Charles Monroe Eldridge was shown as a merchant at Antigua between 1852 and 1856 on the baptisms of three of his children. He was appointed to be Colonial Secretary for the Island of Nevis in Apr 1870 and appointed to be a Member of the Executive Council of the Leeward Islands in Feb 1875. He was President of Dominica from 1873 to 1882, acting President in 1882 of St. Kitts and Nevis and President from 1883 of the united islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla. He died on 8 Oct 1888 at Springfield House, Basseterre, St. Christopher in the Leeward Islands and when his death was reported to the House of Commons in England he was shown as President of St. Kitts-Nevis.
Charles Monroe's father, Richard Burrows Eldridge married Tryphena Branch on 26 Jan 1819 at Needham, Norfolk, England. They had a child baptised in 1820 and two in 1823 at Antigua. Tryphena died aged 29 on 24 Jan 1826 and Richard Burrows Eldridge married Harriot Branch of Antigua on 4 Aug 1827.
Charles Monroe's grandfather, William Nathaniel Eldridge was shown as a widower when he married by licence to Sarah Burroughs on 11 Apr 1784 at St Nicholas, Yarmouth, England.
Monroe Eldridge and Eveline Brown are shown as the parents of Alice M Eldridge on her 1904 marriage in New York, USA. This Monroe Eldridge is taken to be Monroe Daniel Branch Eldridge, one of two executors in the estate of Charles Monroe Eldridge. Monroe D. B. Eldridge and an Alfred E. Eldridge were both clerks in the Civil Establishment on Antigua in 1885.
Updated 25 June 2021
John Eldridge (1717-1798) m 1745 Jane Kiffett ( -1780) | | | Samuel Eldridge ( -1746) | William Nathaniel Eldridge (1758-1811) | m 1777 Hannah Daniel ( -1782) | | | | | Hannah Eldridge (1778- ) | | Richard Daniel Eldridge (1780-1842) | | m ( ) Catherine (Unknown) (1787-1831) | | | | | | | Richard Daniel Eldridge ( - ) | | | m 1826 Sophia Evans (1793-1860) | | | | | | | Richard Daniel Eldridge (1826-1827) | | | William Daniel Eldridge (1829- ) | | | Richard Daniel Eldridge (1832-1893) | | | m 1862 Elizabeth Cawley (1827-1871) | | | | | | | | | Sophia Eldridge (1860-1883) | | | | m 1877 William J Barter ( - ) | | | | William John Eldridge (1862-1863) | | | | Elizabeth Eldridge (1864-1865) | | | | Richard Daniel Eldridge (1868-1944) | | | | m 1901 Annie Eliza Cooke (1875-1916) | | | | | | | | | | | Margaret Florence Eldridge (1902-1966) | | | | | m 1928 Harold Jackson ( - ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Harold Jackson (1929- ) | | | | | | Albert Jackson (1932- ) | | | | | | Richard G Jackson (1934- ) | | | | | | | | | | | Richard James Eldridge (1903-1988) | | | | | m 1926 Elizabeth Hannah Black (1904-1965) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Richard C Eldridge (1926- ) | | | | | | Marion A Eldridge (1928- ) | | | | | | James Eldridge (1932-1932) | | | | | | | | | | | George Herbert Eldridge (1905-1955) | | | | | m 1936 Alice M Stanley ( - ) | | | | | | | | | | | George R Eldridge (1937- ) | | | | | Shirley Eldridge (1938- ) | | | | | Carol A Eldridge (1948- ) | | | | | | | | | m 1919 Margaret Jane Black (1883-1951) | | | | | | | m 1873 Elizabeth Lowe (1833-1914) | | | | | Maria Eldridge 1781-1783) | | | m 1784 Sarah Burroughs (1763-1807) | | | | | William Burroughs Eldridge (1785-1785) | | John Burroughs Eldridge (1787- ) | | Mary Eldridge (1789-1837) | | m 1815 Charles Gibbs Taylor (1792-1848) | | | | | | | Charles John Taylor (1821-1891) | | | Richard Eldridge Taylor (1823-1834) | | | George William Taylor (1825- ) | | | Mary Taylor (1828- ) | | | | | Ursula Eldridge (1791-1795) | | William Nathaniel Eldridge (1793- ) | | m 1821 Maria Elizabeth Bromehead (1797-1831) | | (female) Eldridge (1794-1794) | | Richard Burroughs Eldridge (1795-1852) | | m 1819 Tryphena Branch (1796-1826) | | | | | | | Richard Branch Eldridge (1819-1911) | | | m ( ) Anna Sanderson (1819- ) | | | | | | | | | Richard Dillon Eldridge (1856-1917) | | | | m 1883 Caroline Harkinson Waldron (1850-1899) | | | | | | | | | | | Marion Edna Eldridge (1886-1887) | | | | | Ethel Louise Eldridge (1888-1985) | | | | | Waldron Eldridge (1892-1976) | | | | | m 1912 Anna (Unknown) (1892- ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Waldron Eldridge (1913-1961) | | | | | | Grant C Eldridge (1921-2005) | | | | | | | | | | | Charles Dillon Eldridge (1894-1983) | | | | | m 1924 Natalie Josephine Oakley (1895-1987) | | | | | | | | | | | Natalie Elizabeth Eldridge (1929- ) | | | | | Lester Waldron Eldridge (1937-2019) | | | | | m 1965 Jane M Skinner (1940- ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Patrick Dillon Eldridge ( - ) | | | | | | Katherine Eldridge ( - ) | | | | | | | | | | | m 1980 Mary Elen Payne (1943- ) | | | | | | | | | m 1912 Edith Beatrice Houchin (1873- ) | | | | Harriet Branch Eldridge (1858-1933) | | | | m ( ) William B Walters (1859- ) | | | | | | | | | Reginald Walters (1881- ) | | | | Mable C Walters (1884- ) | | | | William B Walters (1890- ) | | | | Ida C Walters (1892- ) | | | | Harriet B Walters (1893- ) | | | | Pearl Walters (1899- ) | | | | | | | Harriett Lydia Eldridge (1821-1899) | | | m ( ) Martin Maroon Dillon (1816-1884) | | | | | | | | | Marmaduke Richard St James Dillon (1842-1879) | | | | Mary Eldridge Dillon (1844- ) | | | | Harry St John Dillon (1846- ) | | | | Harriet Branch Dillon (1848-1900) | | | | John Monroe Dillon (1850- ) | | | | Morris Ashurst Dillon (1850- ) | | | | Elliot Murray Dillon (1854- ) | | | | Gerald Dillon (1856-1871) | | | | | | | Tryphena Ann Eldridge (1823- ) | | | Charles Monroe Eldridge (1825-1888) | | | m 1850 Anna Meade Daniell (1819-1874) | | | | | | | | | Monroe Daniel Branch Eldridge ( -1904) | | | | m ( ) Marie H Galloway ( - ) | | | | | | | | | | | Richard Branch Eldridge (1872-1941) | | | | | m 1905 Mozella Dargan (1884-1938) | | | | | | | | | | | Ricbard B Eldridge (1907-1990) | | | | | m 1931 Jane E Humphreys (1908- ) | | | | | | | | | | | Patricia Eldridge (1932- ) | | | | | | | | | m ( ) Evelina Christopher (1861-1938) | | | | | | | | | | | Alfred Raveley Eldridge (1879-1960) | | | | | m 1907 Anna May Wanzear (1889- ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Alfred Wanzear Eldridge (1908-1979) | | | | | | m 1929 Carmelita D Berlack (1911-1935) | | | | | | m ( ) Hulda Ingeborg (1908-1980) | | | | | | Anna Maubry Eldridge (1914-2007) | | | | | | m 1937 Kenneth Bollings ( - ) | | | | | | (female) Eldridge (1917-1917) | | | | | | | | | | | Alice M Eldridge (1882-1969) | | | | | m 1904 Arnold Wesley Adams (1881-1972) | | | | | | | | | | | Arnold B Adams (1905-1927) | | | | | Wesley Anthony Adams (1922-1999) | | | | | | | | | m ( ) Charlotte Nelson ( - ) | | | | | | | | | | | Meade Holme Eldridge (1880-1938) | | | | | m 1926 Claire Beatrice Murphy (1900- ) | | | | | | | | | m ( ) Martha Hopkins ( - ) | | | | | | | | | | | Amy Eldridge (1885-1943) | | | | | m 1923 Evans Paul Harris (1886-1972) | | | | | Bertha Gertrude Eldridge (1887-1941) | | | | | m 1908 Edward Contee Buchanan (1881- ) | | | | | m 1920 Venerando Raciti (1879-1976) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Katina Aurelia Raciti (1924- ) | | | | | | | | | | | Hilda Eldridge ( - ) | | | | | | | | | m ( ) Edith M Hodges (1875- ) | | | | | | | | | | | Wilfred Gatewood Eldridge (1891-1959) | | | | | m 1917 Jean L Craig (1891- ) | | | | | Ernest Eldridge (1896- ) | | | | | | | | | Richard Burroughs Eldridge (1852-1903) | | | | Charlotte Harriet Eldridge (1854- ) | | | | m 1876 William Henry Whyham ( - ) | | | | Charles Horne Elliott Eldridge (1856-1904) | | | | Anna Louise Eldridge (1859-1921) | | | | m ( ) Frederick Caunt (1859-1933) | | | | Alfred Ernest Gateward Eldridge (1861-1912) | | | | m 1895 Florence Emily McDonald (1876-1970) | | | | | | | | | Ernest Munro Eldridge (1897-1962) | | | | m 1931 Florence Hall Basson (1899-1970) | | | | | | | | | | | David Wilfred Eldridge (1932-2015) | | | | | m 1957 Valerie Bernice Hewitt (1932-2019) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nicola S Eldridge (1958- ) | | | | | | m 1980 Cybert J Berry ( - ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Kristina Louise Berry (1988- ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Jonathan D Eldridge (1960- ) | | | | | | m 1983 Susan A Rowell ( - ) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Emma Louise Eldridge (1990- ) | | | | | | Matthew John Eldridge (1993- ) | | | | | | | | | | | Rosemary Ann Eldridge (1933- ) | | | | | | | | | Eric Spencer Eldridge (1900-1982) | | | | m 1931 Margery Ellen Smith (1907-1991) | | | | | | | | | | | Peter Ian Anthony Eldridge (1933- ) | | | | | m 1985 Marjory Jane McGinn (1945- ) | | | | | | | | | Kenneth Richard Alfred Eldridge (1903-1990) | | | | m ( ) Margaret Neilson Barrett (1910-1996) | | | | | | | | | Michael Lawrence Eldridge (1933-1948) | | | | Marcia Eldridge ( - ) | | | | m 1962 Graham Duncan Elvidge (1937-2021) | | | | | | | | | | | Jennifer Elvidge ( - ) | | | | | Andrew Elvidge ( - ) | | | | | | | | | Margaret Susan Eldridge ( - ) | | | | m 1961 Adolphe Marcel Legare (1927-2008) | | | | | | | | | | | Mark Legare/McCutcheon ( - ) | | | | | | | | | m 1967 Jack Brendan McCutcheon (1933-1994) | | | | | | | | | (female) McCutcheon ( - ) | | | | | | | m ( ) Anna Louisa Selina Wigley (1852-1934) | | | | | m 1827 Harriot Branch ( - ) | | Daniel Burroughs Eldridge (1799-1800) | | James Eldridge (1801- ) | | | m 1807 Lydia Smith (1772-1818) | m 1780 Ann (Unknown) ( - )