Barrister. 1893 co-churchwarden of St Mary's Willesden Green. 1894 lived in Stonebridge Park and was involved in the development of Wallwood, Leytonstone.
He was born on 28 February 1840 in Pimlico, Middlesex (now Greater London), the son of John Cary and Charlotte Cary. On 2 April 1840 he was baptised as George Cary in the Parish Church of St George's, Hanover Square, Mayfair, Middlesex (now Greater London), where the baptismal register confirms his date of birth, that his family were living in Ebury Street and that his father was an optician.
The 1841 census confirms that he was recorded as George Cary, aged 1 year and living in Ebury Street, Belgravia, with his parents, his elder sister, Charlotte Cary, aged 5 years, together with three female servants. His father continued to be listed as an optician.
In the 1851 census he is shown as George Cary, aged 11 years and a boarding pupil at St Peter's Collegiate School, Eaton Square, Chelsea, Middlesex (now Greater London).
His Wikisource page states that he obtained his Bachelor of Art at Wadham College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, where he studied to be an equity draftsman and conveyancer. Later, on 23 October 1861 he was a student at Lincoln's Inn and was called to the bar on 1 May 1865.
On 13 July 1869 he married Ellen Maria Fagg (1843-1931) at Holy Trinity Church, Haverstock Hill, Middlesex (now Greater London), where he is shown in the marriage register as George Cary, aged 29 years, a bachelor and a barrister, residing at St James, Paddington, the son of John Cary, a gentleman, whilst his wife was described as aged 28 years and a spinster residing at 169 Prince of Wales Road, the daughter of James Fagg, a gentleman.
When the 1871 census was undertaken he was recorded as George Cary, aged 31 years, a barrister and BA Oxford, living at Allan Cottage, Highgate Road, Kentish Town, Middlesex (now Greater London), with his wife and their son George Goldney Cary (1870-1944), together with a cook and nurse.
The 1881 census shows him as George Cary, aged 41 years and a practising barrister residing in Burleigh House, Stonebridge Park, Willesden, Middlesex (now Greater London), with his wife and three of their children: Henry B. Cary (b. circa 1873); Elsie Charlotte Grace Cary (1874-1958) and Evadne Florence Cary (1877-1944), all of whom were described as scholars, together with a cook and a housemaid.
He is shown in the 1891 census as George Goldney Cary, aged 50 years and a barrister, still living at Burleigh House, Stonebridge Park, Willesden, with his wife and five of their children: George Goldney Cary - a clerk in an insurance office; Maurice John Goldney Cary (1871-1938) - a clerk at a tea broker's; Henry B. Goldney Cary - a clerk in an insurance company; Audrey Lois Goldney Cary (1883-1973) - a scholar and Francis Campbell Goldney Cary (b.1884) - a scholar, together with a governess, a cook and a female general servant.
In the 1901 census he is recorded as George Goldney Cary, aged 60 years and a barrister, living at 66 Goldsmith Avenue, Acton, Middlesex (now Greater London), with his wife and two of their children: George Goldney Cary - a clerk in an assurance society and Francis Campbell Goldney Cary - a clerk to Donald Currie & Co., together with a female general domestic servant.
When he completed his 1911 census return form he listed himself as George Goldney-Cary, aged 70 years and a barrister residing in the eight roomed property at 66 Goldsmith Avenue, Acton, with his wife, two of their children: George Goldney Cary - an insurance clerk and Audrey Lois Goldney-Cary - a Norland nurse, their granddaughter (the daughter of Maurice John Goldney Cary) Theodora Lois Cary (1909-1988), together with a female general domestic servant. On the census form he declared that his wife had given birth to seven children, but that only six were still alive.
His death, aged 73 years, was registered under two different names in the 4th quarter of 1913 in the Brentford Registration District, Middlesex (now Greater London) i.e. Cary, George G and Goldney-Cary, G. Probate records show him listed as Goldney-Cary, George of 66 Goldsmith Avenue, Acton, Middlesex, who died on 24 December 1913. Probate was granted on 9 March 1914 to his widow, Ellen Maria Goldney-Cary. His effects totalled £695-1s-4d.
He is shown as 'G. GOLDNEY-CARY ESQ' on the Harlesden Clock Tower in High Street Harlesden, London, NW10.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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