Sydney Edward Underwood was born 9 August 1856, the youngest child of
Edward Underwood and Mary Ann Underwood (nee Frost). Since Sydney's
father died 16 Sep 1856 in Madras, India a month after Sydney's birth,
it is possible Sydney was born in Madras, India and not the UK. I can
find no record of his birth in the English BDM index. Sydney married
Elizabeth Catherine Hughes on the 24th February 1869. They had eight
children
PERCY GLENMORE ABBOT died 08 OCT 1898 aged 19
William JMG circa 1869
Sydney EC circa 1871
Alice AE circa 1873
Hugh LE circa 1875
Reginald circa 1877
Percy Glenmore Abbot circa 1879 died aged 19 in 1898
Beatrice Hrg Gwynne 08 May 1884
Horatio Matchem Nels 19 May 1888
UNDERWOOD BEATRICE HRT GWYNNE Birth
SYDNEY EDWARD HUGHES ELIZABETH CATH
08 May 1884
33-1884-2269
UNDERWOOD HORATIO MATCHEM NELS Birth
SYDNEY EDWARD GWYNNE-HUGHES ELIZABETH C
19 May 1888
33-1888-2559
UNDERWOOD PERCY GLENMORE ABBOT Death
19 SYDNEY E 08 Oct 1898
35-1898-0593
Sydney Underwood died in Paddington NSW 23 May 1925 aged 70. His wife Elizabeth died four years later on 26 August 1929 aged 81 years.
Underwood family at Atherfield House circa 1900
From the Cyclopedia of Tasmania - published by Maitland and Krone in 1900:
Captain SYDNEY EDWARD UNDERWOOD, chairman of the local Board of Agriculture, of the Fruit Board, and of the Derwent Valley Fruit-growers' Association, "Atherfield", New Norfolk, is a native of London, and the eldest son of the late Captain Edward Underwood, of the Royal Navy. he was educated at Rugby, at Bruce Castle, King's College, London and the University of London; also at the Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, and at St. Omer College, Normandy. On completing his education he immediately entered the army, purchasing a commission in the 16th Lancers, from which he exchanged later on to the 82nd Regiment, then stationed at Jullundhur, Punjaub, India. Captain Underwood was 12 years in the army, and during that time saw active service in Abysinnia. Captain Underwood sold out from the army in 1870, and, coming to the colonies, took up his residence in Sydney, where for a time he managed the Underwood Estate, about which there was considerable litigation. He came to Tasmania in 1879 and settled at New Norfolk, where he entered upon fruit-growing, and has since taken a great interest in the industry. He has an apple orchard of about 33 acres. Captain Underwood married a Welsh lady, Miss E.C. Gwynne-Hughes, of "Regit", Carwarthenshire. In the matter of sport, Captain Underwood is a racing man, and a supporter of cricket and all manly sports."
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Sydney's sister Angela Fenn Underwood married a Richard Gwynne Hughes. It
is quite likely he was the brother of Elizabeth Underwood.
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