Maj. Richard Stewart Dyer-Bennet

1886 - 1983  (96 years)

• Name	Richard Stewart Dyer-Bennet  [1]
  Prefix	Maj.
  Born	6 Oct 1886	The Lyons, Enville, Staffordshire, England   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Baptised	Enville, Staffordshire, England   [3]
  Died	1983  [4]
  Person ID	I16969	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Frederick Stewart Hotham Dyer,   b. 3 Dec 1862, Stoke, Devonport, Devon, England ,   d. 24 Dec 1923, Erpingham, Norfolk, England  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Adelaide Annie Taylor,   b. Bef 10 Apr 1864, Brighton, Sussex, England ,   d. Oct 1942, Hove, Sussex, England  (Age > 78 years)
  Married	Aug 1885	Henfield, Sussex, England   [3, 5]
  Family ID	F10347	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Miriam Wolcott Clapp,   b. 10 Nov 1890, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois ,   d. 30 May 1973, Alameda, Alameda, California  (Age 82 years)
  Married	17 Feb 1912	Christchurch, Hampshire, England   [2, 6, 7]
  Divorced	1955  [4]
  Children	1. Richard Dyer-Bennet,   b. 6 Oct 1913, Leicester, Leicestershire, England ,   d. 14 Dec 1991, Monterey, Berkshire, Massachusetts  (Age 78 years) + 2. John Dyer-Bennet,   b. 17 Apr 1915,   d. 19 Mar 2002  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2020
  Family ID	F10343	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Richard Stewart Dyer-Bennet

  
  

• Notes

  He gained the rank of Major in the Leicester Regiment. He fought in the First World War, where he was wounded twice.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2419] Wolcott Genealogy: The Family of Henry Wolcott, One of the First Settlers of Windsor, Connecticut by Chandler Wolcott. Rochester, New York: The Genesee Press, 1912. [S2176] Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, 107th edition, ed. Charles Mosley. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003., date only. [S2179] E. H. Martin, "Swinnerton-Dyer Family." Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset 10:307; 10:341, 1907; 11:24, 1908. [S2176] Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, 107th edition, ed. Charles Mosley. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003. [S2176] Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, 107th edition, ed. Charles Mosley. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003., year only. [S297] England & Wales, FreeBMD birth, marriage, and death indexes, 1837-1915, on ancestry.com., place only. [S2419] Wolcott Genealogy: The Family of Henry Wolcott, One of the First Settlers of Windsor, Connecticut by Chandler Wolcott. Rochester, New York: The Genesee Press, 1912., date only.