William BASSET

1853 - 1925  (72 years)

• Name	William BASSET
  Birth	1853
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Jan 1925
  	Burial Record
  Burial	7 Jan 1925	St Peter Frimley Surrey
  	Find a Grave website Memorial ID 200982777 Plot Section IX... Grave Q2 Notes from website Rev. William Basset, Rector of Frimley, was born in Uxbridge in Middlesex in 1853, the youngest son of David Basset and his wife Hannah (nee Beard). His father was a corn merchant. At the age of seven in 1861 he was staying with his Aunt at the Hillingdon School for Ladies where two of his older sisters were pupils. His father died in 1869. In 1871 he was living in Bridge Street, Maidenhead with his mother and siblings. He attended Oxford and became Curate at Frimley in 1880. His whole career was in this one parish of Frimley and he was responsible for overseeing the development of St. Paul?s, St. Andrews and St Mary?s. He was interested in the history of the parish and the church and gave lectures on both. He formed an attachment to the people in the parish and in WW1 wrote letters to the young men fighting at the front, which were published in the parish magazine. He married Emily Maud Marriott Fry at Frimley on the 19th of January 1886. They had two children. Their eldest son Geoffrey, born in 1887 took after his father and became a Vicar. Their youngest son Richard is buried with them. He served in the Royal West Surrey Regiment for virtually all his life. In 1910 his wife Maud wrote ?A Short History of Frimley Parish?, based on one of the lectures he gave on the old parish registers it also contains items on the murder of the former Rector George Hollest in 1850 and reminiscences of a Prize Fight held on Frimley Common. William retired as Rector due to ill-health in April 1922 and they moved to a house they named Frimley Cottage in Streatley. He died there on the 3rd of January 1925. He was buried at St Peter?s in a ceremony led by the Bishop of Guildford, on the 7th of January 1925. Research: Mary Ann Bennett
  Person ID	I15162	Main Tree
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	David BASSET,   b. Bef 1853
  Mother	Hannah BEARD,   b. Bef 1853
  Family ID	F3770	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emily Maud Marriott FRY,   b. 1867, Kibworth Harcourt Leicestershire d. 31 May 1935, Aldershot Hampshire (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	19 Jan 1886
  	Ancestry Surrey CofE records St Peter Frimley No 23 19th Jan 1886 William Bassset aged 32 bat clerk in Holy Orders Rector of Frimley of Frimley father not named only noted as deceased to Emily Maud Marriott Fry aged 19 spin of Frimley father not named only noted as deceased By licnce; both signed; witnessed by John Redmond & Emily E Fry
  Children	1. Geoffrey Harold BASSET,   b. 25 Mar 1887, Frimley Surrey d. 19 Aug 1961 (Age 74 years) + 2. Richard Augustin Marriott BASSET,   b. 10 Feb 1891, Frimley Surrey d. 7 Jan 1954 (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F3769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2025