The Descendants of Robert Copeland Lethbridge, 1798-18659.

53. Enid Blanche COWPER [88708] (Charles Lethbridge COWPER¹⁹, Mary Copeland LETHBRIDGE⁶, Robert Copeland², Christopher¹).

54. Rita Constance COWPER [88709] (Charles Lethbridge COWPER¹⁹, Mary Copeland LETHBRIDGE⁶, Robert Copeland², Christopher¹) was born in 1891.

55. Baron Copland COWPER [88706] (Charles Lethbridge COWPER¹⁹, Mary Copeland LETHBRIDGE⁶, Robert Copeland², Christopher¹) was born on 20 Jan 1896 and died in 1978 at age 82.

56. Frederick Mountford COWPER [88707] (Charles Lethbridge COWPER¹⁹, Mary Copeland LETHBRIDGE⁶, Robert Copeland², Christopher¹) was born on 13 Sep 1900 and died in 1961 at age 61.

57. Dudley Harrington COWPER [21369] (William Robert COWPER²⁰, Mary Copeland LETHBRIDGE⁶, Robert Copeland², Christopher¹) was born in 1882 in Burwood Sydney Colony of New South Wales and died on 21 Oct 1955 in Chatswood Sydney NSW Australia at age 73.

Dudley married Euphemia J L WRIGHT [85414] [MRIN: 28315], daughter of A McL WRIGHT [85510] and Unknown, in 1910 in Sydney NSW Australia. Euphemia died on 28 May 1935 in Moss Vale NSW Australia.

58. Lynda COWPER [21370] (William Robert COWPER²⁰, Mary Copeland LETHBRIDGE⁶, Robert Copeland², Christopher¹) was born in 1884 in Canterbury Sydney Colony of New South Wales and died in 1974 at age 90.

Lynda married Guy Owen MANNING [85512] [MRIN: 28362], son of Charles James MANNING [85513] and Unknown, on 25 Mar 1912 in Macknade QLD Australia. Guy was born in 1881 and died in 1915 in New Britian [Island] at age 34.

General Notes: A File of Information received from Mark Turnbull in May 2010, contained the following:
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW 1842-1954)> Thursday 24 June 1915
DEATH OF CAPT. G. 0. MANNING KILLED IN MOTOR ACCIDENT.
News was received In Sydney yesterday to the effect that Captain Guy Owen Manning had been killed accidentally while motoring in New Britain. Captain Manning, who leaves a wife and a little daughter, was a younger son of the late Mr. Justice Manning, of Sydney, whose widow, Mrs. C J. Manning, Is a resident of Hunter's Hill, and a brother of Captain Charles Manning, recently Judge Advocate at Rabaul during the early days of the Australian occupation of German New Guinea, and now at the Dardanelles with the Expeditionary Forces. The late Captain G. O. Manning resided chiefly In Papua, in the neighbourhood of Port Moresby, and Joined the Australian naval and military expedition as Lieutenant on the outbreak of war while on a visit to Sydney. He earned his promotion to the rank of Captain by his valuable work as an intelligence officer to the expedition, in which his knowledge of the country and of the dialect proved of the highest service, and his energy and resourcefulness caused him to be left at Rabaul as Officer in Charge of Native Affairs on the departure of the Brigadier.

84 F i. Mary Owen MANNING [85514] was born about 1913 and died on 02 Feb 1992 in Tamworth NSW Australia aged about 79.

Mary married Ewan Lawrie Christian CORLETTE [85515] [MRIN: 28364] in 1951. Ewan was born in 1908 and died on 07 Jun 1986 at age 78.

59. Mary Medora COWPER [21371] (William Robert COWPER²⁰, Mary Copeland LETHBRIDGE⁶, Robert Copeland², Christopher¹) was born in 1885 in Canterbury Sydney Colony of New South Wales and died on 20 Sep 1974 at age 89.

Mary married Sir Philip Henry Macarthur GOLDFINCH, KBE [85415] [MRIN: 28316], son of Lieut. Henry Edward GOLDFINCH, RN [85516] and Elizabeth Maria KING [85517], on 07 Mar 1911 in Camden NSW Australia. Philip was born in 1888 and died on 07 Apr 1943 in Chatswood Sydney NSW Australia at age 55.

General Notes: In a File of Information provided by Mark Turnbull in May 2010, he included the following Extracts from various On-Line Sources:
Sir PHILIP HENRY MACARTHUR (1884-1943), businessman and politician, was born on 13 April 1884 at Gosport, Hampshire, England, son of Lieutenant Henry Goldfinch, Royal Navy, and his wife Elizabeth Maria, née King, daughter of Philip Gidley King. He spent much of his childhood in New South Wales at Dunheved, the King family property at St Marys, and was educated at Sydney Grammar School. In 1902 he enlisted as a Trooper in the South African War but arrived after the war was over. His marriage to Mary Medora Cowper, great-granddaughter of Sir Charles Cowper, on 7 March 1911 at St John's Anglican Church, Camden, further cemented his ties with colonial patrician families. Goldfinch had joined the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. in 1902. He gained practical experience of its affairs in Queensland in 1911-13 as a cane inspector at Macknade and in 1914-18 at the Homebush plant near Mackay, where in 1915 he was appointed manager. In 1919 he returned to C.S.R.'s head office in Sydney, his zest and energy impressing E. W. Knox, to whom he became personal adviser. In 1928 Goldfinch became General Manager. He was more inclined to seek expert advice and more subject to the opinions of the Board of Directors than previous General Managers, but he remained an implacable opponent of government interference and public accountability in the industry. He steered the Company towards diversification, mainly the manufacture of building materials. It is a tribute to his business acumen that though sugar consumption declined significantly during the Depression, C.S.R. paid its customary dividends and bonuses. Goldfinch's interest in political affairs gradually developed. In the late 1920s and early 1930s he was associated with the Constitutional Association of New South Wales, the All for Australia League and the Primary Producers' Advisory Council. In November 1930 he helped to form a secret counterrevolutionary organization, the Old Guard, which maintained a discreet vigil lest a serious disturbance should swamp the police and the armed forces. The Old Guard came perilously close to mobilizing, but the dismissal of the Lang Government by the Governor, Sir Philip Game, dissipated much of the political tension. Except for a curious article which appeared in Smith's Weekly in 1936, headlined 'Sir Philip Goldfinch's Secret Service', the organization disappeared without leaving a trace. In June 1934 he had been appointed K.B.E. In November 1935 Goldfinch won Gordon in the Legislative Assembly for the United Australia Party. He intended to prove that it was possible for someone with 'a man sized job in civil life to take on politics'. But his spirited maiden speech was reviled by Lang who suggested that, 'the "boss" himself was coming on the job' and that the 'fountain head of the great octopus, the sugar combine' had no right to sit in parliament. This set the pattern for a brief and inglorious political career, Goldfinch defending the profits of C.S.R. and criticizing unemployment relief, family endowment and other welfare enterprises, the Labor Opposition finding the titled 'sugar daddy', with his spats and monocle, an easy target for sarcastic criticism. In July 1937 he resigned. His experience as an overseer was called upon in World War II when, in 1940, he was appointed chairman of the Board of Area Management for New South Wales, Ministry of Munitions, responsible to Essington Lewis for the planning and production of munition projects and supplies. Again Goldfinch instigated a minor controversy by attacking the 'red-tape' of officialdom, the lack of decentralization of munition factories and the propensity of politicians to pester him about allocating defence projects to their electorates. During World War II Goldfinch became president of the Union Club; he was also a member of the Australasian Pioneers' Club and of Royal Sydney Golf Club. He had bought a property at Sutton Forest near Moss Vale but he did not live to enjoy its rural charm. On 7 April 1943 he died of cardiovascular disease at Roseville and was cremated with Anglican rites. He was survived by a son and two daughters. His estate was valued for probate at £36,284, and included pictures and antique furniture, some belonging to the King family. Goldfinch was an archetypal Anglo-Australian. As chairman of the British Settlers' Welfare Committee he was keenly interested in Empire migration. His speeches and radio addresses reveal an intelligent grasp of world affairs although his attitude to the Fascist powers was somewhat ambivalent. He enjoyed club life, golf, fishing, tennis and rifle Shooting. But essentially he was a serious man, unsympathetic to frivolous behavior, straight laced and conservative. Throughout his career and particularly during the Depression, Goldfinch served the state and the employing class in a loyal, untiring and uncompromising fashion.

Nancy married John Michael MANNIX [85520] [MRIN: 28366] in 1945 in Sydney NSW Australia. John was born about 1906 and died on 13 Nov 1989 aged about 83.

86 M ii. Flt.Leuit. John Howard GOLDFINCH, RAAF [85519] was born on 27 Jun 1913 in Macknade QLD Australia and died on 14 Nov 1981 at age 68.

John married Margot Jean BADDELEY [85521] [MRIN: 28367] in 1946 in Sydney NSW Australia. The marriage ended in divorce. Margot died on 04 Aug 2007.

John next married Helen Harley GEORGE [85522] [MRIN: 28368]. Marriage status: engaged [never married].

60. Ruth COWPER [21372] (William Robert COWPER²⁰, Mary Copeland LETHBRIDGE⁶, Robert Copeland², Christopher¹) was born in 1886 in Camden Colony of New South Wales and died in 1960 in Maitland NSW Australia at age 74.

Ruth married Noel Alfred CARR [85494] [MRIN: 28353], son of Edward Priestly CARR [88235] and Mary Elizabeth IRBY [88236], in 1916 in Bowral NSW Australia. Noel was born in 1881 in Tenterfield Colony of New South Wales and died in 1945 in Burwood Sydney NSW Australia at age 64.

61. Mabel COWPER [21373] (William Robert COWPER²⁰, Mary Copeland LETHBRIDGE⁶, Robert Copeland², Christopher¹) was born in 1889 in Camden Colony of New South Wales and died on 01 Dec 1963 in Burwood Sydney NSW Australia at age 74.

Mabel married Guy Kennedy DAVENPORT [85523] [MRIN: 28369], son of Frank Adolphus DAVENPORT [88252] and Ethel CARNE [88253], on 28 Nov 1914 in Sydney NSW Australia. Guy was born on 08 Jan 1891 in Woollahra Sydney Colony of New South Wales and died on 10 Apr 1917 in Vaux-le-Pénil Seine-et-Marne France at age 26.

Mabel next married Christian Waldemar ROTHE [85524] [MRIN: 28370], son of Waldemar Henrik ROTHE [85525] and Mary Emmaline [85526], in 1918 in Bowral NSW Australia. Christian died in 1963.

89 M i. Christian James Waldemar ROTHE [85527] died in 1943 in Raymond Terrace NSW Australia.

63. Jean Farquhar COWPER [88722] (Henry Percival COWPER²¹, Mary Copeland LETHBRIDGE⁶, Robert Copeland², Christopher¹) was born in 1887.

66. Andrew King COWPER [88721] (Henry Percival COWPER²¹, Mary Copeland LETHBRIDGE⁶, Robert Copeland², Christopher¹) was born on 16 Nov 1898 and died in 1980 at age 82.

76. Robert Harold NIMMO [88678] (Mary Ann Eleanor LETHBRIDGE³⁹, Robert Copeland⁹, Robert Copeland², Christopher¹) was born on 22 Nov 1893 and died in 1966 at age 73.

Robert married Joan Margaret CUNNINGHAM [88679] [MRIN: 29548]. Joan was born in 1896 and died in 1940 at age 44. The cause of her death was Accidental Fall.

94 M i. James NIMMO [88680] was born after 1921 and died in 1944. The cause of his death was KIA, WW2 in the RAAF.

95 F ii. Anne Lethbridge NIMMO [88681] was born after 1921 and died about 2005.

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