Ernest Denman Minter

Abt 1858 - 1898  (~ 40 years)

• Name	Ernest Denman Minter
  Birth	Abt 1858	Southsea, Hants
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	149
  _UID	20D526EECF0449CE95B3F8891FE619CFA9D6
  Death	9 Dec 1898	Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, Devon   [1, 2]
  Notes	London Gazette 24 Feb 1885: Admiralty, 21st February, 1885. THE following qualified Candidates for the Naval Medical Service have been appointed Surgeons in Her Majesty's Fleet:'97 ..., Ernest Denman Minter,.... According to Geo. Warden Haines in 'Memoirs of the Minter family', Ernest was a surgeon in the Navy. He was on board the battleship "The Victoria" when it foundered after collision, [Vice-] Admiral Tyron, being on board, was drowned. Ernest was rescued and was given a shore appointment at Chatham; the exposure and strain developed rheumatic conditions from which he afterwards succumbed. The story of the sinking of the 'Victoria' is found on several web sites. The collision, with HMS Camperdown, took place on 22 June 1893. According to one source: It is reported that the last words uttered by the stricken Admiral Tyron were: "IT'S ALL MY FAULT." And the Court Martial Board agreed! The wreck of the 'Victoria' was found in 2004 off the coast of Lebanon. Some authorities have the Admiral's name as TRYON. 1881 census: boarding at 15 Harcourt Road, St Paul Deptford, London, 'E D Minter' (23, student). 1884: qualified as a medical practitioner at Edinburgh (Medical Register for 1887, on ancestry.com). 1889: The Press of Canterbury, New Zealand reported on 23 December 1889 that HMS Opal had arrived and was moored at Dunedin. Ernest was listed as ship's surgeon. Source: http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP18891223.2.13.2&srpos=575&e=-------50--561----0minter-- 1891 census: lodging at at 3 Windsor Terrace, St Andrew Plymouth, Devon, Ernest D (33, surgeon R H Medical Dept.) and Jane F M (29). 1901 census: at 3 Cornwall Rd, St Peter, Bedford, Ernest had died in 1898. Jane F N (widow, 39, living on own means), John H C (9, scholar), Jane E (7, scholar), Ernest F L (6, scholar), Edward A (5, scholar), Dorothy E G R SMITH (22, governess) and Minnie BETTS (22, general domestic). The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Dec 13, 1898; pg. 1; Issue 35698 has: "On Friday the 9th Dec., at the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, ERNEST DENMAN MINTER, Staff-Surgeon RN., late of HMS Rupert, youngest son of the late John Moolenburgh Minter, Esq., MD, Inspector-General of Hospital and Fleets RN., Honorary Physician to the Queen and Surgeon Extraordinary to HRH the Prince of Wales." 1911 census: at 11 Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London SE (11 rooms), Jane France Mary (head, 49, widow, 4 children all living, born Chester, Cheshire), Jane Ernestine (daughter, 17, student at school, born Plymouth, Devonshire), Ernest Francis (son, 16, student at school, born Chatham, Kent) and Edward Arthur (son, 15, school, born Chatham, Kent). Form signed Jane Frances Mary Minter, widow.
  Person ID	I149	Folkestone, Kent
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	John Moolenburgh Minter,   b. 1 Apr 1815, Folkestone, Kent d. 15 Dec 1891, Plympton St Mary, Devon (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Harriet WITHERS,   b. 11 Mar 1821, Whitechapel, London d. 26 Dec 1899, Plymouth (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	14 May 1846	St Paul's, High Beech, Essex   [1, 3]
  Family ID	F41	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Frances Mary JACOB,   b. 29 Jun 1861, Chester, Cheshire d. 22 Sep 1945, Greenwich, London (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	7 Oct 1890	St Margaret in the West, London   [4, 5]
  	Married after banns. Ernest Denman Minter, 33, bachelor, surgeon, Royal Navy of 299 Vauxhall Bridge Road, father John Moolenburg Minter, inspector general Royal Navy. Jane Frances Mary Jacob, 29, spinster of 121 Victoria Street, father John Jacob (deceased), gentleman. Both signed full names (Jane signed with surname Minter, a mistake later corrected to Jacob). Witnesses H J Holder(?) Hogg, Elinor A Jacob, T Barnett, John Surtees Minter, H Jacob all signed. Marriage announced in London Daily News, 9 October 1890: MINTER-JACOB - 7th Oct, at St Margaret's, Westminster, by the Ven Archdeacon Farrar, DD, assisted by the Rev E M Phillipps-Treby, Rector of Forrabury and Minster, Cornwall, brother-in-law of the bridegroom Ernest Denman Minter Surgeon RN, second son of J M Minter, MD, RN, Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets (retired), Honorary Physician to the Queen and Surgeon-Extraordinary to HRH the Prince of Wales, of Mount Priory, Plympton St Mary, Devon, to Jane Frances Mary Jacob, step-daughter and adopted child of H J Holder Hogg, Victoria-street, Westminster.
  Children	1. John Henry Christian Minter,   b. 25 Dec 1891, Plymouth d. Mar 1973, Chichester RD (Age 81 years)   2. Jane Ernestine Minter,   b. 5 Apr 1893, Plymouth d. Dec 1969, Sutton RD (Age 76 years)   3. Ernest Francis Loring Minter,   b. 4 Jul 1894, Old Brompton, Kent d. 1 Feb 1946, Archway Hospital, London N 19 (Age 51 years)   4. Edward Arthur Minter,   b. 5 Jan 1896, Chatham, Kent d. 14 Jan 1942, HMS Drake (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F43	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2017

  
  

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• Sources

  [S36] BMD index. [S169] The Times Digital Archive, September 2012, The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Dec 13, 1898; pg. 1; Issue 35698. (Reliability: 3). [S169] The Times Digital Archive, September 2012, "Marriages." Times [London, England] 16 May 1846: 9. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 Sep. 2012. (Reliability: 3). [S36] BMD index, Q4 1890 St George's Hanover Square 1a/887. (Reliability: 3). [S198] Marriage register at findmypast.co.uk, June 2014.