The Costobadie's
These crosses mark the graves of Colonel Henry Holmes Costobadie and his wife Gertrude Elise Lucas. They lie in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, in Edith Weston, which is near to Rutland water nature reserve, in Rutland, England.
It was difficult to read the moss covered, worn stones, but the surname is an unusual one and a quick search proved fruitful. Gertrude was the daughter of George Vere Braithwaite of Edith Weston Hall. The Costobadie's are listed in the Huguenot Pedigrees vol.1, by Charles Edmund Lart.
Huguenot's were Protestant refugees from France, who first started to leave their homeland in the 16th Century. Many settled in the Southern parts of Britain.
Lieutenant-Colonel Costobadie, as he is listed in the London Gazette, 10th February 1925, served in and retired from the Royal Horse Artillery. He died in August 1924, and was by this time living in Stamford Baron St Martin, which historically is a part of Northamptonshire, but is now considered to be a part of Lincolnshire.
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