Hi, Thought I would just pass on this rather small piece of information. George Richards Elkington who was renowned worldwide for his silver had a grandson DAVID 1874 ELKINGTON WARWICKS INDIA, b. 02 Sep 1874, Dell Cottage, Northfield, Birmingham; d. 12 Dec 1939, Bournemouth buried at Boscombe; m. GEORGINA WAKEFIELD WARWICKS?, 27 Nov 1901, St.Paul's. Milagroyn, Ceylon; b. Warwicks?; d. 11 Mar 1945, 40 Roland Gardens, London SW7. More About DAVID 1874 ELKINGTON Warwicks / INDIA: Christening: 30 Sep 1874, St. Mary's, Selly Oak, Bmghm Education: Radley Occupation: Tea & Rubber Planter on the River Nilgris, S. India. at Ibex Lodge [Orange Pekoe]. Director of the Nonsuch Tea Estates. Also another Elkington, a gt. grandson, was out there and all his children were born there. 1. LAURENCE GARRETT [SAM] 1895 ELKINGTON11 COMMANDER (HYLA GARRETT 186710 ELKINGTON WARWICKS, HYLA 18399, GEORGE RICHARDS 18018 ELKINGTON WARWICKS., JAMES 17707 ELKINGTON WARWICKS, JOSEPH 17406, JOSEPH 16975, JAMES 16564, ZACHARIAS 16043 ELKINGTON OXON, RICHARD 15532, RICHARD 15051) was born 15 Jan 1895 in King's Norton, and died 19 Nov 1964 in Exmouth. He married PHYLLIS VAN CA 1895 AGNEW 14 Jan 1925 in India, daughter of MAJOR AGNEW and AMY CLARKE. She was born 11 Nov 1902. More About LAURENCE GARRETT [SAM] 1895 ELKINGTON COMMANDER: Education: R.N. College at Keyham 1914 from Windlesham Public School. Occupation: Navy in WW2 but had a breakdown. Manager of Nilgris, India, Tea Estates in 1954. _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_tea_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_tea) Does this help those who are asking. Regards JUDY ELKINGTON _www.elkingtonfamily.com_ (http://www.elkingtonfamily.com/) _Elkington@rootsweb.com_ (http://www.elkingtonfamily.com/)

Thanks, Judy. Very interesting. Cheers, Rose ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ----- Original Message ----- From: <JJupar@aol.com> To: <ELKINGTON@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 8:43 AM Subject: [ELKINGTON] India and the Orange Pekoe Tea > Hi, > Thought I would just pass on this rather small piece of information. > George Richards Elkington who was renowned worldwide for his silver had a > grandson . . . LAURENCE GARRETT [SAM] 1895 ELKINGTON11 COMMANDER (HYLA GARRETT 186710 ELKINGTON WARWICKS, HYLA 18399, GEORGE RICHARDS 18018 ELKINGTON WARWICKS., JAMES 17707 ELKINGTON WARWICKS, JOSEPH 17406, JOSEPH 16975, JAMES 16564, ZACHARIAS 16043 ELKINGTON OXON, RICHARD 15532, RICHARD 15051) was born 15 Jan 1895 in King's Norton, and died 19 Nov 1964 in Exmouth. He married PHYLLIS VAN CA 1895 AGNEW 14 Jan 1925 in India, daughter of MAJOR AGNEW and AMY CLARKE. She was born 11 Nov 1902. More About LAURENCE GARRETT [SAM] 1895 ELKINGTON COMMANDER: Education: R.N. College at Keyham 1914 from Windlesham Public School. Occupation: Navy in WW2 but had a breakdown. Manager of Nilgris, India, Tea Estates in 1954. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiri_tea_ Does this help those who are asking. > > Regards > > JUDY ELKINGTON > _www.elkingtonfamily.com_ (http://www.elkingtonfamily.com/)