Henry Hawkes Mallandaine
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Henry was born at Fairhill, Hildenborough, Kent on 29 May 1835. He was the second child of John West Mallandaine and his third wife, Cecilia Hawkes. Shortly after Henry was born, financial misfortune befell the family when his father and uncle (his mother's brother) lost their investments in a candle factory. The family, which also included John West's three children from his second marriage and Henry's sister Frances, moved to the Brittany region of France where the cost of living and schooling was more affordable.
Henry was educated in France and spoke fluent French. Henry's older half - brother Edward was his role model; for as he went to the "diggings" near Melbourne, Australia, searching for gold in June of 1852 so did Henry several years later, after first following in his footsteps to England in 1850. Henry sailed from England on the "Tory" arriving in Melbourne, Australia before setting off for the gold fields in Bellarat, Victoria (about 75 miles west of Melbourne). He returned home in the spring of 1857 - as to whether he returned richer or poorer, there is no record.
He likely made for Folkestone, Kent where his mother and siblings moved following the death of his father in early 1857. He apprenticed in accountancy and spent most of his career as a tax collector.
Henry married Lucy Ann New on on 2 October 1860 in West Hackney, London. Lucy was the daughter of Archibald Fox New, a stationer, and his wife Ann. She was christened on 28 June 1835 at St Botolph without Aldgate in London. Their first child, Amy Beatrice, was born in Dalston, London. Over the next 20 years, Henry's career in the civil service took the family to many counties in southern England, including Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Sussex, Dorset and Wiltshire. In all, Henry and Lucy had twelve children - seven girls and five boys. Henry was a strict disciplinarian and the Anglican Church was held in high regard. But the family also enjoyed music and taking part in theatrical productions. As the playbill shows, with such a large family, they were capable of producing their own productions:
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The family appears in the 1881 Census living at 39 Brown Street in Salisbury. Henry's occupation is listed as Civil Service. At the time of the census, Lucy Ann was visiting her mother Ann. She was living at the Ladies Mercies Alms Houses in Ratcliffe, London. Ann, aged 76 years, is listed as a widow, occupation listed as Annuitant.
Henry and Ann's daughter, Florence, was recorded living in Warminster. She was a teacher in Latin at the Ladies School at 27 Silver Street. While her younger brother, Frederick Shiells, aged 11 years, was attending Christs Hospital School in Newgate, London at the time of the Census. The remaining children were all recorded in the Census living at home with their parents.
After forty years in the Civil Service, Henry retired to enjoy a quiet life in Laverstock, Salisbury with Lucy Ann. They later moved to Brownhill Road in Chandler's Ford, Hampshire. Henry died in Salisbury on 18 June 1907. Lucy Ann died at Chandler's Ford on 19 June 1922.