de Vere's from Bath/Bristol area history
I am wondering if anyone can help.
My grandfather Allan Augustine de Vere. Grew up in the Bath/Bristol area at the end of the 19th/start of the 20th century. He married Violet Wigram (Seee Wigram Bt. Burkes Peerage). He entered the clergy and researched the family history back to the Civil war. Sadly my grandmother destroyed all paperwork when he died in 1949, from stess related injuries sustained in the first world war.
My father was then approached in the late 50's by a de Vere in America who had read my Grandfathers research on a visit to England, who had done further research, and wanted him to approach the court of heralds to claim the title of Earl of Oxford.
however my father now being dead I know sadly very little about my more recent family, but a great deal about my grandmothers family!
I would be very glad to hear from anyone who thinks they may have been related to my grandfather or who might know of his back ground, where his parents came from etc...
I look forward to any replies
Chris de Vere