St Illtyd church, Oxwich - Randle Wilbraham Falconer and Anna Maria Wood

 

St. Illtyd church, Oxwich

September 1842, St. Illtyd church, Oxwich was the chosen church for the wedding of Randle Wilbraham Falconer and Anna Maria Wood.  Their wedding announcements was published in  The Cambrian, September 1842

The Cambrian

The service was performed by William Lucas Collins.

William Lucas Collins born in 1815 in Oxwich.  He was sent to be educated at Rugby School from 1829 until 1833 and then Jesus College, Oxford, where he obtained a BA in Literae Humaniores in 1838, followed by a MA in 1840.

That same year, 1840, Willim was ordinated where he held the benefice of the parish of Cheriton from 1840 until 1867. From 1853 until 1862, William, had the position of curate of Great Houghton, Northamptonshire.  From 1873, until his death, 1887, William was the diocesan inspector of education, rector of St. Peter church, Lowick.  From 1876 until his death, William was vicar of Slipton, Northamptonshire.

William was a writer, contributing articles on university life and public schools, to the Blackwood’s Magazine. 

William died in 1887, at the Lowick rectory.

Randle Wilbraham Falconer

So, who were Randle Wilbraham Falconer and Anna Maria Wood?

Randle Wilbraham Falconer was born in 1816, Somerset.  Son of Rev. Thomas Falconer and Frances Raitt.

Randle began the study of medicine at Edinburgh in 1835 and graduated there in 1839. At first, he settled at Tenby.  It is during this time in Tenby that he married Anna at Oxwich, however, Anna died in 1847 at Cardiff.

Randle Wilbraham Falconer and Anna Maria Wood
marriage certificate
St. Illtyd church, Oxwich

1847 he moved to Bath, where he continued to practise till his death. 1850, Randle married for the second time to Sophia Harriet Fanny Howard Vyse.  They were to have seven children.

Randle Wilbraham Falconer and Sophia Harriet Fanny Howard Vyse
marriage certificate

Randle was a man of varied knowledge and accomplishments, fond of archaeology and botany, and so much esteemed by his fellow-citizens that they elected him mayor in 1857. In addition to his Edinburgh doctorate, he held the honorary title of doctor from the Queen's University, Ireland, 1879, and that of fellow from the King and Queen's College, Dublin, and was a fellow of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of London. In 1878, when the British Medical Association met at Bath, he was elected president. He died 6 May 1881.

As physician to the Bath General or Mineral Water Hospital he bestowed much attention on the curative virtues of the baths, he contributed cases to the ‘British Medical Journal.’

Randle was buried at Locksbrook Cemetery, Bath.