The owners of Lackham in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries ...

The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners
The eldest son of Capt. Rooke and Anne Wallace, and the painter of Fig. 8
above, was William Wallace Rooke who was born in 1816. He had a military
career, in the 47 th (The Lancashire) Regiment of Foot. He entered as an
ensign in 1834 92 , becoming a Lieutenant four years later 93 and a Captain
in 1841 94 . Both the last two promotions were by purchase. It is
interesting to note that his cousin, William Frederick Augustus Rooke
(son of William Wallace’s uncle Charles Rooke), was in the same regiment;
in 1846 he had been an ensign by purchase for two years 95 . They had
even closer ties than being cousins and fellow officers - in 1842 William
Wallace married Julia Humphreys neé Rooke, his uncle Charles’ eldest
daughter (see below for chart of the relationship). It was not unusual for
first cousins to marry at this time. They were married at St Cyriac’s in
Lacock in July, 1842 96
Fig. 10 Relationship of William Wallace and Julia Rooke *
92 5/9/1834 The New Army List 1846 p98
93 10/10/1838 The New Army List ibid
94 13/7/1841 The New Army List ibid
95 23/8/1844 The New Army List ibid
96 Gentleman’s Magazine July 1842 p535
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