Mrs Andrew Corbet

Born in or about 1824, Mary Elizabeth Adderley was the eldest daughter of Ralph Adderley of Barlaston Hall in Staffordshire and Coton Hall, Hanbury, also in Staffordshire.

On 19 April 1853 at Barlaston she married Andrew George Corbet of Grove Hall, Derbyshire.

The couple appear on the 1861 census living at Grove Hall in the village of Sturston in Derbyshire. The household included four servants.

When the census was taken in 1871 they were again at Grove Hall, now with five servants. Andrew gave as his profession ‘Capt. Derby. Volunteers.’ He also mentioned his ’39 acres of land.’

The Corbets were still at Grove Hall in 1891. Their five servants included a butler and coachman.

Major Andrew Corbet died, aged 75, on 21 June 1900. He was buried in the churchyard of St Oswald’s in Ashbourne. Inside the church a stained glass window by Kempe commemorates his life.

Mrs Mary Elizabeth Corbet died at Grove Hall on 16 January 1902, leaving an estate valued at £34,530.

Photographed by Robert Irvine and Son of Aberfeldy.