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Alphonso DE PORTAGO

Alphonso DE PORTAGO

Male 1928 - 1957  (28 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Alphonso DE PORTAGO was born on 11 Oct 1928 in Marylebone reg district (son of Alphonso DE PORTAGO and Olga Beatrice LEIGHTON); died on 12 May 1957 in Giudizzolo, Italy.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: 1950; Grand National Jockey
    • Occupation: 1952; Grand National Jockey
    • Occupation: From 1956 to 1957; Formula 1 racing driver for Ferrari
    • Occupation: 1956; Olympic Competitor

    Notes:

    Godson of King Alphonso of Spain

    Occupation:
    Rode Garde Toi in the 1950 Grand National

    Occupation:
    Represented Spain in the 1956 Winter Olympics
    4th in Men's Two
    9th in Men's Four

    Occupation:
    Competed in 6 Grand Prix races earning 4 championship points.
    Placed 2nd in the 1956 British Grand Prix.
    Placed 5th in the 1957 Argentinian Grand Prix
    Competed and died in the 1957 Mille Miglia.

    Alphonso married Carroll MCDANIEL in 1949. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Living
    2. Antonio DE PORTAGO

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Alphonso DE PORTAGO died in 1942.

    Alphonso married Olga Beatrice LEIGHTON in 1927. Olga (daughter of Edward William Forester LEIGHTON and Beatrice Jane EYRE) was born on 28 Jul 1889 in Fulham reg district; died on 8 Feb 1980 in Lausanne, Switzerland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Olga Beatrice LEIGHTON was born on 28 Jul 1889 in Fulham reg district (daughter of Edward William Forester LEIGHTON and Beatrice Jane EYRE); died on 8 Feb 1980 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 5 Apr 1891, 4 Tyneside?Terrace, Fulham, London, England
    • Census: 31 Mar 1901, Wynnstay Bank, Hornsey, Edmonton, Middlesex, England
    • Census: 2 Apr 1911, Manor House, Halford, Shipton on Stour, Warwickshire, England
    • Emigration: 19 Jan 1920, Southampton, Hampshire, England
    • Emigration: 15 Apr 1922, Southampton, Hampshire, England

    Notes:

    On the death of her first husband Frank she inherited a controlling interest in Household Financial Corporation which at the time of her son Alphonso's death in 1957 was worth $550,000,000

    Census:
    Pupil

    Census:
    Visitor staying at the Freake household, living on private means

    Emigration:
    Departed from Southampton onboard the Mauretania on the 19th January 1920, destined for Miami Florida.
    Travelling alone as far as can be identiied, aged 30 years 5 months and single.
    Next of kin given as her father Capt F Leighton of 40 Brompton Square, London.

    Emigration:
    Sailed on the Mauretania departing from Southampton (15th April 1922) and arriving in New York (21st Apr 1922).
    Address in USA given as Leamington Hotel, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    Children:
    1. 1. Alphonso DE PORTAGO was born on 11 Oct 1928 in Marylebone reg district; died on 12 May 1957 in Giudizzolo, Italy.
    2. Solidad DE PORTAGO


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Edward William Forester LEIGHTON was born in 1840 (son of Francis LEIGHTON); died on 17 Oct 1932 in Kensington reg district.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 5 Apr 1891, 4 Tyneside?Terrace, Fulham, London, England
    • Census: 31 Mar 1901, 29 Parsons Green, Fulham, London, England
    • Census: 2 Apr 1911, 29 Parsons Green, Fulham, London, England
    • Residence: Between 1918 and 1921, 40 Brompton Square, Chelsea, Middlesex, England
    • Probate: 12 Nov 1932, London

    Notes:

    Census:
    Late Captain in the Army

    Census:
    Living on own means

    Census:
    Occupation None

    Probate:
    Edward William Forester Leighton of 40 Brompton Square Chelsea Middlesex died 17 October 1932. Probate London 12 November to Beatrice Jane Leighton widow.
    Effects ?154 19s. 9d.

    Edward married Beatrice Jane EYRE on 28 Aug 1886. Beatrice (daughter of John EYRE and Eleanor Maria MOORE) was born in 1862 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland; died on 6 Aug 1940 in Kensington reg district. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Beatrice Jane EYRE was born in 1862 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland (daughter of John EYRE and Eleanor Maria MOORE); died on 6 Aug 1940 in Kensington reg district.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 1862, Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland
    • Census: 5 Apr 1891, 4 Tyneside?Terrace, Fulham, London, England
    • Census: 31 Mar 1901, 29 Parsons Green, Fulham, London, England
    • Census: 2 Apr 1911, 29 Parsons Green, Fulham, London, England
    • Residence: Between 1918 and 1921, 40 Brompton Square, Chelsea, Middlesex, England
    • Residence: Between 1934 and 1939, 40 Brompton Square, Chelsea, Middlesex, England
    • Probate: 4 Nov 1940, Llandudno

    Notes:

    Census:
    Occupation None

    Probate:
    Beatrice Jane Leighton of 40 Brompton Square London S.W.3 widow died 6 August 1940. Probate llandudno 4 November to John Birch Bucknill solicitor and Hubert Garret Blair Miller D.S.O. M.C. colonel H.M. army.
    Effects ?6,105 4s. 10d.

    Children:
    1. Charlton Dudley Forester LEIGHTON was born on 17 Jun 1887 in Fulham reg district; died between Jul 1973 and Sep 1973 in St. Marylebone reg district.
    2. 3. Olga Beatrice LEIGHTON was born on 28 Jul 1889 in Fulham reg district; died on 8 Feb 1980 in Lausanne, Switzerland.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Francis LEIGHTON
    Children:
    1. 6. Edward William Forester LEIGHTON was born in 1840; died on 17 Oct 1932 in Kensington reg district.

  2. 14.  John EYRE was born on 12 Apr 1820 in Bolougne-sur-Mer (son of John EYRE and Mary ARMIT); died on 12 Apr 1890 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: 12 Apr 1820, Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Born 6:00am on the 12th April 1820. Witnessed by his maternal uncle John Armit aged 23.

    John married Eleanor Maria MOORE on 22 Oct 1846 in Clonfert, County Galway, Ireland. Eleanor (daughter of Hubert Butler MOORE) was born about 1816; died after 2 Apr 1911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 15.  Eleanor Maria MOORE was born about 1816 (daughter of Hubert Butler MOORE); died after 2 Apr 1911.

    Other Events:

    • Baptism: Clonfert, County Galway, Ireland
    • Census: 2 Apr 1911, Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland

    Notes:

    Census:
    Widow living in a property owned by W H G Eyre (presumably her son)

    Children:
    1. Alice Maud EYRE was born about 1847 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland; died on 30 Nov 1925.
    2. Mary Eleanor EYRE was born about 1850 in Ireland; died on 12 Mar 1937 in Surrey Mid Eastern reg district.
    3. John EYRE was born on 27 Dec 1851 in Eyrecourt Castle; died on 9 Sep 1881 in Grenada, West Indies.
    4. Constance EYRE was born about 1854 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland; died on 18 Aug 1937 in Bournemouth reg district.
    5. Edith EYRE was born about 1854 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland; died on 1 May 1931 in 92 Redcliffe Gardens, West Brompton, Middlesex, England.
    6. Hubert Butler Moore EYRE was born in 1857; died on 10 May 1878 in Assam.
    7. Cerise EYRE was born on 20 Feb 1856 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland; died on 12 Mar 1922 in Highlands, Woodrow, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England.
    8. William Henry Gregory EYRE was born on 27 Apr 1860; died between Jan 1925 and Mar 1925 in Dublin South reg district.
    9. 7. Beatrice Jane EYRE was born in 1862 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland; died on 6 Aug 1940 in Kensington reg district.
    10. Bessie Caroline EYRE was born about 1867 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland; died on 12 Sep 1959 in Clarence Nursing Home, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.


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