Philip Wynter Wagstaff 1811 – 1894 MD 1834 was an orthodox physician who was married to a homeopath.
Philip Wynter Wagstaff’s wife, Sarah Hopkins Wagstaff, was a clairvoyant medium, and a homeopath, and she knew *James John Garth Wilkinson, and she was the homeopathic physician of Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer Lytton, the son of Edward Bulwer Lytton, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Ruskin, Joan Severn, a relative of Joseph Severn and a cousin of John Ruskin, William Cowper Temple and his family, and and Rose La Touche.
Philip Wynter Wagstaff (son of Thomas Michael Wagstaff and Jane) was born Abt. 1811 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedford, UK, and died Mar 1894 in Leighton Buzzard, Bedford, UK.
He married (1) Elizabeth Hetty. He married (2) Sarah Hopkins on 02 Mar 1836 in St Peter, Walworth, Surrey.
Occupation: Doctor (GP).
Children of Philip Wynter Wagstaff and Sarah Hopkins are: Elizabeth S Wagstaff, b. Abt. 1840, +Philip Wagstaff, b. Abt. Jan 1841, d. 28 Jan 1922, Fanny Wagstaff, b. Abt. 1843, William Wagstaff, b. Abt. 1846, Ellen E Wagstaff, b. Abt. 1854, Marion E Wagstaff, b. Abt. 1856, Ernest H Wagstaff, b. Abt. 1858, Eliza E Wagstaff, b. Abt. 1860, Emma E. Wagstaff, b. Abt. 1860, Edward W. Wagstaff, b. Abt. 1862, Ada A.H. Wagstaff, b. Abt. 1866, Constance E. Wagstaff, b. Abt. 1871…
Of interest:
In 1885, Philip Wynter Wagstaff and Son, Surgeons, were in business in Church Square, Leighton Buzzard.
*In 1835, James John Garth Wilkinson was working as a locum in Aylesbury, a market town nearby to Leighton Buzzard.
I am the Great, Great Grandson of Dr. Philip Wynter Wagstaff.
I was advised by my Late Father William Wynter Wagstaff (1908-1977), that my name Leighton was given to me and to at least one Wagstaff Son of every generation so that we would know the Family came from Leighton Buzzard.
I would greatly appreciate any other descendants, direct or indirect to please contact me.
I live in Canberra, Australia
My E-Mail address is cecil@wagstaff.id.au
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
Cecil L.W.Wagstaff
Hi Cecil
Thank you for this fabulous information – I actually grew up in Leighton Buzzard and went to school there, so this is a great connection to me. It is a really lovely English market town, supposedly named after a Roman Legion…
Sue
Hi Sue,
Thanks for your response. How do I scroll to see the entire note?
I am hping to meet some of my Wagstaff Cousins in Canada & the USA later this year, from a branch of the Famaily we knew of, but did not where they were, a we were all separetd from Burma (Myanmar) by the tyranniy of WWII
I am also hoping (still) to convene a Grand Reunion of Clan Wagstaff in Leighton Buzzard some time in 2012 or 2013, and hope you will grace the occeasion with your presence, as my honoured guest. I also intend to invite Mr. Terry Warburton of LB as another Guest of Honour
Sincerely
Cecil
Hi Cecil
This sounds really great – I would love to try and attend!!
I am not quite sure what you mean by ‘How do I scroll to see the entire note?’ so do get back to me with clearer instructions?
Sue
Hi Cecil & Sue, My husband Miles is descended from Phillip Wynter Wagstaff thru his eldest daughter Louisa (born Leighton Buzzard 1837 – mother Sarah Hopkins). Sarah died about 1848 and Phillip married Eliza Hall in 1849, so all births after 1848 are Phillip & Eliza.
Louisa married Henry Larkin (born London 1820) at Leighton Buzzard in 1862 and they had 3 sons – Percy Joseph 1863, Harold 1867, Edgar 1873. Henry was assistant to Thomas Carlyle the historian.
All three sons came to New Zealand – Percy in about 1884, Harold and his mother Louisa circa 1890, and Edgar about 1894. Henry was still alive dying in 1899. Louisa died in Wellington, New Zealand in 1906.
All 3 sons married, but Percy had no kids, Edgar only 2 girls and Harold a son and 2 girls. My husband is son of Noel Harold and he has a brother and 3 sisters. We have 3 sons and 1 daughter and 3 grandsons by eldest son.
Love to have info and contact – we are in Auckland New Zealand, but are hoping to come to Europe – possibly in 2012.
I am trying to find out where Constance Wilde stayed in the early 1890,s. She was visiting the Wagstaff family and the census gives the address of 27 Church Sq Leighton Buzzard, this would not be the Terrace in Church Square. any ideas?
Many thanks
Hello, I’m Vanessa Wagstaff, I have traced my family to a Richard Wagstaff born around 1770. His children were baptised at Waldershare, Kent in 1804-1810 approximately and I have found my spiritual abilities most enlightening. But whether I belong to the Bedford Wagstaffs or the Warwick Wagstaff, is still unclear. Does the name Richard feature in your family?
Hi Lucy
From The Oscholars Issue 31: November/December 2006 – ‘This month we are fortunate to have an important article by James Gregory on Constance Wilde,… She (Constance Wilde) sent a letter at the start of October telling *Georgina that Oscar was so much better ‘in every way’.[72] The solution appeared to be for him to have a couple of rooms of his own in London where he could write, which would bring him home so much more.[73] If her husband’s problems were seemingly being addressed, Lady Wilde was ill, and in Constance’s opinion, acquiescing in ‘such dreadful things’ by Willie, Oscar’s brother. With her oldest son Cyril, Constance stayed briefly with a friend of Georgina’s in October, the homoeopathist and medium, Eliza Wagstaff, in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire.[74] Letters came daily from Fryth in Northumberland to Babbacombe when the Wildes stayed there in November.’
[72] BR57/50/12. 1 October 1893.
[73] BR57/50/14. 3 October 1893.
[74] BR57/48/1, 9 October 1893. The reason is unclear; Constance refers to her help about the children and others things. She put herself into a trance and told Constance things that did not comfort her, ‘but it is best to know the truth, and I know that I of my own power can do nothing’, see BR57/48/2, letter dated 10 October 1893.
see http://www.oscholarship.com/TO/Archive/Thirty-one/And_I.htm#_edn74
*Constance Wilde’s distant cousin Georgina Cowper-Temple, Lady Mount Temple. Philip Wynter Wagstaff was the physician of John Ruskin’s friend William Cowper Temple. Mrs. Wagstaff was the homeopath of Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer Lytton, the son of Edward Bulwer Lytton.
http://sueyounghistories.com/archives/2008/08/06/john-ruskin-and-homeopathy/
Sue
Hello I am a first cousin of Cecil Leighton .I am also a great,great grandson of Doctor Philip Wynter Wagstaff.
My christened name is Stephen Maxwell Wynter Wagstaff , Iwas told the name Wynter is handed down to the eldest son .
I live in Auckland ,New Zealand.
my email is marynmax@xtra.co.nz.
I would be interested in communicating with other descendants of Dr Wagstaff and either of his wives.