The Times, Monday 13 Septemer 1886 Deaths On the 10th September at Warwick House, Carshalton, the residence of her son-in-law G.R. Forster, MARY ANN, widow of the late HENRY RUMBALL of London Hospital, Medical College, in her 80th year. Monday 21st February 1887 Situations A lady desires engagement as governess. Thorough English, French, Music and rudimentary German. 10 1/2 years reference. A.B. - Warwick House, Carshalton, Surrey. January 20th 1888 .... George Richard Forster late of Warwick House, Carshalton now of Brighton Road, Sutton. Surrey and Robert Russell Hyatt of Hetherset Leigham Court Road, Streatham, lately trading as G.R. Forster and Co. at 45 Bermonsey St. Surrey, Hide and Leather Factors and Merchants, was made [bankrupt] by the High Court of Justice on the 28th December 1887.... 10 October 1891 Property Carshalton, Warwick House to be let. This unusually well-built, modern residence contains 10 bed and dressing-rooms, bath room, three reception rooms, excellent domestic offices, extensive cellarage. The sanitary arrangements and fittings throughout are of the best description. Well stocked garden, tennis lawn, greenhouse. - Brown & smith, Decorators, College-street, Chelsea. 7 November 1891 - as above. Add "with or without stabling". ********************************* Edwin Arthur Jenner (son of the Rev. Charles Herbert Jenner, Rector of Wenvoe, co. Glamorgan) ; died, aged 57, at Warwick House, Carshalton, co. Surrey, on Saturday, 22 February 1908. ********************************* 3 Apr 1881 Shere, Surrey, England Percy C Adams / Son / age 6 / occupation Scholar / birthplace Devon Northam / living at The Rectory, Shere, with parents Richd L and Florence E Adams, brothers Henry P and Herbert A Adams, sisters Gertrude M and Beatrice A Adams, 5 servants + visitor governess. Census 31 Mar 1901, Carshalton, Surrey, England Percy C Adams / Brother / single / age 26 / occupation Tea Planter / worker / birthplace Devon Northam / living at Old Rectory, Carshalton, with brother Henry P Adams (widower), nephew Robert L P Adams, niece Edith S P Adams, mother Florence E Adams, brothers Ernest P and Herbert A Adams, sisters Gertrude M and Beatrice E Adams, visitor Alice M Schreiber, 3 servants. Occupation Bef 1912, Matale, Ceylon Planter (Tea and Rubber) Reference in Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries and Resources, by Arnold Wright, publ. 1907, reprinted 1999 (New Delhi: J. Jelley for Asian Educational Services), p. 881, reads: WATAGOD ESTATE. / This is a Matale Valley estate, six miles from Matale town, of 260 cultivated acres. The remainder of the 333 acres which belong to the estate is not cultivated. Tea and rubber are the products, and the latter, which was planted three years since, is progressing nicely. The annual output of tea totals from 95,000 to 100,000 lbs. The proprietor of the estate is Mr. P. Colquhoun Adams, who has had an all-round and lengthy experience of planting. He is a Devon man, educated at Cheltenham and Heidelberg. He is fond of sport, shooting being his favourite pastime. UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 gives: Name of Ship: Morea, Steamship Line: P. & O. S. N. Co. Port of Arrival: London Date of Arrival: 23rd Sept. 1922 Whence Arrived: Sydney Names of Passengers: Adams, Maude Proposed Address in the United Kingdom: Warwick House, Carshalton Class: 2nd Profession, Occupation, or Calling of Passengers: Domestic Age/sex of Passenger: Female 48 Country of last Permanent Residence: Ceylon Country of Intended Future Permanent Residence: England (accompanied by husband Percy Adams) UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 (ancestry.com) gives: Name of Ship: Morea / Steamship Line: P. & O. S. N. Co. / Port of Arrival: London / Date of Arrival: 23rd Sept. 1922 / Whence Arrived: Sydney / Names and Descriptions of BRITISH Passengers / Port of Embarkation: Colombo / Port at which Passengers have been landed: London / Names of Passengers: Adams Percy / Proposed Address in the United Kingdom: Warwick House, Carshalton / Class: 2nd / Profession, Occupation, or Calling of Passengers: Charter / Ages of Passengers; Adults of 12 years and upwards; Accompanied by husband or wife: Male 48 / Country of last Permanent Residence: Ceylon / Country of Intended Future Permanent Residence: England / accompanied by wife Maude Adams. 24 Mar 1923 Carshalton, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location Report of death in The Straits Times (Singapore), 7 April 1923, p. 11, reads: The death took place at Carshalton, Surrey, of Mr. Percy Colquhoun Adams, of Rickarton, Maskeliya. The late Mr. Adams had been planting in Ceylon for about 20 years. He was at one time on Claverton, Dickoya, and later on Wattegoda Estate before taking up duties on Rickarton, where he was for about 10 years. England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005 (ancestry.com) gives: Name: Percy C Adams / Death Registration Month/Year: Jan-Feb-Mar 1923 / Age at death (estimated): 48 / Registration district: Epsom / Inferred County: Surrey / Volume: 2a / Page: 31. Will proved 19 May 1924 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941 (ancestry.com) gives: 1924. / ADAMS Percy Colquhoun of Rickarton Estate Maskeliya Ceylon died 24 March 1923 at Warwick House Denmark-road Carshalton Surrey Probate London 19 May to Hugh Berthon Preston esquire. Effects £486 0s. 1d.