TEMPLER FAMILY

from Somerset, Devon and Dorset

© Andrew Templer 2024

Research

The main Templer tree

We now have about 400 records of various members and I am sure that there are still many more to find. Most of the hard work of tracing our family was done by cousins, (Jack) John Francis Templer and (Bob) Cecil Robert Templer who worked on the Salmon Pool side and James Trevor Templer who worked on the Stover side, prior to WWII. Initially it was believe that the Salmon Pool Templers and the Stover Templers were two distinct families, since James Templer, when applying for a Coat of Arms, made the claim that he was a descendant of a Colonel in the army of King William of  Orange who came to  England in 1688. This we believe was a red-herring. Eventually the two families were linked together back together again.

Bob and Jack were able to search through wills that were housed at Taunton,  Bob doing the research and Jack  translating from the old English. These records were transferred to  Exeter prior to the war, however, most of these records were lost during an air raid on Exeter. The family tree was passed down to Justin Gauntlett Templer who has passed much of his research on to me. Whilst I have add little primary research, with the benefit of the Internet I  have managed to add many more details to the individuals.

I have also added many other family that have been closely related to the Templers, such as the Bullers, Lethbridges, Priors etc. In many cases it can be shown that cousins married into each of these families over a number of generations, so that families are very interlinked

I am only the guardian of this Templer family information, so I hope that this and future generations will look after it.

At this point I would like to give my grateful thanks to Stuart Drabble, who was the bursar at Stover School and has taken a great interest in the Templer family and associated history. He has spent many, many hours researching James Templer of Stover and his family and I can’t recommend his book Haytor Granite enough. His essay on Templer & Parlby: Eighteenth century contractors, published in Engineering History and Heritage  (Proceeding of the Institute of Civil Engineers) is an excellent read

The London Templers

This family has been researched by Geoff Trussler who is related through his grandmother. The head of this line of Templers, a William Templer,  came from Alphington and we are quite sure that he related to the Salmon Pool side of the family. At the moment we can't make the link, but if you have any information to help us, we would love to join the two families together.

About me  - Andrew Templer

Like many people, I started to get interested in the family tree when my father died. He had given me garbled stories about the family and we knew that we were related to Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer. Uncle Dick (Richard Edward Templer) then gave me a copy of the tree and I realised that much of the hard work had already been done. Over a period of time, I got to know Geoff Trussler who then put me in contact with Justin Templer. With the help of Justin, many errors in Dick's tree were corrected and more members of the family added.

I continue to research the Templer family tree adding more information about members as I search the Internet.

My family tree is as follows:

Alexander Templer

Richard Templer

Richard Templer

Richard Templer

Thomas Templer

John Templer

Thomas Templer

John Templer

Henry Skinner Templer

Francis Henry Templer

Harold Edward Templer

David Eric Templer

Andrew Stephen Templer

Andrew Templer - 2020

Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer Col James Lethbridge Brooke Templer Cecil Robert Templer James Lethbridge Templer Henry Templer - Mariner Edward Merson Templer John Arthur Templer Harold Edward Templer James Templer I of Stover James Templer II of Stover John Templer of Lindridge George Templer of Jungpore Anne de la Pole nee Templer George Templer of Stover Henry Line Templer & the Honeychurches Clause Frank Lethbridge Templer

Balloon Accident War Ballooning Military Aviation The Aldershot Aeronauts Royal Air Force Steam Transport it can

And who is Cousin Hebe? The Battle for Hong Kong

Members of the Templer Families Somerset and Devon Templer Families Salmon Pool & Stover Salmon Pool Templer Family Stover Templer Family Templer DNA

Early Templer Tree

Salmon Pool Tree

Stover Tree

Home Remembrance WWI Remembrance WWII

Leslie Montagu Buller Arthur Francis Henderson Philip Templer Furneaux John Stanley Richardson Arthur Douglas Richardson Templer Henry Scott Henry Bertram Brittan Edward Guise Brittan Francis Darvall Templer Earnest Benbow Richardson Herbert Cecil Buller Alan Melville Edward Foss Prior Merson Templer Gore-Brett William Thomas Templer Eva Graham Prior Harold Rolleston Brittan Claude Frank Lethbridge Templer James Hamilton Spence Richard Francis Montague Buller Arthur Edward Adderley Buller* Walter Evelyn Cramer-Roberts Raymond De Dibon Richardson

Miles Christian Templer Sargent Anthony Gordon Peiniger Graham Templer Swann John Michael Hewlett Sargent Denis Henry Dammers John Edward Templer Hugh Ranulph Vincent George Deveraux Templer Leonard Hugh Acland Harper Philip Walter Templer Denzil Templer Branch Guy Merson Templer Neville Glyn Williams Eric William Harington Clarke

Photos James Templer of Stover and Family Descendants of Henry Skinner Templer Descendants of John Arthur 'Darvall' Templer family Descendants of Edward 'Merson' Templer James Templer of Bridport and Family

Descendents of James Templer

Exeter Salmon Pool Mountfield Bridport Volunteers Stover House Teingrace Church Halswell Lindridge House Shapwick House Sandford Orleigh Shute Church Stover Canal and Granite Railway Coade Stone