Publications
Alice Sophia De Val, by Ray Tuck, published December 2011 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 8, article, p.390) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508849] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Alice Sophia De VAL was born 13 May 1864 at 10 Model Buildings, Brighton. The buildings were built to house the poorer working class along the lines of the Peabody Trust Buildings in London. Her parents were Edwin Louis De VAL and Elizabeth MATTHEWS. Her paternal grandfather was Francis Edmund De VAL, who was the first curator of the Brighton Pavilion. It was through the efforts of Francis that many of the fixtures and fittings are on show today. As a reward he was given the post as curator which he held up to his death.