Social Victorians/People/Hughes-Onslow

Also Known As

 * Family name: Hughes-Onslow; before 1840, Onslow

Demographics

 * Nationality: British

Residences

 * Balkissock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Family

 * Henry John Hughes-Onslow (31 March 1816 – 31 July 1870)
 * Judith Charlotte Barras ( – 23 February 1920)
 * Major Arthur Hughes-Onslow (21 August 1862 – 17 August 1914)
 * Major Denzil Hughes-Onslow (20 December 1863 – 10 July 1916)
 * Rear-Admiral Constantine Henry Hughes-Onslow (29 March 1867 – 1949)
 * Somerset (Julius Somerset) Hughes-Onslow (28 December 1869 – 12 September 1909)
 * Henry Douglas Hughes-Onslow (3 January 1871 – 1 April 1932)

Timeline
1861 January 8, Henry John Hughes-Onslow and Judith Charlotte Barras married.

1895 January 10, Thursday, Mr. Somerset Hughes-Onslow and a Mrs. Hughes-Onslow attended the Dorset Hunt Ball in Dorchester.

1897 January 30, Saturday, the Queen reported a Bal Poudré hosted by Mrs. John Lane Shrubb; Mr. Somerset Hughes-Onslow and Captain and Mrs. Hughes-Onslow attended.

1897 July 2, Mr. Somerset Hughes-Onslow attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

1897 December 6, Monday, Somerset Hughes-Onslow was injured in a hunting accident:"Mr. Somerset Hughes-Onslow, brother of Captain Hughes-Onslow, of Colyton House, Dorchester, while hunting with the Blackmore Vale Hounds on Monday, met with an accident. In taking a gully he was thrown, and, pitching heavily, he dislocated his collar-bone, besides sustaining several bruises."1899 December 20, Wednesday, the Morning Post reported that "Mr. Somerset Hughes-Onslow has sufficiently recovered from his long illness to be able to leave Margate, and has gone to stay with Captain and Mrs. Denzil Hughes-Onslow at Colliton House, Dorchester." This notice was also reported in the Canterbury Journal and Farmers' Gazette.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball
Mr. Somerset Hughes-Onslow (at 562) attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball.

Notes and Questions

 * 1) Somerset Hughes-Onslow never married.