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?of Furze Croft, near Maidenhead
and of
Kingsdown, Box, Wilts
Procurator-General of Mauritius
He migrated to Dickoya Ceylon where he managed the Skrine family Tea plantation.

Sholto George Douglas Skrine was the fifth son of Henry Duncan Skrine and one of twins. Sholto spent much time in Ceylon and back in England married Edith Douglas in 1882 and lived at Furze Croft, Maidenhead, until at least 1919. They moved to Kingsmoor House from at least 1923 until Sholto's death in 1927. His funeral service was conducted by Rev George Esau, vicar of Ditteridge and Rev S Scott-White, Rector of Ditteridge.

From the history of Kingsmoor House:
His wife Edith, daughter of the Hon Sholto James Douglas, Procureur-General (public prosecutor) of Mauritius, was a formidable person who continued at Kingsmoor. Their eldest son Lieutenant Sholto Herries Skrine (1887 - 1917) was a tea planter in Ceylon until he volunteered aged 28 in 1915. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1916 while serving in the Royal Field Artillery but died of wounds sustained in action in France in 1917. Edith died in 1931 and her funeral at Claverton was conducted by Rev Esau now vicar at Charlcombe and Rev HF Plant, rector of Ditteridge.

Their surviving son, Walter Vivian Douglas Skrine, and his wife Dora continued to live at Kingsmoor after Edith's death. Captain Walter Vivian Douglas Skrine had served in the First World War winning a Military Cross and Bar for his bravery. On his return he married Dora M Lawrence of Maidenhead in 1919. Walter was a lawyer and worked overseas for many years at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Strangely, Walter and Dora were not listed as heads of the household at Kingsmoor in 1939. Those were listed as Doris F Bridges (1889 - 1967) and Selina Ford (b 1870), both of private means.

In the Second World War Walter was second-in-command of the Box Home Guard. In 1940 he set up a village invasion alarm system by having two Boy Scouts on duty every night at Kingsmoor, one to raise the alarm by bugle, the other to arrange the ringing of the church bells. He left the village in February 1943, moving to Gastard, Corsham.

Sholto married Edith Clara Douglas on 20 Jun 1882 in St. Stephen's Church, South Kensington, London, England. Edith (daughter of Sholto James Douglas and Ann Harriet Mills) was born about 1855; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Gladys Mary Skrine was born on 5 Nov 1885 in Ceylon; died in 1973.
2. Sholto Herries Skrine, M.C. was born in 1887 in Bath, Somerset, England; died on 10 Sep 1917.
3. Walter Vivian Douglas Skrine, M.C. was born on 29 Feb 1892 in Ceylon; died in 1966.

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He lived in Somerset, England
The children of Henry Skrine and Caroline Anne his wife were:
a. Henry Hume, born 12 December 1812 at Ashley House, near Bath, and died 6 April 1813; buried at Bathford.

b. Alfred John Hume, born 25 February 1814 at 8, Catherine Place, Bath; died 6 March 1819 at Warleigh Manor, and buried at Bathford, M.I.

c. Henry Duncan, born 22 May 1815.

d. Susanne Caroline, born 8 July 1816.

e. Emily Anne, born I October 1817.

f. Wadham Huntley, born 22 October 1818.

g. Clarmont, born 28 January 1820.

h. Frances Catherine, born 31 May 1825.

i. Mary Anne Agnes, born 1 April 1830.

Henry married Susan Caroline Mills on 3 Aug 1843 in St. Andrew's Church, Great Saxham, Suffolk, England. Susan (daughter of William Mills) was born on 5 May 1822; died on 15 Nov 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Skrine family had an unbroken genealogy for hundreds of years. Some claim that they came to England as courtiers of Philip of Spain on his marriage to Queen Mary; others attribute the origins to the Skerne family of County Durham.] In the High Victorian period they were one of the wealthiest families in England, their money derived from tea planting estates in Ceylon (now called Sri Lanka) and Malaysia, extending into legal matters and as merchants.

Buried:
Over the family vault in Stubbings churchyard stands a massive tomb with an inscription, and heraldic carvings displaying the arms of Skrine and Spry.

Henry married Caroline Anne Spry on 21 Jan 1812. Caroline was born in 1794; died on 18 Jul 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Of Saxham Hall, Great Saxham, Suffolk, England.

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