Individual Details
Edward John Templer
(8 Apr 1847 - 21 May 1864)
Edward John was the son of Henry S. Templer (see 11 above). We know nothing significant of him apart from his early heroic death at the age of 17. The following account is given in the Gentlemen's Magazine (1864 -11 Page 121, May 21st 1864
Drowned In the Isis at Oxford, aged 17, Edward John, youngest son of Rev. Henry S. Templer, Vicar of Great Coxwell, Berkshire, and a pupil at the Cowley Diocesan School, near Oxford. Contrary to the expressed wish of Mr. Hurman, the master, several of the scholars proceeded to bathe at a part of the Isis known as the Sandford Lasher, a dangerous spot from the great fall and velocity of the stream, where the obelisk erected to the memory of the son of the late Dr Gaisford, Dean of Christchurch, and another gentleman who were there drowned, stands. John Ward, aged 16, fell over some sheeting into twenty feet of water, and being unable to swim there seemed to be scarcely any hopes of his escape from a watery grave. The deceased, however, who was an excellent swimmer, attracted by the cries of his schoolfellow, gallantly rushed to his assistance and landed him safely, in a very exhausted condition, but the effort cost him his life. Immediately he parted with Ward he fell back powerless, and was carried away by the force of the stream, a considerable time having elapsed before his lifeless body was recovered,
Ron Lewin - 1983
Edward Templer was drowned in Sandford Lasher on the River Thames while a schoolboy at Radley, aged about 16 (17) and was buried at Great Coxwell - Harold Edward Templer Letter dated 29th Oct 1937
Drowned In the Isis at Oxford, aged 17, Edward John, youngest son of Rev. Henry S. Templer, Vicar of Great Coxwell, Berkshire, and a pupil at the Cowley Diocesan School, near Oxford. Contrary to the expressed wish of Mr. Hurman, the master, several of the scholars proceeded to bathe at a part of the Isis known as the Sandford Lasher, a dangerous spot from the great fall and velocity of the stream, where the obelisk erected to the memory of the son of the late Dr Gaisford, Dean of Christchurch, and another gentleman who were there drowned, stands. John Ward, aged 16, fell over some sheeting into twenty feet of water, and being unable to swim there seemed to be scarcely any hopes of his escape from a watery grave. The deceased, however, who was an excellent swimmer, attracted by the cries of his schoolfellow, gallantly rushed to his assistance and landed him safely, in a very exhausted condition, but the effort cost him his life. Immediately he parted with Ward he fell back powerless, and was carried away by the force of the stream, a considerable time having elapsed before his lifeless body was recovered,
Ron Lewin - 1983
Edward Templer was drowned in Sandford Lasher on the River Thames while a schoolboy at Radley, aged about 16 (17) and was buried at Great Coxwell - Harold Edward Templer Letter dated 29th Oct 1937
Events
| Birth | 8 Apr 1847 | Bampton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Christen | 7 May 1847 | Bampton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Residence | 1851 | Age: 3; RelationToHead: Son - Cuxham, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Residence | 1851 | Age: 3; RelationToHead: Son - Cuxham, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Death | 21 May 1864 | Drowned in the Isis at Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Burial | 25 May 1864 | Great Coxwell, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom |
Families
| Father | Rev Henry Skinner Templer (1813 - 1877) |
| Mother | Frances Anne Badcock (1820 - 1892) |
| Sibling | Francis Henry "Frank" Templer (1846 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Laura Sophia Templer (1851 - 1925) |