Marconi in East Kent

By the winter of 1894, aged only 20, Guglielmo Marconi had established
himself within two attic rooms of the family home, Villa Grifone, with the
moral support of both his Mother, Anna, and Prof Righi who also loaned a
degree of equipment to the fledgling experiments.
Soon Marconi was able to demonstrate the initial results of his experiments by
sounding a buzzer triggered by a transmitting device some 10 metres away
and, crucially, not connected by means of any wires.
The experiments continued throughout 1895 with the receiver placed ever
more distant from the transmitter until September of that year by which time
signals were able to be sent over a distance of one mile [1.5km] and,
whatsmore, to a receiver beyond a small hill.
By the end of 1895 he was obtaining reliable detection and recording of
signals from his transmitter at distances of more than one and a half miles
[2.4km].
As Professor (later Sir) Ambrose Fleming, Chair of Electrical Technology at
University College London, the first of its kind in England, would later note the
novelty of Marconi’s idea “is rather to be measured by its non-obviousness to
experts than by the simplicity of the device and its proved utility".
By now, external investment was clearly now necessary, to which end
Giuseppe’s contacts were able to facilitate an introduction to the Italian
Ministry of Post and Telegraph, while Annie’s family in England began to show
great interest, particularly, among them, her Nephew Henry Jameson-Davis.
A family friend in Italy the Honorary Consul at the United States Consulate in
Bologna, wrote a letter of introduction to the Ambassador of Italy in London,
explaining who Marconi was and outlining his discoveries.
The Ambassador replied advising that the family obtain a patent on Marconi;s
discoveries while also encouraging them to travel to Britain, where, he
believed, it would be easier to find the necessary funds to put his experiments
into practical use.
Accompanied by Annie, his mother, Marconi traveled to London in February
1896 still aged only 21.