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Lieutenant-Colonel Severus William Lynam Stretton (7 November 1783 – 22 November 1884) was a British Army officer who served in the Napoleonic Wars.〔 ==Family== He was the youngest child of William Stretton and was baptised at St. Mary's Church, Nottingham on 29 May 1793. His name of Severus followed his parents habit of naming their children with unusual names that begin with "S". He was their second child called Severus as an earlier child had died young ten years before.〔 On 24 October 1851 he married the Hon. Catherine Adela de Courcy,〔Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2176.〕 youngest daughter of John Stapleton de Courcy, 28th Baron Kingsale. There were seven children from the marriage which survived him including: *William, de Courcy Stretton 1852, later a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery who wrote the words to Follow the Colours which was set to music by Sir Edward Elgar. He died at Southampton on 22 November 1884. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Severus William Lynam Stretton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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