Alan Ray-Jones

Alan Ray-Jones

b: 17 MAY 1930
d: 20 January 2025
Biography
Worshipful Company of Skinners, City of London

My Uncle Edward was apprenticed to his Master in the company, John Allan Cleveland Skinner, in April 1915, when he was 14 years old so that he could become a Freeman of the company (and drive sheep across London Bridge without being stopped by the police!) and then, if he wished and paid the fee, a Liveryman; and I was apprenticed to him at about the same age. When I was still at school he became Master of the Company, and I was privileged to hear him speak as his guest at one of the regular Skinners dinners for members of the livery at 2A Dowgate Hill. He was a very witty after-dinner speaker and told me that he spent an hour working on each minute of his speech. Alan Ray-Jones.
Facts
  • 17 MAY 1930 - Birth - ; Queen Mary\'s Hospital, Stratford, London, England.
  • ABT 1951 - Christening - ; St John\'s Wood Chapel, London
  • MAY 1995 - Retirement - ; London
  • FROM 1930 TO 1933 - Residence - ; Woodham Walter, Essex
  • FROM 1933 TO 1942 - Residence - ; Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall
  • 1942 - Residence - ; Lambourne, Berkshire
  • FROM 1943 TO 1947 - Residence - ; Tonbridge, Kent
  • SEP 1947 - Residence - ; Kentish Town, London, then Hampstead
  • SEP 1953 - Residence - ; National Service barracks
  • 1956 - Residence - ; Harlow New Town, Hertfordshire, England
  • 1959 - Residence - ; Leckhampton, Gloucestershire
  • FROM 1960 TO 1965 - Residence - ; Derby
  • 1966 - Residence - ; Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordsire, England
  • FROM JUN 1976 TO JUL 1995 - Residence - ; Huish Champflower, near Wiveliscombe, Somerset.
  • 1988 - Residence - ; Islington, London
  • OCT 1995 - Residence - ; Prague, Czech Republic
  • SEP 2001 - Residence - ; Trematon near Saltash, Cornwall
  • AUG 2004 - Residence - ; Brentor near Tavistock, Devon
  • FROM 1930 TO 1933 - Residence - ; Woodham Walter, Essex
  • FROM 1933 TO 1942 - Residence - ; Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall
  • 1942 - Residence - ; Lambourne, Berkshire
  • FROM 1943 TO 1947 - Residence - ; Tonbridge, Kent
  • SEP 1947 - Residence - ; Kentish Town, London, then Hampstead
  • SEP 1953 - Residence - ; National Service barracks
  • 1956 - Residence - ; Harlow New Town, Hertfordshire, England
  • 1959 - Residence - ; Leckhampton, Gloucestershire
  • FROM 1960 TO 1965 - Residence - ; Derby
  • 1966 - Residence - ; Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordsire, England
  • FROM JUN 1976 TO JUL 1995 - Residence - ; Huish Champflower, near Wiveliscombe, Somerset.
  • 1988 - Residence - ; Islington, London
  • OCT 1995 - Residence - ; Prague, Czech Republic
  • SEP 2001 - Residence - ; Trematon near Saltash, Cornwall
  • AUG 2004 - Residence - ; Brentor near Tavistock, Devon
  • 20 January 2025 - Death - ; Exeter
  • SEP 1995 - Fact - ; Prague, Czech Republic
  • JUN 1999 - Fact - ; Prague, Czech Republic
  • FROM 1935 TO 1947 - Education - ; Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall
  • SEP 1947 - Education - ; London
  • 15 AUG 1953 - Education - ; University College, London
  • FROM 1955 TO 1965 - Occupation - ; Coventry
  • 1965 - Occupation - ; London
  • 1971 - Occupation - ; Westminster, London
  • 1956 - Religion - ; Hatfield New Town, Hertfordshire, England
Ancestors
   
Samuel Shepley Jones
25 MAR 1862 - 1932
 
 
Raymond Ray-Jones
31 AUG 1886 - 26 FEB 1942
  
  
  
Martha HULME
15 APR 1861 - 1927
 
Alan Ray-Jones
17 MAY 1930 - 20 January 2025
  
 
  
John William Ernest Pearce
4 APR 1864 - 25 JAN 1951
 
 
Effie Irene Pearce
18 AUG 1899 - 26 JAN 1996
  
  
  
Irene Kate Chaplin
1 MAR 1873 - 22 JUN 1962
 
Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Raymond Ray-Jones
Birth31 AUG 188681 Uxbridge St., Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire, England
Death26 FEB 1942 Wheal Speed, Chyangwheal, Carbis Bay, St. Ives, Cornwall, England. Death certificate is in Penzance Book 5c, Page 537 fo
Marriage12 FEB 1926to Effie Irene Pearce at "In Brighton, quietly, Raymond Ray-Jones RE, ARCA to Effie Irene Pearce, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs J.W.E Pearce of 2
FatherSamuel Shepley Jones
MotherMartha HULME
PARENT (F) Effie Irene Pearce
Birth18 AUG 1899Yarth House, 93 Fitzjohns Avenue, London NW3, England
Death26 JAN 1996 Royal London Hospital Whitechapel (Tower Hamlets), London, England
Marriage12 FEB 1926to Raymond Ray-Jones at "In Brighton, quietly, Raymond Ray-Jones RE, ARCA to Effie Irene Pearce, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs J.W.E Pearce of 2
FatherJohn William Ernest Pearce
MotherIrene Kate Chaplin
CHILDREN
MAlan Ray-Jones
Birth17 MAY 1930Queen Mary\'s Hospital, Stratford, London, England.
Death20 January 2025Exeter
Marriage25 JUL 1953to Elizabeth Ethel (Bebet) Welcher at Castleton Church, Sherborne, Dorset, England.
MHolroyd Anthony Ray-Jones
Birth7 JUN 1941At Wookey Hole, near Wells, Somerset
Death13 MAR 1972Royal Marsden Hospital, London
Marriageto Anna Coates
Marriageto Private
Private
Birth
Death
Marriage1959to Joanna Baring
Marriage16 SEP 1967to Private
Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) Alan Ray-Jones
Birth17 MAY 1930Queen Mary\'s Hospital, Stratford, London, England.
Death20 January 2025 Exeter
Marriage25 JUL 1953to Elizabeth Ethel (Bebet) Welcher at Castleton Church, Sherborne, Dorset, England.
FatherRaymond Ray-Jones
MotherEffie Irene Pearce
PARENT (F) Elizabeth Ethel (Bebet) Welcher
Birth29 MAR 1930Sherborne, Dorset, England.
Death1 MAY 2024 Exeter, Devon
Marriage25 JUL 1953to Alan Ray-Jones at Castleton Church, Sherborne, Dorset, England.
FatherMaurice Martineau Welcher
MotherWinifred Emilie Wood
CHILDREN
Private
Birth
Death
Marriage12 AUG 1978to Private at Huish Champflower Church, near Wiveliscombe, Somerset, reception afterwards at West Coombe Farm, her parents house, in t
Private
Birth
Death
Marriage14 SEP 1997to Private at Santa Barbara, USA
Marriage19 FEB 1977to Private
Private
Birth
Death
Marriage6 SEP 1986to Private at Leicestershire
Private
Birth
Death
Marriage31 AUG 1980to Private at Friends' Meeting House, Wellington, Somerset
Marriageto Private
Picture Gallery
 
 
 
 
 
 
Descendancy Chart
Alan Ray-Jones b: 17 MAY 1930 d: 20 January 2025
Elizabeth Ethel (Bebet) Welcher b: 29 MAR 1930 d: 1 MAY 2024