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William CORFIELD
(1813-1885)
Lucy BANKS
(Cal 1816-1887)
Thomas CORFIELD
(1817-1885)
Emily ROACH
(1825-1905)
William Ricardo Edward Banks Charles CORFIELD
(1839-1911)
Emily CORFIELD
(1849-1900)
William Gordon CORFIELD
(1886-1965)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Marjorie WIGLEY

2. Clara Isabella MACGREGOR

William Gordon CORFIELD 1

  • Born: 7 Nov 1886
  • Marriage (1): Marjorie WIGLEY on 3 Nov 1915 in St Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta, India
  • Marriage (2): Clara Isabella MACGREGOR
  • Died: 5 Oct 1965 at age 78
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bullet  General Notes:

William Gordon Corfield went to Selwyn College, Cambridge from 1906 to 1908 receivng an MA.
He joined Burnah Oil Co. Ltd. in 1909 from which he retired in 1951.
In 1936 Gordon joined Selwyn College Council, a post he held for six years.
From 1931 to 1938 he also worked at Assam Oil Co. Ltd., and the Burmah Shell Oil Storage & Distillery Co., India Ltd.
He lived at Airlie Gardens, Camden Hill, London from where he wrote many letters to 'The Times' as Chariman of the Camden Hill Preservation Fund.


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William married Marjorie WIGLEY on 3 Nov 1915 in St Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta, India. The marriage ended in divorce. (Marjorie WIGLEY was born in India and died on 4 Sep 1971.)


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William next married Clara Isabella MACGREGOR. (Clara Isabella MACGREGOR died on 10 Jun 1967.)


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Sources


1 Justin J Corfield, The Corfields. The Corfields: A history of the Corfields from 1180 to the present day (ISBN 064614336).


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