CHARLES BERESFORD-HOPE WAS A SECRETARY, COUNCIL OF INDIA, RETIRED BY 1890. HE WAS MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER.

CHARLES' SON WAS LOUIS VICTOR BERESFORD-HOPE, BORN IN DIJON, FRANCE ABOUT 1872, A BRITISH SUBJECT.

LOUIS MARRIED MARY JOSEPHINE HANSOM IN 1890 AT WANDSWORTH, LONDON. LOUIS MARRIED AS 'VICTOR LOUIS BERESFORD-HOPE'.

MARY JOSEPHINE WAS THE GRAND DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH HANSOM, AN ARCHITECT. JOSEPH WAS BORN ABOUT 1804 IN YORK AND DIED IN CHELSEA IN 1882. HE DESIGNED THE 'HANSOM CAB'.

LOUIS AND MARY HAD TWO SONS. OSWALD LOUIS BERESFORD-HOPE AND IVAN LOUIS BORN IN 1891, SHEPHERDS BUSH.IVAN LOUIS WAS MY GRANDFATHER.

MY GRANDFATHER SPENT 12 YEARS IN THE ROYAL NAVY BETWEEN 1910 AND 1922.

LOUIS DIED IN 1904, IN EAST MOLESEY, SURREY. HIS OCCUPATION WAS GIVEN AS 'ACTOR'.

I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO ASCERTAIN LOUIS' BIRTH YET. AS A RESULT I WOULD STILL LIKE TO DISCOVER WHO HIS MOTHER IS.

ALTHOUGH I HAVE FOUND A CHARLES BERESFORD-HOPE IN A VERY WELL DOCUMENTED FAMILY, I WOULD LIKE TO VERIFY THAT HE IS LOUIS' FATHER BEFORE, HOPEFULLY, I CONTINUE RESEARCHING THIS BRANCH OF MY FAMILY FURTHER BACK.