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Sir Arthur Colin Curtis                         1858-1898             (1st Husband)
Sir Arthur Colin Curtis, 3rd Baronet of Gatcomb.
Arthur was born about 1858, the son of Sir Lucius Curtis, 2nd Baronet, and Eliza ?.
Sarah Jessie Dalrymple                       1859-
Sarah was born on 26 December 1859, the daughter of Alexander Dalrymple and Fanny Hammond Ponsonby, at St. Vincent, West Indies.
I have identified the following children.
Roger Colin Molyneux Born 12 Sep 1886   London Remained Single     Died Jan 1954
Birth of Parents
Arthur Colin Curtis b: abt 1858         Trinidad, West Indies
son of Sir Lucius Curtis, 2nd Baronet, and Eliza ?

Sarah Jessie Dalrymple b: 26 Dec 1859               St. Vincent, West Indies
daughter of Alexander Dalrymple and Fanny Hammond Ponsonby

Marriage
abt 1880
Sir Arthur Colin Curtis
Sarah Jessie Dalrymple 		London                     1880 4Q Kensington 1a 119

1881 Census RG11-46 4 April 1881 Brompton, Kensington, London
19 Tregunter Road
Arthur Colin Curtis
Sarah Jessie (Wife)
Plus 2 Servants 		Age 23
Age 21 		Baronet Trinidad
St Vincent 		West Indies
West Indies 		abt 1858
26 Dec 1859

Children
Roger Colin Molyneux Curtis b: 12 Sep 1886               London       1880 4Q Kensington 1a 119
son of Sir Arthur Colin Curtis and Sarah Jessie Dalrymple

1891 Census RG12-883 6 April 1891 Widley, Hampshire
 
Arthur Colin Curtis
Sarah Jessie (Wife)
Roger Colin M.
Plus 3 Servants 		Age 33
Age 30
Age 4 		Baronet Trinidad
St Vincent
Fulham 		West Indies
West Indies
London 		abt 1858
26 Dec 1859
abt 1886

The Times, Tuesday, Jan 31, 1899                                             LAW
Probate, Divorce,
And Admiralty Division.
In The Matter Of Sir Arthur Colin Curtis,
Presumed Deceased.

  Mr. Barnard, in this case, moved on behalf of Lady Sarrah Jessie Curtis for leave to swear the death of Sir Arthur Colin Curtis, under the following circumstances:
  On October 26, 1880, the parties were married, and there was one child of the marriage, now aged about 12.   Early in 1898 Sir Arthur Curtis joined an expedition which a Mr. Pocock was taking out to the goldfields of British Columbia and Klondike.   On March 3 Sir Arthur made a will in favour of Lady Curtis leaving her his sole executrix.   On March 10 he left Liverpool, on March 27 he arrived at Vancouver where he met Mr. Pocock, and started with his expedition for the goldfields.   On June 4 the expedition left Quesnelle, and four days after encamped on the Mud River.   Some horses strayed, and most 		of the party went out to find them, Sir Arthur being left behind in camp to act as cook.   Feeling hurt by some chaffing, in which it was suggested that he had let the Mud River get into the porridge, Sir Arthur asked for an apology and, not receiving one that satisfied him, he appeared to brood seriously over what he considered an insult.   On June 10, at breakfast at 5 a.m., Sir Arthur received a slight apology and about 8 p.m. he lit his pipe and left the camp, and had never been heard of since.   The camp was situated 30 miles from anywhere, Sir Arthur had no food or arms with him, and it was believed that the had lost his way and perished.   Search parties were sent out, and Indians engaged to track any possible traces of Sir Arthur, but no vestige of him was ever discovered.   Letters of an affectionate character had been received by Lady Curtis from Sir Arthur, the last dated only a few days before his dissappearance.   Advertisements had been inserted in various papers to try and discover his whereabouts, but without any success.
  Mr. Justice Gorrell Barnes, on proof of these facts, held that they were sufficient, and granted leave to swear Sir Arthur's death on or since June 10, 1898

Death
Arthur Colin Curtis Died 10 Jun 1898       By Judicial Decree


Lt-Col Robert Maziere Brady                 1854-                     (2nd Husband)
Robert was born about 1854, in Black Rock, Ireland. I have not identified any children.

Birth of New Husband
Robert Maziere Brady b: abt 1854         Black Rock, Ireland
 

Marriage
abt 1900
Lt-Col Robert Maziere Brady
Lady Sarah Jessie Curtis 		London       1900 2Q St Geo Han Sq 1a 1012

1901 Census RG13-1013 1 April 1901 Alverstoke, Hampshire
District Rowner Fort with Married Quarters
Robert Maziere Brady
Sarah Jessie (Wife) 		Age 46
Age 38 		Lieut-Col Royal Artillery Ireland
St Vincent
West Indies 		abt 1854
26 Dec 1859

Death
Robert Maziere Brady No Data

Death
Sarah Jessie (Curtis) Brady No Data

Death
Sir Roger Colin Molyneux Curtis Died Jan 1954, Age 67,       1954 1Q N.E. Cheshire 10a 483

The Times, Saturday, Jan 9, 1954                         OBITUARIES
OBITUARIES
SIR ROGER CURTIS
  Sir Roger Curtis, Bt., who has died in a nursing home at Cheadle, Staffordshire, at the age of 67 after a long illness, was for many years a devoted servant of the Board of Education.
  Roger Colin Molyneux Curtis was born on September 12, 1886, the only son of Sir Arthur Curtis, third baronet, who died in 1898.   He graduated from Keble College, Oxford, and in 1911, joined the Board of Education.   After serving on the inspectorate of schools in the Midlands, in Buckinghamshire, and in Cumberland, he went to South Africa in 1936 as Inspector of Schools in Cape Provence, but returned to this country in the ensuing year to take up the appointment of Inspector of Schools for Derbyshire.   He retired in 1947 and as he was unmarried the title becomes extinct.