Sir Pilkigton- Coombe/ ceylon

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The history...

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Thankyou Dear Mr Andrew 💐💕

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The managers in poonagala group ..

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Poonagala

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MD - sir George A Pilkigton

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Friendship.....

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Coombe Brothers in poonagala group-

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02/05/2023

Reserch update :-

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Members of the Coombe family, descendants of Penelope Warland (1738 - ?), via her granddaughter Mary Anne Place (1809 - 1864), acquired tea estates in Sri Lanka in the late 1800s. Their story is contained on this page. Some of the information on this page was provided in early 2023 by Wasantha Rathn...

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1958-
Mr Groton Coombe ( Son of RG coombe)
Mr RW Mayow

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A photograph of Sir George Pilkington was donated by rawana eco tours for the pilkington room at Thotalagala bungalow in Haputale. This historic tourist bungalow was built in 1870 and each room is named after the British planters of the time as a tribute to them. However, I am humbly proud to be able to provide that photograph which has not been in the Pilkington room.
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History with ....

ceylon lipton tea - Dambethenna ( haputale )
Adisham bungalow - haputale
Poonagala velley - tea plantation

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Sir George pilkington
Sir Thomas Lipton
Sir Thomas Viller
Mr Robert Gorton Coombe

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Robert Gorton Coombe (born 1847) is recorded in the 1901 census, along with several other Coombes including two of his children listed below and others who also appeared in the 1891 census. [Needs further investigation] Robert died in 1903.

Dorothy Margaret Coombe (born 1879 [sic])
Edith Mary Coombe (born 1881)
Early 1900s - Robert Gorton Coombe marries Clara Gall

Robert Gorton Coombe (1875, UK - 1953, Poonagala, Sri Lanka) married Clara Margaret Drysdale Gall (1874/5, St Lucia, West Indies - 1908, probably Sri Lanka), on 2 April 1902 in Clapton Park, All Saints, UK. Clara Gall was the daughter of Arthur Gall (7 September 1836, Barbados - 12 July 1894, St Lucia) and Helen Alexander (1844 - 1923, Camberley). Clara's siblings were Arthur Henry Beckles Gall (1870 - 1936), Ida Helen Douglas Gall (1872 - ) and Herbert Frederick Douglas Gall (1875 - 1947)

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After 1886 - Coombe brothers acquire a tea estate in Sri Lanka

Sometime after 1886, George Pilkington and his brothers Robert G Coombe and William Stuart Coombe travelled to Sri Lanka where they purchased the four tea estates of Poonagala, Lunugalla, Udahena and Cabaragala, collectively 'Poonagala Valley Co Ltd'. From other details provided in early 2023 by Wasantha Rathnayaka in Sri Lanka, it appears that the estate was previously owned by a Mr Ritchie from 1880 to 1881 and G Grant from 1880 to 1884. The records show that J [sic, presumable George] Pilkington owned it from 1885 to 1891.

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About Brother of sir George A Pilkington ,

Robert Gorton Coombe (1847 - 1903) married Edith Maria Allen (1847 - 1894) in the UK before 1875, They had the following children:

Marian Ethel Coombe (1874, Maldon, Essex, UK - 1962)
Robert Gorton Coombe (1875, Tillingham or Southminster (BDM), Essex, UK - 10 February 1953, Poonagala, Bandarawela, Sri Lanka) See below for Robert's marriage and life in Sri Lanka.
John Anthony Coombe (1876, Maldon, Essex, UK - 1931)
William Stuart Coombe (1877, Maldon, Essex, UK - 1946)
Dorothy Margaret Coombe (1878, Southminster, Maldon, Essex, UK - 1962)
George Allen Coombe (1880, Maldon, Essex, UK - 1956)
Edith Mary Coombe (1881, Southminster, Maldon, Essex, UK - 1962)
Thomas Bernard Coombe (1884, Maldon, Essex, UK - 1962)

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Sir George Augustus Pilkington (7 October 1848, Upwell, Cambridgeshire – 28 January 1916) was an English doctor and Liberal politician. Pilkington was born at Upwell, Cambridgeshire, as George Augustus Coombe, the son of R. G. Coombe a surgeon. He was educated privately and trained for medicine at Guy's Hospital, London. He became MRCS Eng and LSA in 1870 at the age of 22. He practiced medicine in Southport from 1870 to 1884 when he was House Surgeon to Southport Infirmary, Medical Officer of the North Meols District, Ormskirk Union, Surgeon to the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers, and Medical Officer to the Southport Convalescent Hospital and the Southport Infirmary.

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After 1886 - Coombe brothers acquire a tea estate in Sri Lanka

Sometime after 1886, George Pilkington and his brothers Robert G Coombe and William Stuart Coombe travelled to Sri Lanka where they purchased the four tea estates of Poonagala, Lunugalla, Udahena and Cabaragala, collectively 'Poonagala Valley Co Ltd'. From other details provided in early 2023 by Wasantha Rathnayaka in Sri Lanka, it appears that the estate was previously owned by a Mr Ritchie from 1880 to 1881 and G Grant from 1880 to 1884. The records show that J [sic, presumable George] Pilkington owned it from 1885 to 1891.

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ආයුබෝවන් !

Sir george pilkington / coombe brothers history with tea plantation travel experience in poonagala , lipton sheat , Haputale