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Lieutenant Harrington Astley TREVELYAN — 11th Hussars
Death in Fresno, obituaries etc
Life after service
He was for years the manager of the Barton Vineyard Company, Fresno, California.
[PB: Tony Margrave says that the vineyard had been bought for one million dollars by an English syndicate. When did HAT go out to California? One newspaper says 1890. Does it coincide with court cases involving his wife?]
Death & burial
Died on the 29th of September 1900 at Fresno, California, U.S.A.
Headstone, Mountain View Cemetery (photo: Lester Letson).
IHS
Col.
Harrington Astley
Trevelyan.
7th Hussars Queens Own.
Son of General Willoughby
Trevelyan
Glenfarg, Perthshire.
Born Mar. 16, 1835.
Died at Fresno Sept. 29, 1900
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[PB, Dec. 2015: There are a number of images of his grave on the findagrave website: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23930553 (accessed 8.12.15). I notice the stone says "7th Hussars". I believe he went to India with the 7th. Check.]
From the Fresno Morning Reporter, 30th of September and 2nd of October 1900:
Death. — Trevelyan. At the Burnett Sanitorium; September 29th 1900. Colonel H.A. Trevelyan, a native of England, aged 66 years.
The Trevelyan Funeral — Citizens and Soldiers Honour the Crimean Veteran. — The Procession on Sunday nearly three-quarters of a mile long. — the remains of the late Colonel Harrington Astley Trevelyan were interred in the Masonic Plot in the Mountain View Cemetery on Sunday afternoon.
The body had previously been taken to his former residence on the Barton Estate, from where the funeral service had been held, many country residents assembling there to do honour to the old soldier.
Several beautiful wreaths were laid upon the coffin.
The funeral procession arrived at the Belmont school-house about 3.30 o'clock, where Companies "C" and "F" and the Raisin City Band were stationed in readiness to act as escort. The military companies, in obedience to orders, assembled at the Armoury Hall at 1.30 and marched from there in three companies as a battalion to the school-house, accompanied by the band.
Upon the arrival of the funeral cortege they fell into line, preceding the hearse and following the Raisin City Band, which played a dirge until the Koeger's School was reached, when it marched in quick time until the cemetery was reached.
The battalion was met by Major George W. Jones, on horseback. Following the companies came the buggies carrying the pall-bearers. With the line of buggies the procession was about three-quarters of a mile.
The Cemetery was reached about 4.30, and the band recommenced playing a dirge. The battalion then halted, and as the hearse went by, presented arms, and during the remainder of the service, it stood at parade rest.
The Revd. Harvey S. Hanson then read the Episcopal burial service, after which a military squad fired three rounds over the grave and Bugler Barton, of Company "C", sounded "Taps." The battalion and band then moved out of the grounds and upon approaching the cemetery gates the band struck up a quick movement back into the town...
That Colonel Trevelyan was held in high esteem was evidenced by the honour accorded to him at his funeral. As a citizen he was universally liked, and as a soldier he was a favourite amongst the Canadian military officers.
In issuing orders to Companies "C" and "F" to act as the escort to the funeral, General Muner thought that thereby he could show the deep appreciation in which his many kindnesses were held.
The Colonel was not an American citizen, but Fresno was his home, and next to his native land, America was high in his esteem."
[PB: December, 2015.]
"Survivor of Balaklava Passes Away at Fresno", obituary in The San Francisco Call, 30 September 1900.
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SURVIVOR OF BALAKLAVA PASSES AWAY AT FRESNO
Colonel Harrington A. Trevelyan
Succumbs to an Affection of the Heart.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
[LINE PORTRAITS]
THE LATE COLONEL HARRINGTON ASTLET TREVELYAN. THE SMALL DRAWING IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER WAS MADE FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN WHEN HE WAS CAPTAIN.
FRESNO, Sept. 29. — Colonel Harrington Astley Trevelyan, manager of the Barton vineyard estate, died at the Burnett Sanitarium this morning of heart trouble, aggravated by an attack of pneumonia. Colonel Trevelyan was a survivor of the famous Light Brigade and participated in the memorable charge at Balaclava during the Crimean war. He served as cornet in the Eleventh Hussars, one of the "four regiments that composed the brigade, under Lord Cardigan. He was the descendant of a well-to-do English family. Colonel Trevelyan's illness was contracted in San Francisco during the recent celebration. He recovered from the attack of pneumonia, but the disease left him in a weakened condition and he succumbed to the heart trouble, from which he had suffered for years.
Colonel Trevelyan was 19 years old when he took part in the famous battle of Balaklava. He was then a lieutenant in the Eleventh Hussars. When Lord Raglan, commander-in-chief of the British army, gave the order to the Six Hundred to charge and endeavor to retake the guns that had been captured by the Russians, there were 20,000 of the enemy posted at the end of the narrow valley, with mountains back of them and batteries of guns in their front. But the Six Hundred, since immortalized by Tennyson's thrilling lyric, boldly rode "Into the Jaws of death, into the mouth of hell," the Lancers shaking their weapons in the air. the young Earl of Cadogan [sic] at the front as cool and intrepid as if going to a hunt with the hounds.
Colonel Trevelyan, whenever he spoke of the "charge of the Six Hundred," modestly referred very little to himself. In his opinion had the Seventeenth Lancers and the Eleventh Hussars been ordered to advance when a disorganized force of Russian cavalry crossed the plain to reach the shelter of their forts, the Russians would have been routed and the disaster that befell the British arms would have been averted.
"At the opportune moment," so related Colonel Trevelyan a few years ago, "the officer in command of the Seventeenth Lancers, said the young Earl of Cadogan, 'There, my Lord, Is an opportunity never likely to return.'
When Captain Nolan came from Lord Raglan with the order to charge there were no Russians in sight. But oft we went around the end of the valley and charged half a league straight through the batteries of guns in front, with guns on both flanks and riflemen lining the hills. Captain Nolan, who brought the order to charge, had not gone far when he gave a fearful yell and dropped dead. The grapeshot was tearing holes in us. One of our seniors was literally blown up, and we found no trace of him afterward."
This is the substance of Colonel Trevelyan's version. When the survivors rode back Colonel Trevelyan was congratulating himself upon not being dead, when a bullet struck his headdress. That night he went to the hospital with a bullet wound in the calf of his left leg, a sword cut on his right wrist and several minor cuts and wounds to attest to the fierceness of the fray.
After the Crimean war Colonel Trevelyan returned to England and was feted as a hero. His promotion was rapid He served In India, and at the age of 33 he was a colonel In her Majesty's service. In 1890 he came to the United States. While touring in California he saw and liked the country near Fresno, and he has since remained there as manager of the Barton vineyard.
Colonel Trevelyan's father was an English clergyman and the son of a baronet. Sir George Otto Trevelyan was a cousin. Sir Walter Trevelyan, the present baronet, is a nephew of Colonel Trevelyan. Colonel Trevelyan was well known in San Francisco. where he spent considerable of his time. He was a popular member of the Press Club of this city.
[Source: http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19000930.2.34 (accessed 6.12.2015).]
Copy of a letter received by the Regiment in 1913:
"Colonel L. Edwin Dudley, Fresno Chamber of Commerce.
500/14th Avenue East, Fresno, California
Vancouver, B.C. 21st of March 1913.
Dear Sir,
Replying to your favour I would state that I knew Colonel Trevelyan exceedingly well. He was for years the manager here of the famous "Barton Vineyard Company" and died on the 29th of September 1910 [PB: Presumably a typo — 1900]. He died of pneumonia, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, under the auspices of the Masons and the National Guard, who gave him a military funeral. His funeral procession was three miles long and was the longest (with one exception) that was ever held in this County; a fact which speaks volumes for the respect in which he was held.
The 30th of May of each year is held at "Decoration Day" on which date the graves of all soldiers are decorated and a volley fired over the graves, and in connection with all the graves so honoured, the grave of Colonel Trevelyan is treated in like manner.
Yours, very truly,
(Signed) W. Robertson. Secretary."
— Harrington Astley Trevelyan, 11th Hussars
— India with the 7th Lancers
— Marriage to Henrietta Louisa Harison
— California and Barton Winery [to be augmented, edited and possibly combined into one page - perhaps make a separate page of his death in California?]