Talk:Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Clinton, Charles John Fynes

Family
Charles John Fynes-Clinton was a relation of the Duke of Newcastle.

In 1826, the Rev. Charles John Fynes Clinton married Caroline Clay, daughter of Joseph Clay of Burton-on-Trent and his wife Sarah, nee Spender, and on 11 January the following year, she died giving birth to a daughter also called Caroline, who died soon after. The two Carolines were buried in the Clay tomb at Burton. He became godfather to Caroline's nephew, Charle John Clay, born 21 August 1828 and named after him.

He married as his second wife, Rosabella Mathews, and they had other children. The Rev. H.J. Fynes-Clinton, Rector of St. Maurice(?) the Martyr, 8 Finsbury Sq., London Bridge in 1930, was a grandson. (Private communication from him)

An obituary notice from The Daily Telegraph(?) reads: FYNES-CLINTON – On July 3, 1934, at Gladstone, Invercargill, New Zealand, GEOFFREY, last surviving child of the late REV. CHARLES JOHN FYNES-CLINTON, Rector of Cromwell, Notts, aged 87.