Sir Ambrose HEAL

1872 - 1959  (87 years)

• Name	Ambrose HEAL  [1]
  Prefix	Sir
  Born	3 Sep 1872	Crouch End, London, ENGLAND   [1, 2, 3]
  Christened	20 Mar 1873	Islington, London, ENGLAND   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Furniture Designer; Chairman and Managing Director of Heals & Sons Ltd  [1]
  Residence	1895	Crouch End, London, ENGLAND   [5]
  Residence	1959	Penn, Buckinghamshire, ENGLAND   [6]
  Buried	1959	Penn, Buckinghamshire, ENGLAND   [3]
  Died	15 Nov 1959	Penn, Buckinghamshire, ENGLAND   [1, 6, 7]
  Probate	21 Apr 1960	London, ENGLAND   [6]
  Person ID	I1115	Rippingale
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	Ambrose HEAL,   b. 7 Oct 1847, Bloomsbury, London, ENGLAND ,   d. 10 Oct 1913, Aviemore, Invernesshire, SCOTLAND  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Emily Maria STEPHENSON,   b. 9 Aug 1849,   d. Aft 1931  (Age > 83 years)
  Family ID	F895	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Rose RIPPINGILLE,   b. 1858, Brighton, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA ,   d. 4 May 1901, Pinner, Middlesex, ENGLAND  (Age 43 years)
  Married	26 Feb 1895	Torquay, Devon, ENGLAND   [5, 8]
  Notes	Witnesses: Harry Thornton Rippingille, Ellen Rippingille & Emily Heal Harry was Alice’s half-brother & Ellen was her step-mother
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2017
  Family ID	F870	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 Sep 1872 - Crouch End, London, ENGLAND Christened - 20 Mar 1873 - Islington, London, ENGLAND Residence - 1895 - Crouch End, London, ENGLAND Married - 26 Feb 1895 - Torquay, Devon, ENGLAND Probate - 21 Apr 1960 - London, ENGLAND  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  P1109_AmbroseHeal From Ancestry. Posted by MarkElliotAnstrutherHeal

  
  

• Notes

  Ambrose, born at Crouch End 3 September 1872. He was taken into partnership in Heal and Son and became Managing Director of Heal & Son, Limited, in 1907. On the death of his father in 1913 he became Chairman and Managing Director. By first wife, Alice-Rose, daughter of Alexander Rippingille (born 24 Nov 1859, married at Torquay 21 February 1895, died at Pinner 4 May 1901), he had a son, Cecil-Ambrose, born at Pinner 23 October 1896, died wounds near Poperinghe 3 July 1915, then a Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Wiltshire Regiment. By his second wife, Edith-Florence-Digby, daughter John Todhunter, M.D. (Trin. Coll., Dublin), of Orchard Croft, Bedford Park, London (born 4 September 1880 King Henry's Road, London, N.W., and married at The Register Office, Gad Street, Holborn), he had two sons and two daughters : Barbara-Alison, born at Pinner 7 November 1905, died there ; December 1906 ; Anthony-Standerwick, born at Pinner 23 February 1907; Pamela-Margery, born at Pinner July 1908; and John-Christopher, born at Pinner 2 October 1911. Long term mistress was Prudence Maufe, wife of Sir Edward Maufe, the architect. Short term mistress was Dodie Smith, the playwright. He was a Partner, Heal & Son; Managing Director Heal & Son, Limited 1907; Chairman & Managing Director 1913. Knighted 1 January 1932. Ambrose left a will. Probate granted to Anthony Standerwick Heal, company director and Wilfred Mills, chartered accountant. Effects valued at £74,923 4s 9d [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S30] Ancestors of Ambrose Heal. [S5] FreeBMD, Dec 1872; Edmonton; vol 3a, p 173. [S232] Find A Grave, Created by: julia&keld-Record added: Nov 13, 2008-Find A Grave Memorial# 31370249. [S33] London, England, Births & Baptisms. [S459] Devon Marriages, Archive reference 1161A/PR/1/5. [S62] England & Wales National Probate Calendar. [S5] FreeBMD, Dec 1959; Amersham; vol 6a, p 275. [S5] FreeBMD, Mar 1895; Newton Abbot; vol 5b, p 223; viewed 20 Oct 2012.