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8 Jul 1898 21, Stead Lane, Hoyland Common, Barnsley, Yorkshire (West Riding) Elizabeth Hunter/Witney, Mother, 21, Stead Lane, Hoyland Common, Barnsley, Yorkshire (West Riding) Filed #B15 Birth Certificate General Records Office: Sep Qtr 1898; Volume: 9c; Page: 263; District: Barnsley County: Yorkshire (West Riding) 3 Aug 1932 Bachelor Age 34 Blanche Eveline Bell/Witney Holy Trinity Parish Church, Leeds, Yorkshire (West Riding) 53, Mount Preston, Leeds, Yorkshire (West Riding) Agricultural Economist Filed #M6 Reginald Arthur Mott; Grace Eveline Bell; Nora Cockroft; W. Witney; H. B. Bell Marriage Certificate General Records Office: Qtr Sep 1932; Volume: 9b; Page: 751; District: Leeds North County: Yorkshire (West Riding) Not applicable Family Records Not applicable Family Records Not applicable Family Records None given Age 2 31 Mar 1901 Hood Green, Stainbrough, Barnsley, Yorkshire (West Riding) S & N CD 20 of 1901 Census PRO Ref: R13; Piece: 4324; Page: 9 (Thumbnail: 16) Agricultural Economist 3 Aug 1932 Bonaly Cottage, J.E.R. Bonaly Road, Collington, Edinburgh, Scotland Marriage Certificate General Records Office: Qtr Sep 1932; Volume: 9b; Page: 751; District: Leeds North Agricultural Economist 12 Sep 1964 Deceased Family Records 24 Nov 1961 Edinburgh, Scotland Family Records William Witney Elizabeth Hunter/Witney Fred Witney Ruth Witney/Gilbertson; Jessie Witney/Boothroyd/Woodhouse; Alice Witney/Matthewman (Half sister)

COMMENTS

Served in the First World War then became an undergraduate and possibly lecturer at Leeds University, latterly Principal of Scottish College of Agriculture, Edinburgh and awarded the M.B.E. for his services to Scottish agriculture. The citation is as follows:

"The Queen has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty's Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:

To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:

Denis Witney, Esq. Lately Head of the Agricultural Economics Department, Edinburgh and East Scotland College of Agriculture". Source: Supplement to the London Gazette 12 June 1958 Pages 3521, 3526 and 3531 (Available on-line)

There are inconsistencies in his address at the time of his marriage