The owners of Lackham in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries ...
The owners of Lackham in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries ...
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<strong>The</strong> Manor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lackham</strong> IV : 19 th & 20 th century <strong>owners</strong><br />
recorded that he bequea<strong>the</strong>d £108 to his nurse Jane Doel <strong>and</strong> “£18 per annum<br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> Wood Lane Bungalow to his butler John Kirkam for life ” 323 .<br />
As was seen above next owner was Sir William Tatem, who purchased <strong>the</strong><br />
estate <strong>in</strong> 1919<br />
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William Tatem (<strong>The</strong> Lord Glanely) at <strong>Lackham</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> Lord Glanley, DL Sir William James Tatem , 1st Baron (created 1918) 324<br />
was born <strong>in</strong> 1868, <strong>the</strong> son <strong>of</strong> Thomas Tatem <strong>of</strong> Appledore <strong>in</strong> Devon 325 <strong>and</strong> his<br />
wife Louisa daughter <strong>of</strong> William Cook 326 .<br />
William Tatem apparently had an excit<strong>in</strong>g early life <strong>the</strong> Tatem Shipp<strong>in</strong>g L<strong>in</strong>e<br />
ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>s that “he ran away to sea, suffered shipwreck <strong>and</strong> yellow fever” 327<br />
which is not unlikely but has so far not been verified.<br />
William Tatem was “one <strong>of</strong> several Cardiff ship <strong>owners</strong> who came from<br />
Appledore <strong>in</strong> North Devon” 328 . He first went to sea from his homeport <strong>of</strong><br />
323 Wiltshire Times 25 June 1932 <strong>The</strong> will <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> late Maj. Gen. George Palmer<br />
324 Who was Who Vol IV 1941 - 1950 (1952) Adam Charles& Black p438, High<br />
Sherriff Glamorgan 1911-12.<br />
325 Burke (1932) ibid<br />
326 Walford (1919) Walford’s County Families <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> United K<strong>in</strong>gdom p875<br />
327 http://www.benjidog.co.uk/allen/<strong>in</strong>dex_files/Page5760.htm -“Tatem L<strong>in</strong>e”<br />
328<br />
http://www.angelfire.com/ga/BobS<strong>and</strong>ers/SHIPCO.html<br />
My s<strong>in</strong>cere thanks to Mr S<strong>and</strong>ers for his assistance <strong>and</strong> for shar<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> results <strong>of</strong> his<br />
researches <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong> Tatem companies <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>terests. He actually lives “<strong>in</strong> a house built<br />
<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> grounds <strong>of</strong> St.Fagans Court, Lord Glanely's old Cardiff home”!<br />
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