See also
| Husband: | William FRISWELL (1794-1856) | |
| Wife: | Ellen Marie NURSEY ( - ) | |
| Marriage | btw 1840 and 1845 | |
| Name: | William FRISWELL | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Richard FRISWELL (c. 1745-1796) | |
| Mother: | Mary FIELD ( -1848) | |
| Birth | 26 Jun 1794 | |
| Baptism | 1 Aug 1794 (age 0) | |
| Residence | Hamilton House Hamilton Terrace | |
| Is this the Hamilton Terrace in Maida Vale? | ||
| Occupation | 1811 (age 16-17) | Articled to solicitors William Leake; Sackville St London |
| Occupation | frm 1821 to 1840 (age 26-46) | Attorney at Law - Solicitor; 93 Wimpole St London |
| Residence | Meare Close House , Banstead, Surrey | |
| He lived at Meare Close House after leaving his wife Henrietta. His sons Richard and James also lived their | ||
| Occupation | 1834 (age 39-40) | Farmer |
| Residence | 1841 (age 46-47) | Little Burgh House Epsom Surrey |
| Death | 21 Mar 1856 (age 61) | 93 Wimpole St, Cavendish Sq London |
| Recorded in The Times 26th March 1856. | ||
| Burial | 27 Mar 1856 | Highgate Cemetery |
| Name: | Ellen Marie NURSEY | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | Norwich Norfolk | |
| Residence | 1841 | Little Burgh House Epsom Surrey |
William Friswell
William was born in 1794. He was the youngest surviving child of Richard and Mary.
Much of our knowledge of William is taken from a biography written by his granddaughter Laura Hain Friswell on her father – “James Hain Friswell a Memoir” [http://tinyurl.com/3a7pwlx]
We know little about his early life. At the age of 17 he was articled to a firm of solicitors - William Leake of Sackville, St London. He practiced as a solicitor between 1821 and c1840 at 93 Wimpole St Cavendish Sq.
He married Henrietta Hain in c1813 and had 5 children. The marriage appears to have failed prior to 1841. The 1841 census states that he was living with a ‘wife’ Ellen Maria Nursey [or Hursey] at Little Burgh House in Epsom, Surrey. The 1851 census states that he was a Farmer with 140 acres. He may have married Ellen in 1851. Henrietta having died four years earlier.
We do not know why William ceased practicing as a solicitor and took to farming. His granddaughter Laura described him as an ‘upright and honourable man’ but she also described him as ‘extravagant’ having squandered £20k of the £30k left to him by his mother. Laura suggests that he lost money by diversifying into business ventures he knew little about.
William died in 1856 aged sixty-one and was buried in Highgate cemetery.
Sources Jill Newton: ‘From Hanover Square to Bendigo
Laura Friswell: 'James Hain Friswell A memoir'
Sirname may be Hursey