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The life and times of an upper class family #44
Posted by Viv Wilson on 3rd March 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell Ingram,hickleton hall,viscount halifax,Earl Grey,Earl of Crawford,lady elizabeth bowes-lyon,Glamis Castle,downton abbey,The Crown
...er of the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres. However, it was not without problems as Lady Mary's parents were not very keen on the match; Freddie was the fourth son of Lord Halifax and by no means a rich man. He was also greatly dependent on his sister Emily. But after many discussions and family correspondence, they agreed on the marriage and Mary came to live at the Hall with Freddie and Emily. Lady Mary is remembered as a delightful person, intelligent and extremely literate. In her memoirs, “Sunshine and shadows over a long life” she recalled her days at Hoar Cross with much pleasure. They were full of work – political work, estate work and church work. A...
The Life and Times of an Upper Class Family #41
Posted by Viv Wilson on 12th April 2021 in Growing Up In Stately Home | Meynell,hoar cross hall,queen mother,Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon,Earl of Crawford,Earl Grey
...er of the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres. However, it was not without problems as Lady Mary's parents were not very keen on the match; Freddie was the fourth son of Lord Halifax and by no means a rich man. He was also greatly dependent on his sister Emily. But after many discussions and family correspondence, they agreed on the marriage and Mary came to live at the Hall with Freddie and Emily. Lady Mary is remembered as a delightful person, intelligent and extremely literate. In her memoirs, “Sunshine and shadows over a long life” she recalled her days at Hoar Cross with much pleasure. They were full of work – political work, estate work and church work. A...
Hoar Cross Hall - a bit of history #11
Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th November 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,first world war,second world war,christian community,Goshen,El Alamein,HRH Princess Alice,Earl of Dartmouth
...er of the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres. Just as an aside, Mary’s sister, Annie, married Frank Bowes-Lyon (second son of the Earl of Strathmore) who went on to have a niece, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who later married George VI and became our Queen then our Queen Mother.
Soldiers in a Commonwealth country
Frederick and Lady Mary had five children: Francis, Robert, Everard, Charles and Margaret. When Frederick passed away in 1910, aged 61, Francis inherited the Staffordshire and Lincolnshire estates. All the sons served in the First World War and even Margaret served with the Red Cross as a volunteer. Francis married Lady Dorothy Legge in 1907, the...
The life and times of an upper class family #42
Posted by Viv Wilson on 6th March 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Earl Grey,Earl Grey tea,Prime Minister,hickleton hall,Queen Mother,Scotland,keeping up with the aristocrats,Downton Abbey,My dad bought a mansion
...er of the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres. However, it was not without problems as Lady Mary's parents were not very keen on the match; Freddie was the fourth son of Lord Halifax and by no means a rich man. He was also greatly dependent on his sister Emily. But after many discussions and family correspondence, they agreed on the marriage and Mary came to live at the Hall with Freddie and Emily. Lady Mary is remembered as a delightful person, intelligent and extremely literate. In her memoirs, “Sunshine and shadows over a long life” she recalled her days at Hoar Cross with much pleasure. They were full of work – political work, estate work and church work. A...
Hoar Cross Hall - a bit of history! #14
Posted by Viv Wilson on 2nd June 1973 in History | Meynell,First World War,Second World War,Newborough,Hugo Meynell,William the Conqueror,hoar cross hall,red cross,George VI,Queen mother
...er of the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres. Just as an aside, Mary’s sister, Annie, married Frank Bowes-Lyon (second son of the Earl of Strathmore) who went on to have a niece, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who later married George VI and became our Queen then our Queen Mother.
Frederick and Lady Mary had five children: Francis, Robert, Everard, Charles and Margaret. When Frederick passed away in 1910, aged 61, Francis inherited the Staffordshire and Lincolnshire estates. All the sons served in the First World War and even Margaret served with the Red Cross as a volunteer. Francis married Lady Dorothy Legge in 1907, the elder daughter of the 6th Earl of Dartm...
Hoar Cross Hall - a bit of history #15
Posted by Viv Wilson on 26th January 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell,fox hunting,quorn hall,temple newsam,emily meynell,bowes-lyon,Eton college
...er of the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres. Just as an aside, Mary’s sister, Annie, married Frank Bowes-Lyon (second son of the Earl of Strathmore) who went on to have a niece, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who later married George VI and became our Queen then our Queen Mother.
African mother and baby c1900 from Emily Meynell's album
Frederick and Lady Mary had five children: Francis, Robert, Everard, Charles and Margaret. When Frederick passed away in 1910, aged 61, Francis inherited the Staffordshire and Lincolnshire estates. All the sons served in the First World War and even Margaret served with the Red Cross as a volunteer. Francis married Lady...