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 />
<strong>The</strong> Tatems were a part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> county set by 1921, <strong>the</strong> report on <strong>the</strong> Beaufort<br />
Hunt Ball, held <strong>in</strong> January 1921, records <strong>the</strong>y attended. 349 . It might well be<br />
that <strong>the</strong> family was <strong>of</strong>ten elsewhere, Lord Glanely had property at Exn<strong>in</strong>g House<br />
350 ; Exn<strong>in</strong>g is about 2 miles northwest <strong>of</strong> Newmarket (for <strong>the</strong> rac<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
presumably) <strong>and</strong> Danehill at Stockbridge <strong>in</strong> Hants, as well as <strong>Lackham</strong> 351 .<br />
Lord Glanely was made a JP for Wiltshire <strong>in</strong> 1922 351 <strong>and</strong> he had been a JP <strong>in</strong><br />
Wales previously.<br />
At some time <strong>in</strong> his tenure Lord Glanely bought<br />
All that messe farm <strong>and</strong> pieces <strong>of</strong> l<strong>and</strong> commonly known as Naish<br />
Hill Farm toge<strong>the</strong>r with those two pieces <strong>of</strong> woodl<strong>and</strong> commonly<br />
known as Wheeler’s Wood <strong>and</strong> Tackle Moor Wood. 352<br />
349 Wiltshire Times Saturday January 15 1921 p3 Beaufort Hunt Ball A brilliant<br />
Assembly.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y were a large party:<br />
<strong>Lackham</strong> House Lord Glanely, Lady Glanely, Comm<strong>and</strong>er Holbrook, Mrs Holbrook,<br />
Capta<strong>in</strong> Rupert Lewis, Mrs Lewis, Mr Fraser, Miss J Fraser, Mr Joseph Fraser, Hon<br />
Mrs Basil Mundy, Mr George Gibson, Miss Gibson, Miss Beel, Major Read, Major Exely<br />
Millar [sic], Capt.ion Ge<strong>of</strong>frey Crawshay, Mr Maxwell Scott, Capta<strong>in</strong> Lionel L<strong>in</strong>dsay<br />
It is noteworthy that <strong>the</strong> party <strong>in</strong>cluded Capt. And Mrs Lewis; Lord Glanely’s first<br />
shipp<strong>in</strong>g company was <strong>the</strong> Lady Lewis Steamship Company Ltd<br />
(http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobS<strong>and</strong>ers/SHIPCO.html). <strong>The</strong> connection, if any<br />
rema<strong>in</strong>s obscure but it is <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g. <strong>The</strong> W J Tatem <strong>and</strong> CO steamship Lady Lewis<br />
was wrecked near Mogotes Po<strong>in</strong>t, Argent<strong>in</strong>a on April 3 rd 1906, while on a voyage from<br />
Bahia Blanca to Barcelona, carry<strong>in</strong>g corn<br />
(http://perso.wanadoo.fr/cdasm.56/dictionnaire/409.pdf)<br />
350 http://www.angelfire.com/ga/BobS<strong>and</strong>ers/SHIPCO.html<br />
<strong>The</strong> last vessel owned by <strong>the</strong> Tatem Steams hip Co Ltd was “<strong>The</strong> Exn<strong>in</strong>g”, she as sold <strong>in</strong><br />
1973<br />
351 Kelly’s (1923) H<strong>and</strong>book <strong>of</strong> Wiltshire p575<br />
352 <strong>The</strong>se two woods were later conveyed to <strong>the</strong> MAFF (precursor <strong>of</strong> DEFRA) by <strong>the</strong><br />
County Council on on 31 Dec 1959 for <strong>the</strong> consideration <strong>of</strong> £150 Thr<strong>in</strong>gs papers)<br />
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