John Paul Surtees Minter

1891 - 1973  (81 years)

• Name	John Paul Surtees Minter
  Birth	24 Jan 1891	India   [1, 2]
  Christening	3 Mar 1891	Karachi, Maharashtra, India   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	1109
  _UID	34F2BCAA2A384D3CA52819E7E0C472227C01
  Death	1973	South Africa
  Notes	1901 census: John S Minter, 10, born India was living with Richard and Elizabeth Ellery and Elizabeth G Buchanan. The latter was unmarried, 53, living on her own means, and was born in Bombay, India. Ancestry.com has a record showing that John got his first commission, as a lieutenant, on 3 September 1910, a British officer with the Indian Army (130 Baluchis). 1911 census: stationed at Ahmidnagar, Deccan, India with the 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers, John Paul Surtees Minter, 2/lieutenant, age not stated, single, born Karachi, India, on the Unattached List Indian Army. Appears in the Indian Army List of 1 Jan 1912 as a 2nd lieutenant in the 130th. King George's Own Baluchis [Jacob's Rifles]. Listed in the London Gazette 9 Jan 1917: John Paul Surtees Minter, 130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles). Listed in the London Gazette 6 Apr 1917: John Paul Surtees Minter, 130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles). The London Gazette of 1 June 1923 carried the following: 1st Battalion, 125th Napier's Rifles. Capt. (actg. Maj.) J. P. S. Minter, 130th Baluchis, attd., is permitted to retain his actg. rank .on transfer from 152nd Punjabis while commanding a depot. 20th Mar. 1919. Capt. (actg. Maj.) J. P. S. Minter, 130th Baluchis, attd. 1st Bn., 125th Rifles, relinquishes his actg. rank on ceasing to comd. a depot. 29th May 1920. (The notifications in the Lon. Gazs. dated 29th Aug. 1919, 16th Sept. 1919, and 10th Oct. 1919, in so far as they relate to the relinquishment of actg. rank by Capt. (actg. Maj.) J.P.S.Minter, are cancelled) No later trace found, except that an entry at ancestry24.com contains a reference to John Paul Surtees Minter in the 'Transvaal Deceased Estates Index 1855 - 1976' so he may have died in South Africa. Further proof of the above is at the National Archives of South Africa: document ref 5415/73 suggests that JPS Minter died in 1973 and was survived by his spouse Kathleen Mary Minter. April 2011: email contact from Christopher Minter, JPSM's grandson. Chris has filled in the details of the family, which as suggested above is linked to South Africa.
  Person ID	I1109	Folkestone, Kent
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	John Surtees Minter,   b. 23 Jun 1856, Portsea, Hants d. 17 Jan 1902, Plymouth, Devon (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Martha Harris EASTLAKE,   b. Sep 1853, Plympton St Mary RD d. 10 May 1897, Yelverton, Devon (Age ~ 43 years)
  Marriage	2 Dec 1882	Bombay Cathedral, Bombay, India   [3]
  	The Times (London, England), Friday, Dec 29, 1882; pg. 1; Issue 30703.: "On Saturday, the 2d Dec., 1882, at the Cathedral, Bombay, by the Rev. F L Sharpin, JOHN SURTEES MINTER, Lieutenant Royal Artillery, to MARTHA HARRIS, fourth daughter of the late WILLIAM EASTLAKE, Esq., of Horrabridge, Devon." From British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns - Marriages Image at findmypast.co.uk: Married by license. John Surtees Minter, full age, bachelor, lieutenant, Royal Artillery of Bombay, father John Mortenburg (sic) Minter. Martha Harris Eastlake, full age, spinster of Bombay, father William Eastlake. Witnesses George E Evers, Frederick Edgelow, E K E Spence.
  Family ID	F375	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kathleen Mary del Hoste HEGLAND,   b. Abt 1898   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	18 Jan 1919	Almadnagar, Bombay, India   [2]
  	From British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns: Married by banns. John Paul Surtees Minter, 27, bachelor, major, Indian army of Almadnagar, father John Surtees Minter deceased. Kathleen Mary del Hoste Hegland, 21, spinster of Almadnagar, father William A Hegland. Witnesses W A Hegland, A L Hegland
  Children	1. Patrick Surtees Minter,   b. 1920, India d. Durban, South Africa   2. Desmond Surtees Minter,   b. Sep 1922, Plymouth RD d. 3 Oct 1959, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (Age ~ 37 years)   3. Christopher John Minter,   b. 21 Apr 1929, Simonstown, South Afica d. 30 May 1985, Primrose, South Africa (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F430	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2016

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] Ancestry.com, from Army records, January 2009. [S234] British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns at findmypast.co.uk. [S169] The Times Digital Archive, September 2012, "Marriages." Times [London, England] 29 Dec. 1882: 1. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 Sep. 2012. (Reliability: 3).