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<strong>The</strong> Manor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Lackham</strong> IV : 19 th & 20 th century <strong>owners</strong><br />

<strong>and</strong> his sister Georg<strong>in</strong>a Gibson who was also widowed 332 . Here he met, <strong>and</strong><br />

married Ada Mary 333 , daughter <strong>of</strong> Thomas Williams <strong>of</strong> Pengram, Cardiff on<br />

September 14, 1857 334 . <strong>The</strong> date <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir marriage is not known but <strong>the</strong>ir first<br />

son, Thomas Sh<strong>and</strong>on Tatem, was born <strong>in</strong> 1898 335 but died <strong>in</strong> 1905 336<br />

William Tatem set up his first company, <strong>the</strong> Lady Lewis Steamship Co, only a<br />

year after arriv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Cardiff, with just one ship.<br />

Over succeed<strong>in</strong>g years he built up a substantial fleet which <strong>in</strong> 1910<br />

became <strong>the</strong> Tatem Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. By <strong>the</strong> start <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

First World War <strong>the</strong> company was one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> foremost <strong>in</strong> Cardiff<br />

with 16 modern steamers 337<br />

William Tatem didn’t forget his birthplace, <strong>The</strong> bells <strong>the</strong>re were given <strong>in</strong> 1911,<br />

<strong>in</strong> memory <strong>of</strong> his fa<strong>the</strong>r, Thomas Tatem, <strong>and</strong> his son, Thomas<br />

Sh<strong>and</strong>on Tatem, <strong>and</strong> were cast by J Warner <strong>of</strong> Spitalfields, at a<br />

cost <strong>of</strong> £485-15s-0d. 338<br />

330<br />

http://www.angelfire.com/ga/BobS<strong>and</strong>ers/SHIPCO.html<br />

where he was employed <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>fices <strong>of</strong> Ann<strong>in</strong>g Bros. , ship <strong>owners</strong>, also from<br />

Appledore.<br />

331 http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobS<strong>and</strong>ers/SHIPCOS.html<br />

332 Appleyard, HS & Hedon, PM (no date) <strong>The</strong> Baron Glanely <strong>of</strong> St. Fagans – WS Tatem<br />

World Ship Society Mongraph #2 ISBN 0 905617 14 2<br />

333 Burke (1932) ibid<br />

334 Appleyard, HS & Hedon, PM (no date) ibid I p6<br />

335 Burke (1932) ibid Born 20 July 1898 died 14 June 1905<br />

336 Appleyard, HS & Hedon, PM (no date) ibid p6<br />

337 http://www.angelfire.com/ga/BobS<strong>and</strong>ers/SHIPCO.html<br />

338 A short guide to Sat Mary’s Church Appledore Devon at<br />

http://www.appledorestmarys.com/history-guide-more.htm<br />

101

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