When Alfred Edward Eldridge was born on 23 November 1858, in Icklesham, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Eldridge, was 39 and his mother, Harriet Fellows, was 39. He married Harriet Standen on 9 December 1882, in Rye, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Udimore, Sussex, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1939.
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School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
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The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
English (southeastern): from the Middle English personal name Elrich or Eldrich, variants of Alrich and Aldrich, representing any one of three Old English personal names, Æthelrīc, Ælfrīc, and Ealdrīc, formed respectively from æthel- ‘noble’, ælf ‘elf, sprite’, and (e)ald ‘old, honored’ + rīc ‘ruler’ (see Aldridge ). The name might also be a variant of Eldrett, a variant of Aldred , which often occurs in Middle English as Aldret and Eldret, and might have been associated with Eldridge as a result of surname confusion.
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