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The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners that he had died from the fumes from the gas geyser used to heat the water. His father and two brothers escorted the body home by train and he was buried at Lacock the following Thursday 303 . Allen Llewellen would not have been in the country (he was stationed in India with his Regiment at the time) if he had not returned on leave the previous week in order to attend his sister’s wedding the following month. Allen Llewellen had arrived, via France, “only a few days previously” 301 Almost exactly a month after burying their youngest son the family, and the notables of the County, were once again present at St. Cyriacs, this time for the marriage of Madeline Llewellen She was the first of the children to be married, to the Hon. Frederick Charles Hubert Hanbury-Tracey. The marriage took place at Lacock, the decorations in the church were partly done by a firm from Bath but also by the Lackham Head Gardener 304 . The Hanbury-Traceys lived in Faulkland in Fife, and they had two sons 305 . In 1911 Madeline and the two boys (aged 1 year and 2 months) were visiting Lackham on Census night 306 In 1909 George Llewellyn Palmer secured the water supply to Lackham House by signing a new agreement with Fox Talbot for the supply that had been in place since the time of Capt. Rooke 307 303 Parish Magazine Lacock and Bowden Hill May 1908 Mr. Michael Llewellyn Palmer was ‘called Home and to Higher service’ very suddenly on Sunday April 26th. The deepest sympathy was felt by all to the family in their bereavement and grief. He was laid to rest on Thursday April 30th, the Bishop of Bristol kindly conducting the service. 304 Wiltshire Times Interesting wedding at Lacock Sat 13 June 1908 vol LIV no 2915, p6 Head Gardener was J Bannerman 305 Burke (1937) Landed Gentry p1055 Names not given by Burke. Felix was killed in France 12 December 1914. Madeline married again, in 1929, to Capt. Caryl Lidell Hargreaves and they had a daughter Mary Rosalie Alice, born 10 June 1931 306 From the Census they were David, born 1910, and Ninian, born early 1911, both born in Edinborough . 95
The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners Lackham made an appearance in Country Life during George Palmer’s ownership, when an article described the prize herd of Kerry cattle 308 . George Palmer was active in the agricultural life of the county. He responded to the toast at the Wiltshire Agricultural Society Annual Dinner in 1910 309 , for example, and at the Calne Show in 1910 he won places in the cattle section with a Reserve for a shorthorn bull between 6-12 months and a Highly Commended for a Shorthorn dairy cow 3 years of age or more in milk. That this was a relatively new venture for him is indicated in his comments in his speech to the Agricultural Society Dinner 310 The landed gentry were involved in all sorts of local social efforts - in Lackham Library there is a Challenge Shield, given by Mrs G Ll. Palmer in 1911, to “Lacock Scouts - the best Squad in Miniature Rifle Shooting” 311 Their shooting skills may have been in demand very shortly afterwards - three years later was, of course, the start of the Great War. After the War started local areas were organised to oversee military units within their areas, and it was into this work that George Palmer put a lot of his war effort. In January 1915 he was a Group Commander of the Wiltshire area 307 W&SHC 44/1/4 agreement dated 3 July 1909. See Pratt, T (2011) the Manor Houses of Lackham 1050-1949 2 nd edition for more details on the water supply to Lackham House (online at www.lackham.co.uk/history ) 308 Country Life Aug 17 1907 The Lackham Estate, comprising some 2,000 acres, has been in the hands of the present owner, Mr George Llewellen Palmer (who purchased it from Sir George Errington) for some fifteen years. This article is available on the Lackham Country Park website at http://www.lackham.co.uk/history/kerries%20at%20lackham.pdf, 309 Wiltshire and Trowbridge Gazette, Saturday December 10th 1910 310 He said “I don’t mind being beaten [he didn’t place in this show] I am only a beginner and beginners often get beaten, but eventually they start winning” Wiltshire and Trowbridge Gazette loc. cit. 311 It only appears to have been awarded in 1911 and 1912 96
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