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Hoar Cross Hall - a bit of history #17
Posted by Viv Wilson on 5th August 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,william the conqueror,christian community,BIshop of Portsmouth,Red Cross,second world war,first world war,George VI,Queen Mother,Queen Elizabeth
...ross as a volunteer. Francis married Lady Dorothy Legge in 1907, the elder daughter of the 6th Earl of Dartmouth. On the death of his father they moved into Hoar Cross Hall and raised their family of five children. Sadly, one of their children died aged 8 years. In 1919 Lady Dorothy founded the Hoar Cross Women’s Institute. As well as this she was a County Magistrate and devoted a lot of her time to the Red Cross Society. She was also a very knowledgeable horticulturist and so was very keen to tame some of the more ‘wild’ areas in the Hall gardens. She was especially interested in a sunken area near the church which she made into a sunken garden, surroundi...
Lest We Forget #28
Posted by Viv Wilson on 11th November 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Meynell,hoar cross hall,second world war,first world war,Al Alamein,London,Red Cross,War Office,Military Cross,Hitler,Gestapo,Remembrance Day,RASC
...During the two World Wars the Meynell family of Hoar Cross Hall served their country alongside many others from all walks of life. After each war there was huge social upheaval, especially for women, who had been doing what was traditionally 'mens work' during the war and weren't prepared to go back to domesticity. At the time of the First World War Frederick Meynell and Lady Mary Meynell were living at the Hall with their five children. Their four sons all served in the war and their daughter Margaret served in the Red Cross as a volunteer.
Their eldest son Francis was a Major but was wounded in action in 1917 with severe wounds to his back. He was moved...
Hoar Cross Hall - A bit of History #54
Posted by Viv Wilson on 12th May 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,st james palace,first world war,second world war,military cross,Bishop of Portsmouth,Red Cross,church of the holy angels,mediterranean,the crown,downton abbey,my dad bought a mansion
...ross as a volunteer. Francis married Lady Dorothy Legge in 1907, the elder daughter of the 6th Earl of Dartmouth. On the death of his father they moved into Hoar Cross Hall and raised their family of five children. Sadly, one of their children died aged 8 years. In 1919 Lady Dorothy founded the Hoar Cross Women’s Institute. As well as this she was a County Magistrate and devoted a lot of her time to the Red Cross Society. She was also a very knowledgeable horticulturist and so was very keen to tame some of the more ‘wild’ areas in the Hall gardens. She was especially interested in a sunken area near the church which she made into a sunken garden, surroundi...Celebrating VE Day #94
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th May 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,barons eden,hoar cross hall spa hotel,History,World War 2,World War 1,V E Day,D Day,Great Britain,TB,downton Abbey,Motor bike,RASC,Americans,Aeroplanes,period drama,V J Day,Victory,Meynell,wartime
...ross as a volunteer.
Their eldest son Francis was a Major but was wounded in action in 1917 with severe wounds to his back. He was moved from the Duchess of Westminster Hospital to the Meynell Hospital in Lennox Gardens, London, the home of his mother, Lady Mary. She had offered her house to the War Office and the Red Cross, and it had become a Military Hospital for officers.
When the Second World War started in 1939 the next generation of Meynells stepped up to help out. Francis had married Lady Dorothy and their eldest son Hugo also served as an officer and was awardedthe Military Cross, although he was seriously injured at Al Alamein leading to his early...