On 25th August 1855 [his father] Colonel Charles Freville Surtees [aged 31] and [his mother] Bertha Chauncey [aged 22] were married.
On 13th January 1858 Brigadier-General Herbert Conyers Surtees was born to Colonel Charles Freville Surtees [aged 34] and Bertha Chauncey [aged 25].
In 1876 Brigadier-General Herbert Conyers Surtees [aged 17] joined the 49th Regiment of Foot.
In October 1877 Brigadier-General Herbert Conyers Surtees [aged 19] transferred to the Coldstream Guards with whom he remained for the rest of his career.
On 5th November 1882 [his mother] Bertha Chauncey [aged 49] died.
In 1887 Brigadier-General Herbert Conyers Surtees [aged 28] and Madeline Augusta Crabbe were married.
On 22nd December 1906 [his father] Colonel Charles Freville Surtees [aged 83] died at the Charing Cross Hotel.
On 27th December 1906 the funeral of [his father] Colonel Charles Freville Surtees [deceased] was held at Long Ditton, Surrey attended by Countess Walburga Ehrengarde Helena von Hohenthal [aged 67], Brigadier-General Herbert Conyers Surtees [aged 48],
In 1918 Brigadier-General Herbert Conyers Surtees [aged 59] was elected MP Gateshead which seat he held until 1922.
In October 1932 Brigadier-General Herbert Conyers Surtees [aged 74] was appointed Provincial Grand Master for Durham.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In November 1932 Brigadier-General Herbert Conyers Surtees [aged 74] was appointed Provisional Prior of the Knights Templar.
After 1933. Durham Cathedral [Map]. Memorial to Brigadier-General Herbert Conyers Surtees [aged 74].
On 18th April 1933 Brigadier-General Herbert Conyers Surtees [aged 75] died.
In 1957 [his former wife] Madeline Augusta Crabbe died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Lieutenant Crosier Surtees
Grandfather: Robert Surtees of Redworth Hall
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Surtees
father: Colonel Charles Freville Surtees
Grandmother: Elizabeth Cookson
Brigadier-General Herbert Conyers Surtees
Grandfather: Nathaniel Snell Chauncey of Green End
mother: Bertha Chauncey