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The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners Capt. George Rooke, Henry’s other brother, was born in Edmonton in London in 1756 54 . He married Mary Marriott on 4 March 1774 55 . Mary Marriott was the daughter of Joshua Marriott and his wife Mary Edge 56 . Joshua was a successful and important Manchester entrepreneur associated with the cloth industry. He was a Captain in the Enniskillen Dragoons, for how long is unknown. For a time the family lived at Langham Hall in Essex. At least one of their children married while the family was at Langham hall - their third daughter, Jemina, whose 52 Papageorgiou, C (1989) Have you been to O modhos? Nicosia page not known. “Under this marble are deposited/ the remains of Henry Rooke Esq. formerly Major in the/ Hundredth Regiment of Foot with brevet rank of Lieu/ tenant- Colonel in the service of His Britannic Majesty/ King George the Third. After quitting the he travelled/ thro' various parts of Europe, and being in Italy/ in the year 1799, joined the Russian Army before Ancona/ as a volunteer officer and for his services and/ assistance in reducing that fortress his late Imperial/ Majesty of all the Russias Paul conferred upon him the/ Order of S. Anne of Holstein 2nd class. He died in this/ Convent the 7th day of July in the year of our Lord and Saviour/ 1811 and was interred by the Holy Fathers under/ neath this stone with their consent and that of/ the most Reverend the Bishop of the Greek Church in the island of Cyprus. His only surviving brother B./ Rooke as a last tribute of fraternal regard and affection/ hath caused this memorial to be conveyed and/ placed over his grave” 53 Zavallis L. pers. comm.. 2009 54 Zavallis L. ibid 55 The London Magazine or Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer (1774) p155 Marriages "March 4 At Manchefter Capt. Rooke of the Innifkilling regiment of dragoons Mifs Marriott daughter of the late Joshua Marriott" Notification of this wedding is also to be found in The Town and country magazine or universal repository of knowledge 1774 56 Married in Manchester 1743 19
The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners marriage was reported in the Gentleman’s Magazine 57 . It is strange that George was not referred to as late and that the only location given is Langham as he had died four years previously, in 1807, at his home Castle House in Calne, Wiltshire 58 . Langham Hall is only 5 miles north east of Horksley, which is the location of Westwood House. In 1808 Charles, George and Mary’s eldest son, married Anne Watson, daughter of Lt. Col Watson of Westwood House 59 and Charles and his wife later lived there for a long time - for example Charles is described as being “of Westwood House, Essex” 60 in 1842 in the report of the marriage of his daughter Julia. Castle House in Calne is approached from the town centre by Castle Street and was said by John Aubrey 61 to have been on the site of a castle, but no trace has ever been found and the debate continues. The current house was probably built in the mid 17 th century for Walter Norborne 62 . The house was extended in 1770 to a design by Robert Adam and it was this U shaped house that the Rookes would have known. At least two of Henry I and Margaret’s daughters also lived in the area; Margaret died in Bath in 1816 and Elizabeth in 1837, none of the daughters had children 63 . 57 Gentleman’s Magazine (1811) vol 81 pt 2 p490 “May 9 th Rev RW Ford of Rissington Parva co Gloucester to Jemina, third daughter of George Rooke esq formerly of Langham Hall Essex” 58 Gentleman’s Magazine (1807) vol 77 pt 1 p487 27 May At Castle House Calne co Wilts George Rooke esq formerly Captain 6 th or Enniskillen Dragoons 59 The Monthly Magazine vol 25 p180 March 1808 60 Gentleman’s Magazine July 1842 p535 61 Aubrey, J Topographical Collections edited and enlarged by Jackson, JEJ 62 VCH Wiltshire vol 17 pp34-41 “Calne: The town to c. 1800” 63 Zavallis L. pers. comm.. 2009 20
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