NameAmbrouzios ‘Ambrose’ (Themistocles) Petrocochino FRGS JP, 11G Grandson
Birth20 Jan 1865, Bradford, Yorks, England
Death10 Oct 1926, Pangbourne, Berks, England
Baptism24 Apr 1865, Manchester, England
MemoAt home (Bradford?).
Residence1901, Thames Cottage, Pangbourne, Berks, England
Memo1901 Census says he was a market gardener with two servants: William and Emma Lansbury (plus a child Daisy Lansbury).
Residence1921, Flowers Hill, Pangbourne, Berks, England
EducationHarrow.
Note 1Served as a Lieutenant with the Imperial Yeomanry in the Boer War, taken prisoner at Lindley. Author of ‘Along The Andes’ and ‘Cashmere, Three Weeks in a Houseboat’ (1902 and 1920) about his travels in South America and India.
Note 2His life was researched by G. R. Scott (results supplied to CAL in 2005). Died at Dunedin nursing home in Reading. His grave says he was born 30 Jan 1865. His Will is held at Berkshire Record Office.
Note 3A volunteer in the Greek war of 1897 and with the Duke of Cambridge’s Special Corps in the Boer War (Queen’s Medal, three clasps). In WWl a 2nd Lt in Reserve of Officers and transferred to Hampshire Regt in 1915, serving in Mesopotamia and Persia.
Note 4One cannot help wondering how his marriage to the daughter of a baronet and a servant girl was viewed by the deeply conservative Greek community in England...
Note 5He was a ‘market gardener’ and a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society.
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