Remarks:
MIL-RANK: Captain||Hampshire Yeomanry Cavalry
Inscription in Chawton Churchyard (Section B, Knight area of churchyard, Row 3 all crosses):
In loving memory of Edmond Ernest Charles Wellesley
Born April 25th. 1858
Died Aug. 11th. 1886
“He is not dead but sleeping”
Also of his widow
Florence Sarah Louisa Burr
Born March 11th.1860
Died Feb. 7th. 1937
In 1890 she married the Rev. Arthur John Burr M.A.
Probate:
Wellesley, Edmond Ernest Charles Esq.
Personal Estate £1,654 17s. 3d.
13 April. Administration of the personal estate of Edmond Ernest Charles Wellesley late of Kitcombe near Alton in the county of Southampton Esquire who died 11 August 1886 at Kitcombe was granted at the Principal Registry to Florence Sarah Louisa Wellesley of Kitcombe Widow the Relict.
Death certificate:
Name Edmond Ernest C Wellesley
Year of Registration 1886
Quarter of Registration Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration District Alton
Registration County Hampshire
Age at Death: 26
Volume Number 2C
Volume Page 86
The second south window in the Nave at the church in Chawton is in memorial to Edmond Ernest Charles Wellesley
