He was the son of Mary de Bathe and Colonel Mervyn Henry Archdale; his maternal grandfather was Sir Henry Percival De Bathe.
In December 1909, the 19 year old Mervyn (known as Tim) was staying with his aunt, Olive de Bathe and her husband, Sir Harry L. W. Levy-Lawson, in their London house, 37 Grosvenor Square. On the 22 December he was reported as missing. A search of the house found a toilet door locked on the ground floor. The staff broke in and found Tim slumped on the toilet as if asleep, but he was dead. It transpired that a servant had been instructed to place a stove in the room and due to lack of ventilation, it produced the deadly carbon monoxide that killed him.
Tim’s twin sister was Mary Alice Archdale who married Ralph Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe. The twin’s mother had died in childbirth in November 1890 and she is buried in a grave adjacent to Tim’s.
In December 1909, the 19 year old Mervyn (known as Tim) was staying with his aunt, Olive de Bathe and her husband, Sir Harry L. W. Levy-Lawson, in their London house, 37 Grosvenor Square. On the 22 December he was reported as missing. A search of the house found a toilet door locked on the ground floor. The staff broke in and found Tim slumped on the toilet as if asleep, but he was dead. It transpired that a servant had been instructed to place a stove in the room and due to lack of ventilation, it produced the deadly carbon monoxide that killed him.
Tim’s twin sister was Mary Alice Archdale who married Ralph Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe. The twin’s mother had died in childbirth in November 1890 and she is buried in a grave adjacent to Tim’s.
He was the son of Mary de Bathe and Colonel Mervyn Henry Archdale; his maternal grandfather was Sir Henry Percival De Bathe.
In December 1909, the 19 year old Mervyn (known as Tim) was staying with his aunt, Olive de Bathe and her husband, Sir Harry L. W. Levy-Lawson, in their London house, 37 Grosvenor Square. On the 22 December he was reported as missing. A search of the house found a toilet door locked on the ground floor. The staff broke in and found Tim slumped on the toilet as if asleep, but he was dead. It transpired that a servant had been instructed to place a stove in the room and due to lack of ventilation, it produced the deadly carbon monoxide that killed him.
Tim’s twin sister was Mary Alice Archdale who married Ralph Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe. The twin’s mother had died in childbirth in November 1890 and she is buried in a grave adjacent to Tim’s.
In December 1909, the 19 year old Mervyn (known as Tim) was staying with his aunt, Olive de Bathe and her husband, Sir Harry L. W. Levy-Lawson, in their London house, 37 Grosvenor Square. On the 22 December he was reported as missing. A search of the house found a toilet door locked on the ground floor. The staff broke in and found Tim slumped on the toilet as if asleep, but he was dead. It transpired that a servant had been instructed to place a stove in the room and due to lack of ventilation, it produced the deadly carbon monoxide that killed him.
Tim’s twin sister was Mary Alice Archdale who married Ralph Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe. The twin’s mother had died in childbirth in November 1890 and she is buried in a grave adjacent to Tim’s.
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