Family register
Robert Hunter Kirkcaldy
Robert Hunter Kirkcaldy (1897 – 19 May 1954) was born to Robert Taylor Kirkcaldy. He married Phyllis Nyasa (Ryall) Kirkcaldy. His child was Rosemary Kirkcaldy Ackland. He died in 1954, in Barkston Gardens Hotel, Earls Court, London, England.
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- Named as daughter of Louise Ryall in My Better Half and Me (2009) — mother locked as louisa-ryall-stratton 2026-10-14.
Rosemary's grandmother, Louise Ryall, had left England in 1898, the first white woman to travel alone to Nyasaland ... After the First World War, her daughter Phyllis married Robert Hunter Kirkcaldy, a Scottish soldier, who had served in Africa. He became a successful businessman ... They had three children, Robert, Catherine and Rosemary Jean, who, on 15 January 1929, was born into a world ...
- England & Wales National Probate Calendar 1954, p.114: KIRKCALDY Robert Hunter of Blantyre, Nyasaland, died 19 May 1954 in London; probate 9 Dec 1954.
KIRKCALDY Robert Hunter of Caledonia House Sunnyside Blantyre Nyasaland died 19 May 1954 at The Barkston Gardens Hotel Earls Court London Probate London 9 December to The Standard Bank of Africa Limited. Effects £12151 18s. 3d. in England.
- Debrett's People of Today (Joss Ackland entry): Rosemary Jean, da of Capt Robert Hunter Kirkcaldy (d 1954).
m18 Aug 1951, Rosemary Jean, da of Capt Robert Hunter Kirkcaldy (d 1954)
- Named as daughter of Louise Ryall in My Better Half and Me (2009) — mother locked as louisa-ryall-stratton 2026-10-14.
Rosemary's grandmother, Louise Ryall, had left England in 1898, the first white woman to travel alone to Nyasaland ... After the First World War, her daughter Phyllis married Robert Hunter Kirkcaldy, a Scottish soldier, who had served in Africa. He became a successful businessman ... They had three children, Robert, Catherine and Rosemary Jean, who, on 15 January 1929, was born into a world ...
- Phyllis Nyasa Ryall's own 1922 marriage register (LMA, St Laurence Brondesbury p.121 entry 242) names her father Francis Edward Ryall, builder and contractor; mother Louise Ryall per Ackland 2009 (already locked).
Entry 242, St Laurence Brondesbury, 7 Aug 1922: Robert Hunter Kirkcaldy, 26, Bachelor, Commercial Agent; Father's Name and Surname: Robert Taylor Kirkcaldy; Rank or Profession of Father: Baker and Confectioner. Phyllis Nyasa Ryall, 22, Spinster; Father's Name and Surname: Francis Edward Ryall; Rank or Profession of Father: Builder and Contractor.