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

The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners
From 1848 he was back in HMS Blenheim after her conversion and
attachment as the steam guardship at Portsmouth, under the command of
,Captain Thomas Horatio Austin. Francis died in Gosport 5 years later, in
1853 130
For a full account of the wreck of HMS Avenger, Lt Rookes part in the
tragedy, and details of the vessel, see Appendix 2
The second eldest daughter was Elizabeth Sophia, she was born in 1815
and married Thomas Abdy Fellowes in 1844 at Lacock. She converted to
Catholicism in 1856 131 and died in 1874
The Rooke youngsters had either all left home or were not present for
the 1851 census, 132 (see below) the only people resident being Capt.
Rooke and Harriet, 4 male and 5 female servants 133 .
The number on board was 256, of whom only four officers and five men were
saved [Hocking C., Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam]
This is somewhat at odds with the “only officer surviving” in the Obituary in the
Gentleman’s Magazine.
130 Gentleman’s magazine vol XXXIX p107 Jan – June 1853 Obituary
131 Goman, WH (1910) Converts to Rome Sands & Co p102
132 Census 1841, 1851 microfiche Wiltshire Local Studies Library Trowbridge.
133 1851 Census Lacock HO107, 1836, 42, p17
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