Admiral Sir Joseph NIAS KCB
b. 1793 – d.1879
Party per pale Gules and Azure a naval crown and issuant therefrom a flag Or inscribed with word “China” in letters Sable between four Cornish choughs Argent beaked and membered of the first.
Sources:
a) Grantees of Arms 1943 Vol XLVI fol 369
b) Armorial Families 1902
Family details (not necessarily complete);
1 Sir Joseph Nias b.1793 m.1855 (Caroline Isabella Laing) d.1879
1.1 Joseph Baldwin Nias MD b.1856 m.1896 (Frances Miriam Clare Dayrell) d.1919
1.1.1 Felicity Frances Ysobel Nias b.1897 m.1920 (Guthrie Llewellyn Malcolm)
1.2 Lydia Mary Nias b.1858 b.1885
1.3 Arthur Nias b.1859 d.1932
1.4 Isabella Nias b.1862 m.1884 (Lt Henry Compton Anderson Baynes RN) d.1949
1.4.1 Capt Denman Lambert H Baynes MC RGA b. 1886 KIA 1918
1.5 Caroline Nias b.1865 d.1948
Sources;
a) Armorial Families 1902
b) Ancestry.co.uk
c) The London Gazette
d) The Times Digital Archive
Sydney William Yockney
& his brother
Algernon Yockney
Fleet Paymaster, Royal Navy
Azure a chevron Or between a ship under sail in chief proper and a sprig of the coffee plant slipped in base of the second.
Sources:
a) Grantees of Arms 1898 Vol LXX fol 300
b) Blazon: Armorial Families 1902
Family details (not necessarily complete);
Samuel Hansard Yockney M.I.C.E. his children:
1 Sydney William Yockney M.I.C.E. F.G.S. b.1841 m.1866 (Florence Hansard)
1.1 Victor Hansard Yockney (later Hansard) b.1869 m.1897 (Anabel Mary Sparks)
1.2 Algernon Langston Yockney b.1872
1.3 Eleanor M. Yockney b.1870
2 Algernon Yockney b.1843 m.1880 (Mildred Morris Alington) d.1912
2.1 Kenneth Alington Yockney b.1881
2.2 Sub-Lt Hubert Alington Yockney RN b.1888
2.3 Gladys Frances Yockney b.1884 d.1884
2.4 Sybil Alington Yockney b.1885 d.1905
2.5 Margery Alington Yockney b.1887
Sources:
a) Armorial Families
b) Ancestry.co.uk
c) London Gazette
d) The Times Digital Archive
