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

The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners
This was just a month before Louisa Esther Caldwell married William Martin Powell
there, in April 1862 176 . It is noted that Henry Powell, William Martin’s father, was
in the same regiment as Capt. FW Rooke’s father, whether the two families knew
each other is unknown but it is possible. William and Louisa lived in Lyndhurst in
Hampshire for over 20 years and had 2 sons and 2 daughters 177 . Louisa died 24
March 1908 in the New Forest
There is a another marital connection between the Rooke family and the Caldwells;
in July 1873 Alfred Wallace Rooke, one of the sons of the Rev John Rooke and his
wife Jane Marcon and therefore a cousin of William Wallace Rooke, married
Sophia Louisa Caldwell of Farleigh Hungerford 178 . This was after the Caldwells
had sold Lackham, but shows that there were links between the families.
In 1864 the local paper 179 noted that A M Caldwell of Lackham chaired a meeting
of the Lacock Farmers Club on Thursday March 24th - the speaker was the Mayor
of Calne, J D Bishop, who spoke on Potato culture. AM was Berney Caldwell's son
although no other details are known of him. The only son known for certain is Ralph, who
appears in the 1871 census when the Caldwells were living at Monkton Farleigh 180 , and
176 Jackson Mss
29 Apr 1862 Wm Martin Powell late Capt. Inniskillin Dragoons younger son of the late
Henry Weyland Powell of Fontlease Herts to Louisa elder daug Henry Berney Caldwell Esq.
of Lackham
The Times reported (Thursday, 1 May 1862, p.1) On Tuesday, the 29th April, at Lacock, by
the Rev. Arthur Bloomfield, William Martin Powell, late Captain Inniskilling Dragoons,
youngest son of the late Henry Weyland Powell, of Foxlease, Hants, to Louisa Esther,
eldest daughter of Henry Berry Caldwell, Esq., of Lackham House, Hants.
177 Henry Martin, Edward Wayland Martin, Clarissa and Mary Grace Powell
178 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rodjcraig&id=I7753
179 Devizes & Wiltshire Gazette March 31 st 1864
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When the Caldwells were living at Monkton Farley Henry Caldwell submitted evidence to
the Commission on Agricultural employment. Commission on the employment of Children,
Young Persons and Women in Agriculture (1867) Second Report (1869) p258
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