▶Date of birth: 1861     Place of birth: Clifton upon Teme, Worcestershire

▶Father: Slade Baker  Mother: Ann Fanny Eliza Raymond

▶Spouse(s): Alice Auden    Date(s) of marriage: 11 April 1893   Place(s) of marriage: St. Wystan’s Church, Repton, Derbyshire

▶Occupation: Clerk in Holy Orders (Westbury on Trym)

▶Lifestory: Derby Mercury 19 April 1893

MARRIAGE OF MISS A. AUDEN.

There was unusual stir and excitement in the ancient and historic village of Repton on the afternoon of the 11th inst., when a marriage was solemnised at St. Wystan's Church between the Rev. Slade Raymond Baker Stallard-Penoyre, M.A,, of “The Moor”, Herefordshire, and Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucestershire, and Alice, only daughter of the late Rev. John Auden, M.A., vicar of Horninglow, and Mrs. Auden, of Danesgate, Repton. So well-known are the bride’s family, and so wide is their and circle of friends, that it is not at all surprising that so much interest was manifested in the event, and that so large a company of spectators assembled inside and outside the church.

The ceremony was timed for half-past two o’clock, but half an hour beforehand the majority of the best seats in the nave – a part of which was reserved for the wedding guests – was fully occupied; The well-known wedding hymn, “How welcome was the call”, was sung as the choir and clergy passed up the nave preceding the bridal procession. The church was now crowded to the excess. The fair young bride (who leant upon the arm of her brother, Mr. T. E. Auden, solicitor), was attended by five Bridesmaids. The bridegroom, who had arrived a short time previously, was accompanied by his brother, Mr. John Ffolliott Baker Stallard-Penoyre, of Keble College, Oxford as best man. The ceremony was impressively conducted throughout; another hymn, “O perfect love!” and a psalm being sung by the choir. After the wedding ring had been placed on the bride’s finger, the bride in return also placed a ring on the bridegroom’s. The marriage service was performed by the Rev. Slade Baker Stallard-Penoyre, M.A. (the father of the bridegroom), assisted by the Rev. John Ernest Auden, M.A., of Shrawardine, Shropshire (brother of the bride), and the Rev. Geo. Woodyatt, B.A., vicar of the parish.

The bride, who was given away by her brother (Mr. T. E. Auden), was beautifully attired in a gown of white bengaline, made with a shoulder frill, and long Watteau train from the shoulders, the skirt being edged with a ruching of the same material. She also wore a long tulle veil with orange blossoms, fastened with a diamond star (the gift of the bridegroom), and carried the new shaped bouquet, composed of white lilac, stephanotis, and lilies of the valley. The five bridesmaids were Miss Henrietta Auden and Miss Phoebe Auden (cousins of the bride), Miss Maud Baker Stallard-Penoyre and Miss Winifred Baker Stallard-Penoyre (sisters of the bridegroom), and Miss Mary Clucas, These were joined at the chancel steps by two little nieces of the bride, Miss Margaret and Miss Joyce Auden, The bridesmaids' dresses were of white crepon, with fichus and sleeves of white bengaline, and large white picture hats. Their shower bouquets were composed of white lilac, tied with green ribbon, and they carried prayer-books in ivory and gold, the gifts of the bridegroom. As the bride and bridegroom left the church Miss E. Auden (Church Broughton), who was presiding at the organ, played the wedding march, and the bells rang out merry peals. The path leading from the church door to the gate was carpeted with crimson cloth, and, as the happy couple passed along to the carriage awaiting them, the school children strewed flowers before then, whilst others welcomed them with showers of rice.

After the ceremony a reception was held at Danesgate (the residence of the bride's mother), and later in the afternoon the newly-married couple left for Devonshire, where the honeymoon will be spent. The bride's travelling dress was brown cloth, handsomely trimmed with shot blue and brown velvet, with cloak and hat to match. The village was very tastefully decorated with triumphal arches erected by the villagers, who were anxious to testify to the universal affection entertained for the bride. The morning was dull and cold, but towards two o'clock the sun began to show his cheery face, and the whole affair passed off in brilliant sunshine.

Amongst the guests present at the church or afterwards at the reception were the Rev. Slade Baker Stallard-Penoyre, Mr. John Ffolliott Baker Stallard-Penoyre, the Misses Dorothy, Kitty, Maud, and Winnie Baker Stallard-Penoyre, Rev. T, and Mrs. and the Misses Auden (Condover), the Rev. W. and Mrs. and the Misses Auden (Church Broughton), Mr. A. Auden, Mr. W. Auden. Rev. G., Mrs., and Miss Armitage, Rev. J. E. and Mrs. Auden (Shrawardine), Mr. G. A. Auden, Mr. L. Auden, Mr. Alfred Auden, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Auden. Mr. A. Auden (Wantage), Rev. C. E. and Miss MaCreory, Mr. and the Misses Trubshaw, Mr. and Mrs. J. Coxon  (Horninglow), Miss A. Coxon, Rev. B. and Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Drury, the Misses Lorimer, Miss M. Stretton and Miss Holbrook (Rolleston), the Misses Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins (The Oaks), Mr. Currey, Miss Hopkins, Mr. L. A. and Miss Burd, Dr. Cronk, Rev. G. and Mrs. Woodyatt, Mr. R. and Miss Woodyatt, the Misses Johnson, the Misses Cadman-Jones, the Misses Twigg, Mr. and Mrs. Powles, Rev. G. and. Mrs. Clucas, Mr. F. and Miss M. Clucas, Dr. and Mrs., Meyer, Mrs. Perry (Willington), Mr. Dodgson, Mrs. Burnett, Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson Peach, &c. The wedding presents were very numerous and handsome On Wednesday evening Mrs. Auden, the bride's mother, entertained a number of the villagers, and also gave the school children a treat.

Gloucestershire Echo 15 December 1926

Rev. S. R. Baker-Stallard-Penoyre.

The funeral took place at noon on Wednesday at Hardwick, near Hay, Herefordshire, of the Rev. Slade Raymond Baker-Stallard-Penoyre, M.A., who died suddenly on Saturday after an operation, at the age of 65. He was the eldest son of the late Rev. Slade Baker, M.A., of Edenholme, Cheltenham, who, by deed poll in 1890, adopted as additional surnames his wife's maiden name of Stallard-Penoyre. He was a scholar and a graduate of Lincoln College, Oxford, and was ordained in York Minster in 1887. Alter a year’s curacy at St. Paul's, Middlesex, he became curate of All Saints’, Cheltenham, from 1888 to 1890. After holding other curacies at Kidderminster and Westbury-on-Trym he was appointed in 1895 to the rectory of Stockton-on-Teme, which he held for 26 years. From 1904 until his retirement in 1921 he was Rural Dean of Bewdley, and 1917 was made Prebend of Eigne in Hereford Cathedral. In 1893 he married Miss Alice Auden, only daughter of the late Rev. John Auden, M.A., formerly vicar of Horninglow, Burton-on-Trent, who survives him with one son and three daughters. One of his sisters is the wife of Rev. Charles McArthur, Strathdurn, Cheltenham.

▶Moved to Pittville from: Clifton upon Teme    Moved from Pittville to:

▶Date of death: 11 December 1926   Place of death: Nursing Home, 87 Cornwall Street, Birmingham

▶Date of burial: 15 December 1926     Place of burial: Hardwick near Hay, Herefordshire

▶Notes: In 1890, following the death of his grandfather William Francis Raymond, Slade’s parents changed their name by deed poll to Stallard-Penoyre with the family sometimes being known with the surname Baker-Penoyre       ID: 27

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