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The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners The Tatems were a part of the county set by 1921, the report on the Beaufort Hunt Ball, held in January 1921, records they attended. 349 . It might well be that the family was often elsewhere, Lord Glanely had property at Exning House 350 ; Exning is about 2 miles northwest of Newmarket (for the racing, presumably) and Danehill at Stockbridge in Hants, as well as Lackham 351 . Lord Glanely was made a JP for Wiltshire in 1922 351 and he had been a JP in Wales previously. At some time in his tenure Lord Glanely bought All that messe farm and pieces of land commonly known as Naish Hill Farm together with those two pieces of woodland commonly known as Wheeler’s Wood and Tackle Moor Wood. 352 349 Wiltshire Times Saturday January 15 1921 p3 Beaufort Hunt Ball A brilliant Assembly. They were a large party: Lackham House Lord Glanely, Lady Glanely, Commander Holbrook, Mrs Holbrook, Captain Rupert Lewis, Mrs Lewis, Mr Fraser, Miss J Fraser, Mr Joseph Fraser, Hon Mrs Basil Mundy, Mr George Gibson, Miss Gibson, Miss Beel, Major Read, Major Exely Millar [sic], Capt.ion Geoffrey Crawshay, Mr Maxwell Scott, Captain Lionel Lindsay It is noteworthy that the party included Capt. And Mrs Lewis; Lord Glanely’s first shipping company was the Lady Lewis Steamship Company Ltd (http://www.angelfire.com/de/BobSanders/SHIPCO.html). The connection, if any remains obscure but it is interesting. The W J Tatem and CO steamship Lady Lewis was wrecked near Mogotes Point, Argentina on April 3 rd 1906, while on a voyage from Bahia Blanca to Barcelona, carrying corn (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/cdasm.56/dictionnaire/409.pdf) 350 http://www.angelfire.com/ga/BobSanders/SHIPCO.html The last vessel owned by the Tatem Steams hip Co Ltd was “The Exning”, she as sold in 1973 351 Kelly’s (1923) Handbook of Wiltshire p575 352 These two woods were later conveyed to the MAFF (precursor of DEFRA) by the County Council on on 31 Dec 1959 for the consideration of £150 Thrings papers) 105
The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners from Matilda Theresa Talbot of Lacock Abbey 353 . After owning Lackham for eight years he sold the estate to Major Holt. This was early in 1927 and Major Holt paid £78,000 with a 10% deposit 354 . Major Holt moved in sometime between late January 1927 and mid March of the same year, when The outlying portions of the valuable agricultural property known as Lackham Estate, extending to an area of 1,030 acres and having an actual and estimated rent roll of about £3,000 per annum 355 were sold off by auction at Chippenham Town Hall 356 Lord Glanely was killed in 1942, Having moved temporarily to Weston –super-Mare, Lord Glanely was killed when the town was bombed by enemy aircraft on June 26 th 1942 357 353 From Lackam Estate Suplemental Astract of the Title of Rt Hon William James Baron Glanely of St Fagans to freehold Acreditaments part of the Lackham Estate in the County of Wilts dated 1927 Thrings papers 354 WRO 44/4 Main deeds Mansion House Agreement between William James Tatem Baron Glanely of St Fagans of Lackham House and Sir Herbert Paton Holt 7 Gracechurch St London MP. Dated 25 Jan 1927 355 Notice of the sale in the Contract for Lot 23 Lackham College Library papers. Three pictures from this catalogue appeared in the Wiltshire Gazette of Thursday February 17 th 1927, under the heading “Bits of Old Wiltshire” 356 on Friday 18 th March 1927, in 41 lots from Notice of the sale in the Contract for Lot 23 ibid 357 Appleyard, HS & Hedon, PM (no date) The Baron Glanely of St. Fagans – WS Tatem World Ship Society Mongraph #2 p8 106
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