Arthur Terrell Explained

Arthur Bishop Terrell (1861 – 9 June 1931) was a businessman in Melbourne, Australia.

Terrell was born in the Talunga region of South Australia, a son of John Beaton Terrell (c. 1829 – 12 January 1873) and his wife Mary Terrell, née Cave (c. 1831 – 20 October 1894). Mary was a sister of W. R. Cave.

He was educated at North Adelaide Grammar School and as a young man excelled at football, a member of the Norwood club.^[1]

He became a member of the Adelaide Stock Exchange on 14 September 1899, but lived in Melbourne from around 1905.^[2]

He was in 1905 one of the founders of the Zinc Corporation.^[3]

Family

Terrell married Elizabeth Hall Herring (– 28 November 1947). They had three surviving children, all of whom left for London aboard SS Osterley with their mother in 1912.^[4]

• Arthur Clive Terrell (28 September 1898 – 20 April 1917) was lieutenant in the British Army; died of wounds at Étaples during WWI

• Edna Winifred Terrell (May 1904 –) married Pilot Officer Sir Christopher Albert De Bathe, Bart. (c. 1906 – 6 June 1941) on 12 January 1932. He was killed on active service.^[5] He was a nephew of Lily Langtry and her husband Hugo Gerald de Bathe (1871–1940), and grandson of Sir Henry de Bathe, 4th Baronet.
• John Alwyn Terrell (1907 –)

He had a home at 3 Stanhope Grove, Camberwell, Victoria.

Notes and References

1. News: Football . . L . 11,964 . South Australia . 19 March 1885 . 10 February 2019 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: Obituary . . South Australia . 12 June 1931 . 10 February 2019 . 17 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: Broken Hill Tailings . . 15,788 . Victoria, Australia . 16 October 1905 . 10 February 2019 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
4. Web site: The King's School, Canterbury, Roll of Honour. 10 February 2019.
5. News: Baronet Killed on Service . . 57 . 17,135 . Western Australia . 7 June 1941 . 10 February 2019 . 9 . National Library of Australia.