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Residents at this address
1830/Samuel Satterley, Kings Arms, Lower street/../../Pigots Directory **
1839/Henry Swaffin, Kings Arms, merchant & shipowner, St Georges square/../../Pigots Directory **
1844/Henry Swaffin, Kings Arms, Lower street/../../Pigots Directory **
1850/Ann Swaffin, Kings Arms, Lower street/../../Whites Directory **
1878, Jos. S. Horswill, Kings Arms, Lower street, Dartmouth
1893/Louisa Bodley(Mrs)/../../../Kellys Directory **
1902/Annie Risdon(Mrs) (Manageress)/../../../Kellys Directory **
1910/George Routley/../../../Kellys Directory **
1914/Ernest Turnham/../../../Kellys Directory **
1919/Ernest Turnham/../../../Kellys Directory **
In 1891, William John Lee is at the New Inn, Silver street
William John Lee is at the Anchor Hotel in 1901, and then at the George Hotel, in Leicester, and latterly at the Kings Arms Hotel, in Dartmouth.
Daughter, Katharine Eva Lee, marries Francis Edward Foley in 1921 at Totnes, Devon. *
Francis Edward Foley has an interesting life, and a book has been published about his time spent in Germany. Frank Foley was recruited by MI6 as chief Passport Control Officer in Berlin under Lord Kilmarnock and through his work and under cover in this position he issued documents for the safe passage of some 10,000 people who would almost certainly have perished in the concentration camps. He has been compared to Oskar Schindler for everything he did even though many times he knew he was risking his life in the process. He is buried in Stourbridge Cemetery. *
The book by Michael Smith on Foleys life is available under isbn. 978-1785900549 *
In 1921 census at King Arms Hotel, Dartmouth
William John Lee, Hotel Proprietor, aged 59 years 9 months, and born in Bridgwater, Somerset
Emma Eva Lee, Wife, Hotel Proprietor Assistant, aged 52 years 6 months, and born in East Grinstead, Sussex
Katherine Eva Lee, Daughter, aged 24 years 8 months, and born in Warminster, Wiltshire
Joyce Marjorie Lee, Daughter, aged 17 years 2 months, and born in Oxford, Oxfordshire
Margaret Louisa Irene Roberts, Visitor, aged 20 years 2 months, and born in Weston Super Mare, Somerset
Isabella McLay, Visitor, aged 57 years 5 months, and born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
David McLay, Visitor, aged 4 years 4 months, and born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Mabel Slater, Visitor, aged 28 years 4 months, and born in Penarth, Glamorganshire, Wales
Daisy Kitts, Boarder, Barmaid, aged 24 years, and born in Brixham, Devon
Nellie Jeankins, Boarder, Barmaid, aged 33 years, and born in New York, United States
Sayer May Lilian, Waitress, aged 25 years, and born in Canterbury, Kent
Hessie McLoyd, Chamber maid, aged 21 years, and born in Down, Ireland
1923, William H Luscombe, Trafalgar, Newcomen road, Dartmouth, Devon
* Provided By Mike Doherty
** Provided By Bev Howlett