https://www.stortfordhistory.co.uk/guide4/church_wardens.html :
" William's children were born or baptised in Hackney, the eldest son, Francis William, being educated at Harrow and Trinity College Cambridge. It was naturally assumed he would follow the family’s traditional line of business but instead he chose to take holy orders, his career starting as curate of a small parish church in Brentwood, Essex (1834–1843) built, it is said, at his own expense.
His first wife Francis Minet (thought to be of Swiss origin) bore him a daughter, Elizabeth, in 1835 but died in childbirth. He later married Louisa Peacock of Lincolnshire. She bore him two daughters while they lived at Brentwood and nine sons after they moved to Bishop's Stortford in 1849, two of whom died in infancy.... "When his wife Louisa died in 1873 she was buried, at her request, in a ‘distant corner’ of St Michael’s churchyard (See Guide 14 – Apton Road).
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"Of Francis William's children:
Herbert (1845–1879) was involved with his brother Cecil in prospecting for diamonds in Kimberley, Cape Colony, but was accidentally killed while pioneering in the Lake Nyasa area (See Guide 13 – Cecil Rhodes).
Francis William (1850–1905) joined the 1st Royal Dragoons as 2nd Lieutenant in 1873, rising to the rank of Colonel in 1889. He fought in Egypt, 1884, the Sudan, 1884-1885, 1888, in the Ndebele War, 1896, and the South African War, 1899–1900.
Ernest Frederick (1852–1901) joined the Royal Engineers as Lieutenant in 1872 and retired as Captain in 1884.
Cecil John (1853–1902) founded De Beers Consolidated Mining Company and the British South Africa Company, but is perhaps better remembered as being the founding father of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). He also founded a university at Salisbury, Rhodesia, and was a benefactor to Oxford University (See Guide 13 – Cecil Rhodes).
Elmhurst (b 1858) entered the army in 1878 as an Ensign in the 49th Foot, rose to Captain of the Royal Berkshire Regiment, and retired as Major in 1903. He fought in Egypt, 1882, the Sudan, 1885–1886, and in the South African War, 1899–1902.
Arthur Montague (1859–1935) fought in the 2nd Ndebele War.
Bernard Maitland (1861–1935) entered the Royal Artillery in 1880 as Lieutenant and retired in 1897 as Captain."
