Biographical Information: ROBERT SPOTTISWOODE PURVIS, born 13th January 1886 at The Village, Standon, Hertfordshire, England. No record of marriage in England 1895-1926 and no record of death in England 1909-26, but probably died before 1948 as not mentioned in the will of Isabel Mary Purvis, widow of Herbert Bruce Hayden Purvis (see 1.1.3.4.1.2.7. below).