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Augustin John Fitch de Winton          1879-1912
Augustin was born about 1879, the son of William Augustin de Winton and Caroline Eliza Fitch, at Bristol, Gloucester.
Maud Annie Bishop                              1876-1937
Maud was born abt 1876, the daughter of George Bishop and Sarah Hardwick, in Gloucestershire.
I have identified the following children.
Augustin W. G. Seaton Born abt 1902   Gloucestershire  
Violet Maud Acton Born abt 1903   Gloucestershire  
Ruth Margaret Caroline Born abt 1904   Gloucestershire Married Austin Norman Pilling
Kenneth Hughes Born abt 1906   Gloucestershire  
Birth of Parents
Augustin John Fitch de Winton b: abt 1879               Bristol, Gloucester       1879 1Q Barton Regis 6a 18
son of William Augustin de Winton and Caroline Eliza Fitch

Maud Annie Bishop b: abt 1876       Gloucestershire         1876 1Q Bedminster 5c 730
daughter of George Bishop and Sarah Hardwick

Marriage
1 Jun 1901
Augustin John Fitch de Winton
Maud Annie Bishop
Parish Church, Westbury on Trym, Gloucester       1901 2Q Barton Regis 6a 453
22, Father: William A. de Winton
24, Father: George Bishop (Deceased)

Children
Augustin W. G. Seaton de Winton b: abt 1902               Gloucester       1902 3Q Bristol 6a 66
son of Augustin John Fitch de Winton and Maud Annie Bishop
Violet Maud Acton de Winton b: abt 1903               Gloucester       1903 3Q Barton Regis 6a 244
daughter of Augustin John Fitch de Winton and Maud Annie Bishop
Ruth Margaret C. de Winton b: abt 1904               Gloucester       1904 4Q Barton Regis 6a 237
daughter of Augustin John Fitch de Winton and Maud Annie Bishop
Kenneth Hughes de Winton b: abt 1906               Gloucester       1906 1Q Bristol 6a 256
son of Augustin John Fitch de Winton and Maud Annie Bishop

Augustin de Wintin and Maud with Ruth, Violet, Kenneth, and Augustin

Seaton North de Winton b: abt 1907               Gloucester       1907 2Q Bristol 6a 233
son of Augustin John Fitch de Winton and Maud Annie Bishop
Bruce Bishop de Winton b: abt 1909               Cambridgeshire       1909 4Q Chesterton 3b 378
son of Augustin John Fitch de Winton and Maud Annie Bishop

1911 Census RG14-50 3 April 1911 Bedford, Bedfordshire
Henbury House   (9 Rooms)
Augustin de Winton
Maud (Wife)
Augustin Jr
Violet
Ruth
Kenneth
Seaton
Bruce
Plus 1 Servant
Age 32
Age 35
Age 8
Age 7
Age 6
Age 5
Age 4
Age 1
Insurance Official Bristol
Bristol
Bristol
Bristol
Bristol
Bristol
Bristol
Cambridge
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Cambridgeshire
abt 1879
abt 1876
abt 1902
abt 1903
abt 1904
abt 1906
abt 1906
abt 1909

Death
Augustin John Fitch de Winton Died 1912, Age 33,                 1912 1Q Bedford 3b 389

A good starter to the history of this entire family is the following letter. It is a typed copy of a hand-written letter, written by the widow Maud de Winton. A copy of this letter was kindly provided by Michael de Winton, the Wilkins/de Winton Archivist. It was addressed to his great aunt Catherine Elmslie in 1928.
167, Moorland Road,
Weston Super Mare,
January 1928


Dear Madame,

Thank you so very much for your kind letter, also for your notes it is very good of you.

I was so very interested to read your mother was a de Winton. My late husband was the youngest son of William de Winton late of Westbury lodge, Westbury Downs Clifton Bristol. He kept a boys school and his father was in the army and lived in the north of France. I expect you know all about the de Wintons though. The Earl of Winton was thrown into the Tower of London and escaped to France where he took the de to his name and all his wealth lands and title was thrown into Chancery. My husband's father's father wanted my husbands father to take a commission in the army which his friend The Duke of Wellington offered but he would not so his father turned him out of his home. He came to England and was a Tutor travelling and met his wife in Dorset....... Fytch and married and settled at Westbury Lodge Bristol. I think I have told you all I know my invalid son is the second heir to the peerage should it ever come back.

Thank you so very much for your kindness and kindly interest in us. I hope we shall meet some day but as we are very very poor its doubtful as I go nowhere, but should you ever come this way please give me the great pleasure of meeting you.

My best wishes for 1928,
I remain,
Yours sincerely,
(Mrs de Winton)

P.S.

Our great great great grandfather the Earl of Winton lost his estates and title and was sentenced to be beheaded in the Tower of London after the rebellion of the old Pretender. He escaped.

Our great grandfather Captain Winton, having fought through the Peninsular War determined to take his family to the south of France he never got further than Calais. He was there when Queen Victoria removed the penalties from the Scotch Earls. Our great grandfather had not the money to establish his claim to the Title so contented himself with the "de".

There is no French blood in the de Winton family since the Norman Conquest, when a member of the family called Saye, which ultimately turned into Sayton or Seaton.

Read an analysis of the above document by researcher Anthony Whitty
Death
Maud Annie (Bishop) de Winton Died 1 Jul 1937, Age 63,   Bishopstoke, Hampshire   1937 3Q Winchester 2c 140

20 September 1937                                     Probate
de WINTON, Annie Maud, of Lington, Fairoak-road, Bishopstoke, Hampshire, widow, who died 1 July 1937, Administration Bristol 20 September, to Ruth Margaret Caroline Pilling (wife of Austin Norman Pilling) and Kenneth Hughs de Winton, civil engineer.
  Effects £2,576 6s.