Hester LAUDER
- Born: Abt 1738
- Marriage (1): Capt. William SKINNER on 7 Apr 1753 in Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland, England 1
- Died: After 1792
General Notes:
The Memoirs of the Life, and Writings of Percival Stockdale
http://gibraltar-intro.blogspot.pt/2012/08/chapter_5.html
The Skinner Family
Miss Hester Lawder . . . was afterwards married to Mr. Skinner who, at the time of their marriage, was an ensign. He was the son of the General of the engineers. Mr. Skinner was one of the most hospitable of men, he was polite to me when I was a lieutenant in the Welsh fusiliers, and in the year 1756 at Gibraltar. . . . I can never forget the universal admiration which did homage to her charms, in the governors garden at the convent; . . . .
Stockdale's friend was the future Captain William Campbell Skinner. His father was Lieutenant-General William Skinner historically one Gibraltar's long line of military engineers and jointly responsible for the first general survey of its defences in 1724. Miss Hester Lawder's successes at the Convent must have been before Tyrawley's time as the elder Skinner had become embroiled in an argument about the new defences in Gibraltar. They had been constructed according to the Governor's specific orders and he thought they were - to put it politely - a waste of money.
The fact that Skinner was forced to appear at the bar in London to justify his criticism - and was cross-examined by Tyrawley himself - cannot have done much to improve their relationship.
At Durham Spring 1792 (The Memoirs of the Life, and Writings of Percival Stockdale ..., Volume 1)
Note: In her father's Testament, Hester is described as his only child and lawful daughter. Her late husband's details and two of her children are also noted therein.
Citing This Record
"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/9376-TX5 : accessed 2014-01-25), entry for Hester Lauder, submitted by mjbrown2735783.
Hester married Capt. William SKINNER, son of Lt. Gen. William SKINNER and Margaret CALDWELL, on 7 Apr 1753 in Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland, England.1 (Capt. William SKINNER was born about 1730 and died on 27 Aug 1761 in Coulehault, Dominica.)
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