Alan Ray-Jones | Ray-Jones Family

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
	Birth	31 AUG 1886	81 Uxbridge St., Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire, England
	Death	26 FEB 1942	Wheal Speed, Chyangwheal, Carbis Bay, St. Ives, Cornwall, England. Death certificate is in Penzance Book 5c, Page 537 fo
	Marriage	12 FEB 1926	to 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
	Father	Samuel Shepley Jones
	Mother	Martha HULME
PARENT (F) Effie Irene Pearce
	Birth	18 AUG 1899	Yarth House, 93 Fitzjohns Avenue, London NW3, England
	Death	26 JAN 1996	Royal London Hospital Whitechapel (Tower Hamlets), London, England
	Marriage	12 FEB 1926	to 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
	Father	John William Ernest Pearce
	Mother	Irene Kate Chaplin
CHILDREN
M	Alan Ray-Jones
	Birth	17 MAY 1930	Queen Mary\'s Hospital, Stratford, London, England.
	Death	20 January 2025	Exeter
	Marriage	25 JUL 1953	to Elizabeth Ethel (Bebet) Welcher at Castleton Church, Sherborne, Dorset, England.
M	Holroyd Anthony Ray-Jones
	Birth	7 JUN 1941	At Wookey Hole, near Wells, Somerset
	Death	13 MAR 1972	Royal Marsden Hospital, London
	Marriage		to Anna Coates
	Marriage		to Private
	Private
	Birth
	Death
	Marriage	1959	to Joanna Baring
	Marriage	16 SEP 1967	to Private

Family Group Sheet - Spouse

PARENT (M) Alan Ray-Jones
	Birth	17 MAY 1930	Queen Mary\'s Hospital, Stratford, London, England.
	Death	20 January 2025	Exeter
	Marriage	25 JUL 1953	to Elizabeth Ethel (Bebet) Welcher at Castleton Church, Sherborne, Dorset, England.
	Father	Raymond Ray-Jones
	Mother	Effie Irene Pearce
PARENT (F) Elizabeth Ethel (Bebet) Welcher
	Birth	29 MAR 1930	Sherborne, Dorset, England.
	Death	1 MAY 2024	Exeter, Devon
	Marriage	25 JUL 1953	to Alan Ray-Jones at Castleton Church, Sherborne, Dorset, England.
	Father	Maurice Martineau Welcher
	Mother	Winifred Emilie Wood
CHILDREN
	Private
	Birth
	Death
	Marriage	12 AUG 1978	to Private at Huish Champflower Church, near Wiveliscombe, Somerset, reception afterwards at West Coombe Farm, her parents house, in t
	Private
	Birth
	Death
	Marriage	14 SEP 1997	to Private at Santa Barbara, USA
	Marriage	19 FEB 1977	to Private
	Private
	Birth
	Death
	Marriage	6 SEP 1986	to Private at Leicestershire
	Private
	Birth
	Death
	Marriage	31 AUG 1980	to Private at Friends' Meeting House, Wellington, Somerset
	Marriage		to Private

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Descendancy Chart

1 Alan Ray-Jones b: 17 MAY 1930 d: 20 January 2025

+ Elizabeth Ethel (Bebet) Welcher b: 29 MAR 1930 d: 1 MAY 2024