Introduction For my Nephews and Nieces in New Zealand and my dear little Roussel in England I am writing this paper to tell them all I know of the family from which they are descended. In the autumn of 1919, soon after I had retired from active work [as Matron of The Lambeth Infirmary], my […]
Category: Hewlett family
The Hewlett regicide
The earliest record of the ancestry of this family is given in a book by Rev. William King (Vicar of Astley 1947-1973), titled ‘Bells and Pomegranates’. This book is a history of the village of Astley. He writes at length about Rev. Alfred Hewlett, who was also a vicar of Astley (1831-1837 and 1840-1885. (Alfred […]