Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Hugh Adair Nisbet

Lawyer
Male 1873 - 1937  (63 years)

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  • Name Hugh Adair Nisbet 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth 22 Jun 1873  [1] 
    Census 1881  Foots Cray, Kent, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Education 1887  Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation Lawyer  [3] 
    Residence 1907  [1] 
    Death 12 Mar 1937  14 Kensington Park Road, Holland Park, Kensington & Chelsea, London, County of London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Siblings 4 brothers and 4 sisters 
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2021 

    Father Harry Curtis Nisbet
              b. 20 Apr 1830, Futtehgurh, Farrukhabad, North-Western Provinces, India Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 18 Jul 1907, Old House, Wimbledon, Merton, London, County of London, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Louisa Margaret Kelso Bruce
              b. 28 Mar 1836, St Cross, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Nov 1924, Kingston, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 20 Apr 1858  Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 

    Wife Flora Annie "Flossie" Short
              b. Between 1854 and 1889  
              d. Between 1914 and 1999 (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Children 
     1. Hugh Adair Nisbet
              b. Abt 1915  
              d. 27 Jan 1954 (Age ~ 39 years)
    Last Modified 21 Feb 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      Hugh was born on the 22nd of June 1873, the third son of Harry Curtis Nisbet and Louisa (née Bruce).

      Career
      He attended Winchester College, before serving as a Lieutenant with the Imperial Yeomanry during the South African War (aka the Second Boer War, 1899-1902). He was a Public Prosecutor in the Transvaal 1902 then became Resident Magistrate at Potchefstroom (North West Province, South Africa). Somehow, he appears also to have squeezed in a career in amateur tennis: some sources say that he was a men's doubles finalist at Wimbledon in 1898, 1899 and 19001. He is also listed as having been a singles champion in Hong Kong in 1911, 1913 and 19142. He was the Registrar, Supreme Court of Hong Kong from 1911 to 19283. We have entries of his in the Lithend Visitor's Book from 1925 which give his address, generically, as Hong Kong.

      Family Life
      Hugh married Flora "Flossie" Short and they had one son, also called Hugh Adair Nisbet (born 1915, died 1954).

      Death
      Hugh died, aged 63, on the 12th of March 1937 at his home on Kensington Park Road.

      Footnotes
      [1] https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/draws_archive/champions/gentlemensdoubles.html
      [2] http://www.tennishk.org/en/leagues/28-en/about-us
      [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companies_Registry_(Hong_Kong)

  • Event Map
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0091] John Bannerman Wainewright, Winchester College 1836-1906 A Register, (P&G Wells, Winchester), Page 464.

    2. [S0312] FamilySearch, England and Wales Census, 1881, (familysearch.org), 1881, Nisbet; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27W-9BZ9 : 11 December 2017), Louisa M Nisbet in household of Harry C Nisbet, Foots Cray, Kent, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.f.

    3. [S0091] John Bannerman Wainewright, Winchester College 1836-1906 A Register, (P&G Wells, Winchester), Page 484.

    4. [S0052] The Times, 13 Mar 1937, Hugh Adair Nisbet.

    5. [S0301] FamilySearch, England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005, (familysearch.org), 1858, Nisbet / Bruce; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2D74-PNN : 13 December 2014), Harry Curtis Nisbet, 1858; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1858, quarter 2, vol. 5A,.