Individual Details

Elphinstone Edmund DAYRELL

(Abt 1870 - 19 Sep 1917)

Events

BirthAbt 1870Moretonhampstead, Devon
Residence1871with his parents - 3, Courtney Terrace, Moretonhampstead, Devon
Residence1881with his parents - Lillingstone Dayrell, Buckinghamshire
Residence1891with his sister Annie and her husband Arthur Hastie - 148, Cromwell Road, Kensington, London
Occupation1891solicitor's clerk - Kensington, London
OccupationFrom Abt 1910 to 1917District Commissioner - Nigeria
MiscellaneousAbt 1910was an author - Nigeria
Death19 Sep 1917Egwanga, Opobo, Nigeria
Probate15 Feb 1918London

Families

FatherCdr Edmund Marmaduke DAYRELL RN (1835 - 1909)
MotherIsabella Ann Elphinstone HOLLOWAY (1841 - 1882)
SiblingAnnie Letitia Frances DAYRELL (1867 - 1945)
SiblingLt Col Gerrald Marmaduke De Langport DAYRELL (1868 - 1946)
SiblingJenetta DAYRELL (1871 - 1871)
SiblingFrances Miriam Clare DAYRELL (1872 - 1958)
SiblingMilly DAYRELL (1873 - 1874)
SiblingEleanor DAYRELL (1875 - 1940)
SiblingAdela DAYRELL (1876 - 1956)
SiblingEdmund Marmaduke DAYRELL (1879 - 1879)
SiblingElizabeth Mary DAYRELL (1882 - )

Notes

Miscellaneous

Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria by Elphinstone Dayrell, introduction by Andrew Lang, published in 1910. Also he was the author of Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky.

Probate

Probate was granted to his brother-in-law Joseph Baldwin Nias, M.D. and Edward Percival Whitley Hughes, solicitor. His effects were valued at £432 (£9,162.72 in 2005).