Susan MAPLES (bef1843-c. 1908)

1. Susan MAPLES was born before 1843. She married William HURLOCK on 25 March 1864 in St. Alphege, Greenwich. She died circa 1908 in St. Albans.

 

William HURLOCK, son of George William HURLOCK (1802-1886) and Charlotte HODSELL (1802-1882), was born circa 1840. He was baptised on 11 January 1840 in Deptford, St. Paul. He died in 1925. He and Susan MAPLES had the following children:

 

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William Edward HURLOCK (1862-1864)

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William Frederick HURLOCK (1865-1905)

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George Herbert HURLOCK (1867-1902)

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Charlotte Catherine "Tottie" HURLOCK (1868- )

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Walter Hodsell HURLOCK (1871-1902)

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Frederick Alban Rayner HURLOCK (1876-1913)

Second Generation

2. William Edward HURLOCK, son of William HURLOCK and Susan MAPLES, was born in 1862. He died in 1864.

 

3. William Frederick HURLOCK, son of William HURLOCK and Susan MAPLES, was born in 1865. He died in 1905. He married Carolina COOTE.

 

Carolina COOTE and William Frederick HURLOCK had the following children:

 

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William A HURLOCK (1887-1964)

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Charles F.H. HURLOCK (1901-1989)

 

4. George Herbert HURLOCK, son of William HURLOCK and Susan MAPLES, was born in 1867. He died in 1902. He married Marion DAVIES.

 

Marion DAVIES and George Herbert HURLOCK had the following children:

 

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George Herbert (Jr) HURLOCK ( - )

 

5. Charlotte Catherine "Tottie" HURLOCK, daughter of William HURLOCK and Susan MAPLES, was born in 1868. She married Herbert CHATTERTON.

 

Tottie kept horses, about which she was absolutely fanatical. When,during the first World War, she was told that her horses would be needed for the war effort, she decided that it would be kinder by far to them that they died immediately rather than suffer the injuries and trauma associated with being on the front line: therefore she had all the horses put down immediately.

 

Herbert CHATTERTON and Charlotte Catherine "Tottie" HURLOCK had the following children:

 

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Gwennie CHATTERTON ( - )

 

6. Walter Hodsell HURLOCK (known as 'Lily'), son of William HURLOCK and Susan MAPLES, was born in 1871. He died on 6 February 1902. He married Lillian SHIRES.

 

... lived at Little Missenden.

 

Lillian SHIRES (known as 'Lily', and also as Lily SHIRES) was the daughter of unk SHIRES ( - ). She and Walter Hodsell HURLOCK had the following children:

 

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Hodsall Walter HURLOCK ( - )

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Cecil William HURLOCK ( - )

 

7. Frederick Alban Rayner HURLOCK, son of William HURLOCK and Susan MAPLES, was born in 1876. He married Emily UNK in 1900 in St. Albans. He died in 1913.

 

... lived at Clock House, Horley.

 

1901 Census, lived at 76 Walworth Road, Southwark. Employed as clothier: "working at home". EC TGH.

 

Emily UNK and Frederick Alban Rayner HURLOCK had the following children:

 

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Frederick Fleetwood HURLOCK (1900-1962)

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Grace Emily HURLOCK (1902- )

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Harold Vernon HURLOCK (1904-1968)

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Clifford Walter HURLOCK ( - )

Third Generation

8. William A HURLOCK (known as 'Will'), son of William Frederick HURLOCK and Carolina COOTE, was born in 1887. He died in 1964. He married Violet Mary UNK.

 

...of AC and Cobra Cars, Thames Ditton. He and his brother also ran a casino. The firm made tanks during the war.

 

"... bought by brothers William and Charles Hurlock and they turned it into a smaller, more specialist operation, oft advertising their bespoke cars as: Tailor-made at the Savile Row of Motordom.

"As in World War One, when the factory was turned over to producing shell cases, during World War Two it put its manufacturing expertise behind the war effort making, among other things, parts for the Fairey Swordfish bombers, which helped sink the Bismarck, and Hamilcar gliders.

"Hostilities over, the firm went back into cars and, in 1953, produced probably the biggest milestone in its history the super-sleek, for its day, AC Ace.

"When, in 1961, the giant Ford Motor Company of the US asked Carroll Shelby, a Texan ex-race driver, to find it a car to beat its main rivals Chevrolet Corvette on the race track, Shelby negotiated with AC to put a massive Ford V8 engine into the Ace.

"This gave birth to the AC Cobra, one of the fastest and most brutal sports cars ever produced, and it is this model that is still being built at Weybridge today.

"Back when the Cobra was first built, it was a case of from the sublime to the ridiculous. Down the river, in its Taggs Island factory, AC was still turning out its famous light blue three-wheeled invalid cars by the thousands. Meanwhile, on the newly-opened M1 motorway, a prototype AC Cobra was being clocked at 196 mph.

"In those days there were no motorway speed limits, but the national newspapers went over the top with sensationalist headlines about the near super-sonic Cobra.

"Questions were asked in Parliament and, in a knee-jerk reaction, the then transport minister, Barbara Castle, imposed the 70mph motorway limit we still have today.

"After some 56 years of ownership, in 1986 the Hurlock family sold its controlling interest in AC to Autokraft Limited and Ford, who built the new factory and moved the company to Weybridge. The firm has changed hands twice since then and is currently owned by South African-born Alan Lubinsky."

"A year later the AC Cobra was embroiled in scandal when it raced along the then brand new M1 motorway at a speed not too far short of 200 mph. This exploit directly resulted in the 70 mph limit still in force to this day." - AC's own website

"One abiding memory will be of our special Le Mans Car which caused a sensation when we innocently descended on the M1 motorway very early one morning in June 1964, to test it at over 180mph." - W D Hurlock.(Son of AC's Chairman in the 60s).

 

Violet Mary UNK and William A HURLOCK had the following children:

 

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William Derek HURLOCK (1920-1992). William was born in 1920. He was a Founder of AC Cars (Cobra Cars). He died in 1992.

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Joyce HURLOCK ( - )

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Valerie HURLOCK ( - )

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Beryl HURLOCK ( - )

 

9. Charles F.H. HURLOCK, son of William Frederick HURLOCK and Carolina COOTE, was born in 1901. He was a Partner in AC Cars (Cobra Cars). He died in 1989. He married Tesa UNK.

 

... bought by brothers William and Charles Hurlock and they turned it into a smaller, more specialist operation, oft advertising their bespoke cars as: Tailor-made at the Savile Row of Motordom.

As in World War One, when the factory was turned over to producing shell cases, during World War Two it put its manufacturing expertise behind the war effort making, among other things, parts for the Fairey Swordfish bombers, which helped sink the Bismarck, and Hamilcar gliders.
Hostilities over, the firm went back into cars and, in 1953, produced probably the biggest milestone in its history the super-sleek, for its day, AC Ace.
When, in 1961, the giant Ford Motor Company of the US asked Carroll Shelby, a Texan ex-race driver, to find it a car to beat its main rivals Chevrolet Corvette on the race track, Shelby negotiated with AC to put a massive Ford V8 engine into the Ace.
This gave birth to the AC Cobra, one of the fastest and most brutal sports cars ever produced, and it is this model that is still being built at Weybridge today.
Back when the Cobra was first built, it was a case of from the sublime to the ridiculous. Down the river, in its Taggs Island factory, AC was still turning out its famous light blue three-wheeled invalid cars by the thousands. Meanwhile, on the newly-opened M1 motorway, a prototype AC Cobra was being clocked at 196 mph.
In those days there were no motorway speed limits, but the national newspapers went over the top with sensationalist headlines about the near super-sonic Cobra.
Questions were asked in Parliament and, in a knee-jerk reaction, the then transport minister, Barbara Castle, imposed the 70mph motorway limit we still have today.
After some 56 years of ownership, in 1986 the Hurlock family sold its controlling interest in AC to Autokraft Limited and Ford, who built the new factory and moved the company to Weybridge. The firm has changed hands twice since then and is currently owned by South African-born Alan Lubinsky.
In the corner of his factory on Wednesday las
Quote from AC's own website:-


"A year later the AC Cobra was embroiled in scandal when it raced along the then brand new M1 motorway at a speed not too far short of 200 mph. This exploit directly resulted in the 70 mph limit still in force to this day."


Edited to add another quote from 'Origin of the Cobra' by W D Hurlock.(Son of AC's Chairman in the 60s):-


"One abiding memory will be of our special Le Mans Car which caused a sensation when we innocently descended on the M1 motorway very early one morning in June 1964, to test it at over 180mph.".

 

10. George Herbert (Jr) HURLOCK, son of George Herbert HURLOCK and Marion DAVIES, married Ethel Maud UNK.

 

Ethel Maud UNK and George Herbert (Jr) HURLOCK had the following children:

 

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Ronald HURLOCK ( - )

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Keith HURLOCK ( - )

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Ruby HURLOCK ( - )

 

11. Gwennie CHATTERTON was the daughter of Herbert CHATTERTON and Charlotte Catherine "Tottie" HURLOCK.

 

12. Hodsall Walter HURLOCK, son of Walter Hodsell HURLOCK and Lillian SHIRES, married Hilda UNK.

 

Hilda UNK and Hodsall Walter HURLOCK had the following children:

 

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Marjorie HURLOCK ( - )

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John Hodsell HURLOCK ( - )

 

13. Cecil William HURLOCK, son of Walter Hodsell HURLOCK and Lillian SHIRES, married Molly UNK.

 

Molly UNK and Cecil William HURLOCK had the following children:

 

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Michael Frederick HURLOCK (1928- ). Michael was born in 1928.

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Richard Walter HURLOCK ( - )

 

14. Frederick Fleetwood HURLOCK, son of Frederick Alban Rayner HURLOCK and Emily UNK, was born in 1900. He died in 1962. He married Beatrice UNK.

 

Beatrice UNK and Frederick Fleetwood HURLOCK had the following children:

 

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Patricia HURLOCK ( -c. 1963). Patricia died circa 1963.

 

15. Grace Emily HURLOCK, daughter of Frederick Alban Rayner HURLOCK and Emily UNK, was born in 1902. She married Alfred Buchanan WILLIAMS.

 

Alfred Buchanan WILLIAMS and Grace Emily HURLOCK had the following children:

 

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William Buchanan WILLIAMS ( - )

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Anthony Buchanan WILLIAMS ( - )

 

16. Harold Vernon HURLOCK, son of Frederick Alban Rayner HURLOCK and Emily UNK, was born in 1904. He died in 1968.

 

17. Clifford Walter HURLOCK, son of Frederick Alban Rayner HURLOCK and Emily UNK, married Hilda Mary HAMBLING.

 

Hilda Mary HAMBLING and Clifford Walter HURLOCK had the following children:

 

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Alban James HURLOCK (1928-1942). Alban was born in 1928. He died in 1942.

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Denis Vernon HURLOCK (1930- ). Denis was born in 1930.

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Clifford Leslie HURLOCK (1933- ). Clifford was born in 1933.

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Aileen Mary HURLOCK (1939- ). Aileen was born in 1939.

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Wendy HURLOCK (1941- ). Wendy was born in 1941.

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Peter James HURLOCK (1944- ). Peter was born in 1944.

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Madeline Grace HURLOCK (1947- ). Madeline was born in 1947.