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THE Ancestry of Clement Attlee

1 Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee

b 3 Jan 1883, Wandsworth

d 8 Oct 1967, Westminster

Parents

2 Henry Attlee of Wandsworth, solicitor

b 23 Dec 1841, Dorking, Surrey

d 19 Nov 1908, Wandsworth

m 11 Aug 1870, Wandsworth

3 Ellen Bravery Watson

b 4 Jul 1847, Kew, Surrey

d 19 May 1920, Wandsworth

Grandparents

4 Richard Attlee of Dorking, mealman

b 1 Jul 1795, Dorking

d 28 Jan 1873, Dorking

m 18 Sep 1827, Dorking

5 Harriott Cheesman

b 16 Jul 1801, Dorking

d 4 Feb 1876, Dorking

6 Thomas Simons Watson of Wandsworth Common, secretary for the Art Union of London

b 18 Jan 1813, Soho, Middlesex

d 7 Dec 1891, Wandsworth

m 20 Aug 1846, Dorking

7 Mary Ann Bravery

b Dorking, bap 9 Aug 1822, Dorking

d 28 Oct 1863, Wandsworth

Great-grandparents

8 John Attlee of Dorking, mealman

bap 6 Sep 1765, Dorking

d 1 Nov 1824, bur 8 Nov 1824, Dorking

m 9 Mar 1789, St Mary at Hill, London

9 Ann Piper

bap 17 Dec 1769, Mickleham, Surrey

d 22 Aug 1846, Dorking

10 Richard Cheesman of Dorking, distiller

bap 23 Oct 1772, Dorking

d 5 Jun 1809, bur 10 Jun 1809, Dorking

m 4 Jun 1796, Dorking

11 Harriott March

b ca 1774

d 20 May 1853, Dorking

12 John Watson of Berners Street, Westminster, surgeon

bap 21 Oct 1783, Stoke next Guildford

d 25 Nov 1840, Kew

m 13 Feb 1812, St Anne, Soho

13 Ann Simons

b 30 Nov 1786, Westminster

d 24 Feb 1870, Wandsworth

14 James Bravery of Dorking, miller

bap 3 Dec 1779, Dorking

d 12 Jan 1843, Dorking

m 12 Feb 1822, Lambeth

15 Sarah Brett

bap 29 Jan 1786, Wotton

d 21 Aug 1825, bur 26 Aug 1825, Dorking

Great-great-grandparents

16 John Attlee of Dorking, carpenter

bap 1 Jan 1722/23, Cobham

bur 4 Nov 1788, Dorking

m 1 Jun 1762, Dorking

17 Elizabeth Searle

b

bur 11 Jan 1767, Dorking

18 Thomas Piper of Mickleham, butcher

bap 9 May 1726, Dorking

d

m 30 Nov 1768, St George, Hanover Square, Westminster

19 Jane Wade

b

d

20 John Cheesman of Dorking, distiller

b ca 1747

d 2 Oct 1825, bur 10 Oct 1825, Dorking

m 25 Nov 1770, St Bartholomew the Great, London

21 Elizabeth Rose

bap 25 Feb 1745/46, Wotton

d 28 Apr 1841, Dorking

22 Charles March of Westcott, Dorking, farmer

bap 19 May 1733, Dorking

bur 21 Dec 1798, Wotton

m 18 Sep 1760, Dorking

23 Jane Simmonds

bap 5 Sep 1740, Dorking

bur 30 Jun 1774, Wotton

24 Richard Watson of Stoke next Guildford, coach proprietor

bap 18 Oct 1758, St Clement Danes, Westminster

d 29 Jan 1824, Petersfield

m 18 Nov 1782, Holy Trinity, Guildford

25 Ann Arnop

bap 9 Dec 1765, Holy Trinity, Guildford

d 25 Dec 1830, Guildford

26 William Simons of Westminster and of Clare Lodge, Sydenham, apothecary

b 1 Oct 1746, bap 5 Oct 1746, St James, Westminster

d 23 Jan 1837, Sydenham

m 27 Aug 1772, Kensington

27 Elizabeth Jerman

b ca 1752

d 21 Nov 1831, bur 29 Nov 1831, St James, Westminster

28 James Bravery of Dorking, yeoman

bap 30 Aug 1746, Dorking

d 1 Oct 1821, bur 8 Oct 1821, Dorking

m 30 Jan 1778, Dorking

29 Martha Rose

bap 22 Dec 1751, Wotton

d 20 Jul 1794, bur 23 Jul 1794, Dorking

30 Thomas Brett of Westcott, Dorking

b

d

m 13 Jul 1778, Great Bookham

31 Sarah Parsons

b

d

Sources

Edward J. Davies, “The Ancestry of Clement Attlee”, Genealogists’ Magazine, 31(2013-15):380-87

Will of Thomas Watson (National Archives, PROB 11/1719/258)

Will of Charlotte Watson (National Archives, PROB 11/2044/65)

Will of Richard Watson (National Archives, PROB 11/1685/22)

Will of Ann Watson (National Archives, PROB 11/1783/351)

Will of John Watson (National Archives, PROB 11/1178/112)

Will of Richard Watson (National Archives, PROB 11/1088/44)

Stoke next Guildford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)

Holy Trinity, Guildford, parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)

St Clement Danes, Westminster, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)

Hampshire Chronicle and Southampton Courier, 2 Feb 1824

The English Chronicle, 25-28 Dec 1830