Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Henry May, C.G.B., G.C.V.O. b. 31 Jul 1849 Liscard Cheshire England d. 7 Oct 1930 Bughtrigg Coldstream Scotland

1849 - 1930 (81 years)

Name	William Henry May
Prefix	Admiral of the Fleet Sir
Suffix	C.G.B., G.C.V.O.
Birth	31 Jul 1849	Liscard Cheshire England
Gender	Male
Death	7 Oct 1930	Bughtrigg Coldstream Scotland
Burial	Christ Church Duns Scotland
Person ID	I12	May
Last Modified	20 Aug 2016

Father	Colonel Job William Seaburne May, b. 1 Sep 1805, Amsterdam NL d. Jun 1874, West Derby, Lancashire UK (Age 68 years)
Mother	Ann Jane Freckleton, b. 1819, Lancaster Liverpool d. 7 May 1874 (Age 55 years)
Marriage	25 Aug 1840	St Peter’s Church Liverpool [1, 2]
	Witness: Geo. Freckleton; James May; John A Tinne?; Fanny Amand; Helen Esther Jobinly?; W. Cook- Married by Licence by: Jono Brooks A M Rector- Notes: Witness W.E.J. Duncan-
Family ID	F5	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Kinbarra Swene Marrow, b. 12 Sep 1848, Aigburth England d. 24 Mar 1936, Bughtrigg Coldstream Scotland (Age 87 years)

Children

	1. General Sir Reginald Seaburne May, K.B.E.,K.C.B.,DSO,C.M.G., b. 10 Aug 1879 d. 26 Oct 1958 (Age 79 years)
	2. Hugh Seaburne May, Lieut, b. 25 Jul 1880, Portsea Hampshire Uk d. 14 Apr 1907, Assam India (Age 26 years)
	3. Captain Archibald Seaburne May, M.V.O., O.B.E., b. 29 Jun 1885 d. 31 Jan 1947 (Age 61 years)
	4. Kinbarra Weena Swene May d. 19 May 1921, Christ Church Duns Scotland

Family ID F6 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 5 Feb 2024

Photos » Slide Show		Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Henry May C.G.B., G.C.V.O. Photograph appeared in Vanity Fair Magazine March 26th 1903 "Navy Control"
		Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Henry May, C.G.B., G.C.V.O. A postcard picture
		Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Henry May, C.G.B., G.C.V.O. ( Postcard of the Admiral with H.M.S Edward V11 Battleship
		Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Henry May, C.G.B., G.C.V.O. Postcard of the Admiral with H.M.S Edward V11 Battleship
		Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Henry May C.G.B., G.C.V.O.
		Admiral William Henry May with Archibald May Youngest Admiral and youngest Midshipman
		Midshipman William Henry May
		Admiral, Sir William henry May Newspaper picture of funeral
		Admiral, Sir William Henry May Newspaper Funeral
		Admiral, Sir William Henry May Newspaper Funeral
		Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Henry May Christmas Island Stamp
		Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Henry May Medals
		Sir William Henry May, Weena May and Kimbarra Sweene may Headstone at Christ Church in Duns Berwickshire Scotland.

Notes

May, Sir William Henry (1849 - 1930), naval officer, was born at Liscard, Cheshire, on 31 July 1849, the third son in the family of ten children of Job William Seaburne May and his wife, Anne Jane Freckleton. Since the seventeenth century the family had lived in the Netherlands, where an ancestor, John May, had been a naval architect. William Henry May's grandfather, an admiral in the Dutch navy and reportedly at the same time captain in the British navy, had assisted in restoring Prince William of Orange to the throne of the Netherlands in 1813. His father left the Netherlands in 1840 and established himself on the stock exchange in Liverpool, where he was Netherlands consul.

Prince William of Orange is the Godfather to Willam Henry May - See picture.

Admiral of the Fleet, Commander of the Altlantic and Home Fleets. Controller of the Navy and Lord of the Admiralty.