Author talk:Robert Coltman Clephan

Archive Sources

• Obituary notice:- Dendy, F. W. (1922). Robert Coltman Clephan, F.S.A., a vice president: an obituary notice. in Archaeologia Aeliana, 19, 99–103. https://doi.org/10.5284/1059793 (via Archaeology Data Service)

Probate

• Commissary Clerk of Edinburgh under the Sheriff Courts Act, 1876. Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories.

Name: Robert Coltman Clephan of Marine House
Death Date: 22 Mar 1922
Death Place: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Confirmation Date: 26 Jun 1922
Confirmation Place: Newcastle upon Tyne, England

census

• 1851 England

Name: Robert C Clephan
Age: 11
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Joseph Clephan
Mother's Name: Mary Clephan
Gender: Male
Where born: Gateshead, Durham, England
Civil Parish: Gateshead
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
Registration District: Gateshead
Sub-registration District: Gateshead
ED, institution, or vessel: 18a
Neighbors:
Household Schedule Number: 27
Piece: 2402
Folio: 305
Page Number: 8
Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph Clephan 42
Mary Clephan 39
Robert C Clephan 11
Mary Eliz Clephan 7
Clara Clephan 2
James Clephan 46
Jane Peary 21

• 1891 England

Name: Robert C Clephan, Merchant, Iron provision
[Robert Coltman Clephan]
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Relationship: Head
Birth Year: 1840
Mother: Mary Clephane
Spouse: Lilly Clephane
Child: Hugh S Clephane
Mary Clephane
Constance Clephane
Katharine Clephane
Elaine Clephane
Josephine Clephane
Dorothy F Clephane
Robert C Clephane
Guy Clephane
Birth Place: Gateshead, Durham, England
Civil Parish: Gateshead
Ecclesiastical parish: St Helens
Residence Place: Gateshead, Durham, England
Registration District: Gateshead
Sub registration district: Gateshead
ED, Institution or Vessel: 59
Piece: 4185
Folio: 124
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert C Clephan 51
Lilly Clephan 43
Hugh S Clephan 21
Mary Clephan 19
Constance Clephan 17
Katharine Clephan 15
Elaine Clephan 12
Josephine Clephan 10
Dorothy F Clephan 5
Robert C Clephan 3
Guy Clephan 2
Mary Clephan 79
Christina Campbell 39
Jane King 22
Ellen Mc Kloone 31
Ann Thorburn 28

death

• FreeBMD

Name: Robert C Clephan
Death Age: 83
Registration Date: Mar. Q. 1922
Registration District: Tynemouth
Volume: 10b
Page: 452

family tree

• Robert Coltman Clephan was born on the 8th of November 1839 at Grove House, Gateshead. He was the son of Joseph Clephan and Mary Coltman.

Clephan’s principal area of study was medieval armour and he built up a fine collection of his own, and was recognised as an authority on the subject. He wrote extensively on arms and armour. Some of his publications have included The defensive armour and the weapons and engines of war of medieval times and of the “Renaissance” (1900), Armour notes: with some account of the tournament (1915) and The tournament: its periods and phases(1919).