938-09-08 |
| 1939-01-31 | present at the dinner-dance of the Northern Rugby Club, at the Grand Assembly Rooms, Newcastle | Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 1939-02-01 |
| 1939-09-29 | cookery demonstrator; Women's Auxiliary Air Force County of Northumberland Coy company assistant no. 106, living with her parents at 4 Grange Avenue, Longbenton, Northumberland | 1939 England and Wales Register (RG 101) |
| 1966-11-01 |
THERE'LL be a celebrated name at the opening of the Winter Garden snack bar at the Y.W.C.A. in Clapham House, Newcastle, on Tuesday. The name: Clapham. The bearer: Miss Esther Clapham, who is the grand-daughter of the benefactor after whom the club and hostel is named. |
Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 1936-10-29 |
| 1969 | living at Flat 4, 18 Claremont Place, Westgate, Newcastle upon Tyne | electoral register |
| 1976-03-03 | co-director of Watsons Seeds, of Collingwood Street, Newcastle; family are owners | Newcastle Evening Chronicle |
| 1984 | of Woodbine Cott, Thropton, Northumberland; tel. Rothbury 20405 | phone book |
| 1986-09-15 | of Woodbine Cottage, Thropton, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE65 7NA | letter to me from Esther M. Clapham |
| 1996-02-12 | d. Northumberland North Second RD, probably at her home in Thropton | GRO index; Find a Will; PP-TREE |
| 1996-03-18 | will proved at Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Find a Will |
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