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Lieut. Col. Walter Lyulph Johnson

Lieut. Col. Walter Lyulph Johnson

Ironworks Manager
Male 1872 - 1938  (66 years)

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  • Name Walter Lyulph Johnson 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Born 15 Jul 1872  Washington Hall, Washington, County Durham, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Census 1881  Rounton Grange, East Rounton, Hambleton, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Education Bef 1886  Leeds Grammar School, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Education Between 1886 and 1891  Eton College, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1891  Rounton Grange, East Rounton, Hambleton, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Education 16 Oct 1891  New College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1901  Rounton Grange, East Rounton, Hambleton, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation Between 1901 and 1938 
    Ironworks Manager 
    Military Service Between 1908 and 1921  [6] 
    Residence Jul 1909  Enterpen Hall, Hutton Rudby, Hambleton, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1911  Enterpen Hall, Hutton Rudby, Hambleton, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Travel 1926  New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1929  Crathorne Grange, Crathorne, Hambleton, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Died 24 Oct 1938  Ingleby Arncliffe, Hambleton, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cremated 26 Oct 1938  Ingleby Arncliffe, Hambleton, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Probate 5 Dec 1938  London, County of London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    WWW http://www.dmm.org.uk/whoswho/j536.htm 
    WWW https://www.facebook.com/pg/Hutton-Rudby-Choral-Dramatic-Society-History-362375943845710/photos/?tab=album&album_id=936419166441382 
    Siblings 6 Siblings 
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2021 

    Father Maj. Walter Johnson
              b. 9 Aug 1842, West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 9 Feb 1915, Redcar, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Margaret Florence Bell
              b. 14 Sep 1847, Longbenton, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 27 Mar 1930  (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage Banns 6 Aug 1871  St John's, Notting Hill Gate, Kensington & Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Married 10 Aug 1871  Chester le Street, County Durham, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 11] 

    Wife Alice Hilda Lupton
              b. 8 Sep 1876, 5 Blenheim Terrace, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 8 Apr 1953, Milrighall, Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)  [12] 
    Married 2 Jun 1908  St Helen's, Ainderby Steeple, Hambleton, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 13, 14] 
    Age at Marriage He was 35, she was 31  
    Children 
     1. Lieut. Col. Maurice Alan "Guppa" Johnson
              b. 2 Jul 1909, Enterpen Hall, Hutton Rudby, Hambleton, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Between 3 Oct 1991 and 5 Oct 1991, Borders General Hospital, Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     2. Stephen Philip Lowthian "Stevie" Johnson
              b. 1912
              d. 1997  (Age 85 years)
     3. Walter Mark Johnson
              b. 24 Aug 1915, Hutton Rudby, Hambleton, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 3 Sep 2003, Elgol, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    Last Modified 3 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      Walter Lyulph Johnson was born in 1872, the eldest son of Walter Johnson and Margaret Florence (nee Bell); his middle name was after his maternal uncle Edward Lyulph Stanley. Walter went to Leeds Grammar School and then Eton from 1886 to 1891, before going up to Oxford (New College) in 1891. He graduated there with a 3rd class degree in Chemistry (Natural Sciences) in 1894.

      Career
      After graduating, Walter returned to Yorkshire to the family home of Rounton Grange and evidently joined the family business (Bell Bros), founded by his grandfather Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell. By 1901 he is listed as resident in Rounton Grange and working as an Ironmaster. Later he also served as a director with Dorman, Long & Co (see profile on the Durham Miner's Museum). With the latter, Walter helped with the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, including multiple visits to Australia. In May 1926 Walter went on a business /research trip to the USA (he appears on New York immigration records as an "iron merchant", alongside Arthur Dorman).

      Walter served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Durham Light Infantry 1st Volunteer Battallion from 1908 (by which time he would have been 35, hence serving in a Volunteer capacity as being over-age). First records show him, in 1908, being transferred from the 1st Volunteer Batallion to the 5th Battallion (which saw active service) and accepting (at his own request) a "demotion" from Lieutenant Colonel to Major. Another record from 1914 shows him as retired, but being re-promoted to Lieutenant Colonel (temporary) on the 18th of October, just a few weeks before the end of the War.

      A note on Walter's WikiTree page tells us that:
      Walter owned one of the very first cars to be registered in Middlesbrough, a 1904 dark green and yellow 14 Hp Clement reg no DC 13 His address at the time is recorded as Danby House, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough. He sold the car in 1908.


      Family Life
      Walter (aged 35) married Alice Hilda Lupton (who was 31 at the time) on the 2nd of June 1908 at St Helen's Church in Ainderby Steeple; Walter's sister Margaret Philippa Johnson was a bridesmaid. Their first son, Maurice, followed in 1909. By 1911 they had moved to Enterpen Hall in Hutton Rudby - Stevie and then Mark Johnson were both born here.

      1. Maurice, born 2nd July 1909 and who married Pamela Ann Murdoch Bryans
      2. Stephen, born 1912, married Brenda Wharton
      3. Mark, born 24th August 1915, married Helen Medlicott

      It was also in Hutton Rudby that Walter founded the Hutton Rudby Choral and Dramatic Society (see Facebook page) in 1918. In 1928 Walter was commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant for North Riding and was residing in Crathorne Grange. Perhaps as a parting gift to the village where he spent many happy years, he donated money to help build the Hutton Rudby Village Hall in 1930.

      Eventually, Walter and family (date unknown) moved to Arncliffe Hall (his grandparents' - Isaac Lowthian Bell and Margaret Pattinon's - home).

      Death
      Walter died on the 24th October 1938 (aged only 66), after two years of "heart troubles". He was cremated and his ashes were buried in the grounds of Arncliffe Hall.

      Strathaird Estate (Isle of Skye)
      The Strathaird Estate was bought for Walter and Alice by her father - Alan Lupton - as a wedding present in 1914 and the Johnson family spent summers there. The main part of the estate was sold by the sons (Maurice, Mark and Stephen) in 1968 and the remainder in 1973, excluding the plots of land they retained for themselves:

      • Drinan (Mark)
      • Drinan Dun (Maurice)
      • Dunliath (Stephen)

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1881 - Rounton Grange, East Rounton, Hambleton, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - Bef 1886 - Leeds Grammar School, Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - Between 1886 and 1891 - Eton College, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1891 - Rounton Grange, East Rounton, Hambleton, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - Matriculation - 16 Oct 1891 - New College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1901 - Rounton Grange, East Rounton, Hambleton, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 Jun 1908 - St Helen's, Ainderby Steeple, Hambleton, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Jul 1909 - Enterpen Hall, Hutton Rudby, Hambleton, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1911 - Enterpen Hall, Hutton Rudby, Hambleton, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsTravel - 1926 - New York, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1929 - Crathorne Grange, Crathorne, Hambleton, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Oct 1938 - Ingleby Arncliffe, Hambleton, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCremated - 26 Oct 1938 - Ingleby Arncliffe, Hambleton, Yorkshire North Riding, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 5 Dec 1938 - London, County of London, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Walter Lyulph Johnson
    Walter Lyulph Johnson
    Walter Lyulph Johnson (1937)
    Walter Lyulph Johnson

    Histories
    Johnsons History    		Johnsons History
    A quick overview of my Johnson family of Yorkshire (originally of London)
    Brief family sketches    		Brief family sketches
    Quick summaries of the families of my 2x great grandparents.

  • Sources 
    1. [S0168] GRO Birth Record, General Records Office, (gro.gov.uk), WL Johnson Birth Certificate.

    2. [S0021] Wikisource - Oxford Men, Unknown, (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Oxford_men_and_their_colleges.djvu/705), Main Page.

    3. [S0312] England and Wales Census, 1881, FamilySearch, (familysearch.org), Walter Johnson; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27B-G97N : 12 December 2017), Walter Johnson, East Rounton, Yorkshire,Yorkshire North Riding, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http:/, 1881.

    4. [S0319] England and Wales Census, 1891, FamilySearch, (familysearch.org), Walter Johnson; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7T9R-8N2 : 7 May 2019), Walter Johnson in household of Lowthian Bell, Sir, East Rounton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and image, 1891.

    5. [S0303] England and Wales Census, 1901, FamilySearch, (familysearch.org), Walter Johnson; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSSZ-V8F : 21 May 2019), Walter Johnson in household of Lowthian Bell, East Rounton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, f, 1901.

    6. [S0069] National Archives, The, http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C707927.

    7. [S0313] England and Wales Census, 1911, FamilySearch, (familysearch.org), Walter Lynlph [sic] Johnson; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7PB-45D : 18 July 2019), Walter Lynlph Johnson, Hutton Rudby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://w, 1911.

    8. [S0056] Armorial Families (7th Edition), Arthur Charles Fox Davies, Johnson; Volume 2, page 1056.

    9. [S0109] Yorkshire Post & Leeds Intelligencer, Page 3, 27 Oct 1938.

    10. [S0191] London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), Walter Johnson / Margaret Florence Bell; London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: p84/jn/039, 6 Aug 1871.

    11. [S0126] England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), Volume 10a, Page 593, 1871.

    12. [S0035] familysearch, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DXB-7FV.

    13. [S0109] Yorkshire Post & Leeds Intelligencer, Page 8, 3 Jun 1908.

    14. [S0301] England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005, FamilySearch, (familysearch.org), Walter Lyulph Johnson; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DXB-7FV : 13 December 2014), Walter Lyulph Johnson, 1908; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1908, quarter 2,, 1908.