Individual Details

Hebe Catherine Templer

(12 May 1817 - 17 Oct 1887)

Named Hebe after her Godmother who was her mother's great friend. Much beloved and respected as daughter sister, wife and mother. Very active and energetic both in mind and body, Lived at Greenwich and Hatcham.

Bought Roxeth Mead, Harrow in 1855 and lived there from 1856
Sold Downe Hall to W Montague about 1860 - CAP

Hebe Catherine was the daughter of James Templer and married John Venn Prior in Bridport, Dorset in 1838. Her husband, a barrister, died after falling from his horse and hitting his head, leaving his wife with ten children. Hebe started a private school at Roxeth Mead on Harrow-on-the-Hill. Four of her daughters became teachers at the school, and took over the running when Hebe retired. The last daughter, Florence Mary, retired from the school in 1932. Hebe and her four teacher daughters, all spinsters, are buried in the same grave.
The school still exists (2017) at Harrow.

Events

Birth12 May 1817Bridport, Bradpole, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Christen28 May 1817Bridport, Bradpole, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Christen3 Sep 1817St Mary Magdalene,, Launceston, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Marriage5 Sep 1838Bridport, Bradpole, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - John Venn Prior
Residence1841Age: 20 - Greenwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Residence1851Age: 33; RelationToHead: Wife - Greenwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Residence1861Age: 43; RelationToHead: Sister - Bradpole, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Residence1871Age: 53; EnumerationDistrict: 4; RegistrationDistrict: Hendon; SubRegistrationDistrict: Harrow; RelationToHead: Head - St Mary's, Harrow, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Residence1881StreetAddress: Middle Road Roxett Mead; Age: 63; MaritalStatus: Widow; RelationToHead: Head; Occupation: Keeper Of Home For Indian Children - Harrow, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Death17 Oct 1887Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
BurialAft 17 Oct 1887Roxeth Hill Burial Ground, Harrow, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Families

SpouseJohn Venn Prior (1812 - 1855)
ChildCatherine Ann Prior (1839 - 1915)
ChildJohn Templer Prior (1841 - 1922)
ChildCarlos Prior (1843 - 1857)
ChildHebe Prior (1844 - 1900)
ChildAnne Prior (1846 - 1925)
ChildAlice Prior (1848 - 1849)
ChildRev Charles Herman Prior (1849 - 1899)
ChildEdward Schröder Prior (1852 - 1932)
ChildBessie Prior (1853 - 1935)
ChildFlorence Mary Prior (1854 - 1937)
ChildHenry Templer Prior (1855 - 1912)
FatherJames Templer (1787 - 1858)
MotherCatherine Lethbridge (1786 - 1845)
SiblingJames Lethbridge Templer (1811 - 1845)
SiblingHenry Augustus Templer (1813 - 1874)
SiblingJohn Charles Templer (1814 - 1874)
SiblingGeorge Denis O'Kelly Templer (1815 - 1872)
SiblingWilliam Vinnicombe Templer (1819 - 1819)
SiblingCatherine Lethbridge Templer (1820 - 1835)
SiblingBarbara Alicia Templer (1821 - 1822)
SiblingRev William Christopher Templer (1823 - 1885)
SiblingCharles Copland Templer (1825 - 1895)
SiblingFrederick Octavius Templer (1826 - 1841)
SiblingAlice Mary Templer (1828 - 1889)
SiblingRobert Baron Templer (1830 - 1886)