Camden History

Although this sounds like a melodrama it is a true story, which surprisingly, has not appeared in any books.  Walter Meredyth Thomas was a 28 year old Army officer, and 17 year old Carmen de Fleury came from an old noble French family. They were both living with their families when they married on 13 June 1895 at the Kensington Register Office.  The marriage certificate shows the full details: Walter Meredyth Thomas (28) Lieutenant, late East Yorkshire Regiment. His father was James Lewis Thomas, late Chief Surveyor to the War Department. 26 Gloucester Street Pimlico. Mathilde Elsie Clementina Carmen St Anthoine de Fleury (17). 15 Colherne Mansions Earls Court. Her father, the Viscount Clifford de Fleury, had died in Jersey when she was just three. Her brother Gaston had inherited the title.  Walter and Carmen had a daughter who was born in 1898, but it was not a happy marriage and they parted in October 1902. In November 1903 Carmen was living at No.3 St Stephen’s Mansio...