Llanteg's Connection to the Attenboroughs

 

 

Photo from the late Maureen Ebsworth.
Taken about 1936 in the yard outside New Inn.
Jack James at pony's head, Ann Oriel, Sandy Mackenzie and Jane Oriel in the trap. The pony and trap belonged to Jack.

Ann & Jane were sisters, Sandy was their first cousin, his brother Richard is not in the photo.

Ann became a doctor and married Dr John Batten who became physician to the Queen.
Jane qualified in domestic science and married David Attenborough.
(Both John and David were knighted.)

Alistair Stewart Mackenzie (Sandy) 28/4/1930-31/1/1986 became regional medical officer for North West Thames Regional Health Authority (in the event of war, during the Cold War, Sandy would have become London's Regional Health Director). He is buried at Marros Church.

Oriels were long lived in Crunwere (around Garness especially - that is the one in Crunwere not at Marros) but think they go back to Marros Mill area and Underhill.

From Wiki -
In 1950, David Attenborough married Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel; she died in 1997. The couple had two children, Robert and Susan. Robert is a senior lecturer in bioanthropology for the School of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Australian National University in Canberra. Susan is a former primary school headmistress.

With Ebsworth and Oriel in the name definite local connections - Jane's father was John Augustus.

John Augustus's father was David Morgan Oriel b Dowlais.

David Morgan Oriel's father was John Edwardes Oriel b Caldey in 1839.

John Edwardes Oriel's father was Benjamin b1814 at Marros.

Benjamin's father was William Oriel b Marros 1793. He married Elizabeth David from Crunwere, at Crunwere.

William's father was Thomas Oriel b1763 Marros, married Elizabeth Hanson 1782 in Crunwere..

Thomas Oriel's father shown as James b 1728 Marros m Mary Howell. Thomas married 5th Oct 1782 Crunwere Church buried 27th Dec 1818 same place.