Awdry, Charles

First name(s)

Charles

Surname

Awdry

Position(s) held at King's College London

• Treasurer, King's College Hospital ^{Ref: *1}
• Member of the College Council, 1890-[1895] ^{Ref: *3}

Education & professional details

School, college and/or university attended

Winchester School
New College, Oxford

 

Position(s) held (non King's College London)

• Partner, W. H. Smith & Sons (1870-1911) ^{Ref: *1 *4}

Professional activities

• Trustee, Newsvendors' Benevolent Institution ^{Ref : *1}
• High Sheriff of the County of Wiltshire ^{Ref: *1}
• Justice of the Peace, Wiltshire ^{Ref: *1}
• Deputy Lieutenant, Wiltshire ^{Ref: *1}

Personal details

Date of birth

1846 or 1847

Place of birth

Laycock, Wiltshire

Date of death

28 Mar 1912

Place of death

Devizes, Wiltshire

Obituary

"Portraits and Personal Notes: The Late Mr. Charles Awdry", Illustrated London News Vol. 140. Saturday, April 06, 1912, p. 504

Family details

Father was Sir John Hilliar Wither Awdry, Chief Justice of Bombay, mother Frances Ellen Carr. Married Margaret Helen Moberly, daughter of the late Bishop of Salisbury, in 1876. ^{Ref: *1} Children: Charles Selwyn Major (1877–1918), Margaret Frances Awdry(1878–1956), Ambrose John Awdry, (1879– ), Alethea Mary Awdry(1886–1962), Helen Elizabeth Awdry (1889–1982). ^{Ref: *2}

 

Notes

At W. H. Smiths, "The great extension of the business of late years was to a large extent due to his administration, and he was personally very popular and much respected by the staff.” ^{Ref: *1}