07 July 2016

Catherine Jessie Norman 1847-1916

From the Norman/Clifford Family Album

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Catherine Jessie Norman was the sister of Henry Wylie Norman and one of twins born to Sir James Norman and Charlotte neé Wylie. Kate, as she was known, was born on 10 Dec 1847 and baptised on 1 Feb 1848 in Calcutta, India, her twin was Lucy Margaret.

On 12 Jan 1870 in India she married Charles Paton Keyes who later became a Knight of the Realm. Their children were:- Norman Babington; Roger John Brownlow; Dorothea Agnes; Charles Valentine; Terence Humphrey; Catherine Mary; Phyllis Marion; Adrian St Vincent and Madeline Helen.

General Sir Charles Paton Keyes died on the 5 Feb 1896 and Lady Catherine Jessie Keyes on the 10 Mar 1916 at Hampton Court Palace. Her burial service was in the St Lawrence Church, Seale, Surrey but her body was subsequently removed to Shorncliffe by order of the Home Secretary. She is probably buried with her husband in the Cheriton Road Cemetery, Folkestone, Kent.

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Dawn Scotting
pandora[at]kc.net.nz

1 comment:

Robin Johnson said...

She was the mother of Asmiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes, later Baron Keyes of Zeebrugge and Dover, famous for the Zeebrugge Raid in 1918 and in WW2 as the founder of the Commandos, and father of Geoffrey Keyes VC of the Rommel Raid.
Robin Johnson