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Aristocratic travels # 39
Posted by Viv Wilson on 11th July 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Meynell,emily meynell,Nile,Africa,Mediterranean,Baltic,North Sea,Ariadne
...ip up the Nile, accompanied by her brother Frederick and his wife Lady Mary plus two friends. She was an accomplished water-colour artist having been a prolific painter since childhood. Much of her adult work was done during her cruises, on her schooner Ariadne, which was acquired by Emily in 1886. It was one of the largest schooners afloat - its scale can be appreciated by the number of crew on board: 20 hands on deck and six under deck. That's nearly as many staff as she had at home! Emily was also devoutly high church and even took the vicar of Hoar Cross on regular cruises with her, having had a small chapel installed aboard.
These two pictu...
Hoar Cross Hall - a bit of history #13
Posted by Viv Wilson on 7th September 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Quorn hunt,fox huntiing,william the conqueror,Florence,mediterranean,River Nile,British Empire
...the River Nile on her yacht and filled 10 books of diaries and logs, all illustrated with her drawings and photographs. There were many more trips that the Meynells went on as you can see from the photographs which we found in the Library. Although I’m not sure where they were taken exactly, it looks as though they travelled around the British Empire quite a lot.
The Meynells on one of their trips abroad
To keep the Meynell name going Emily’s brother changed his name from Wood to Meynell upon her death in 1904, thus keeping the name in the family. This was quite a common thing to do at this level of society if you wanted to keep a family name. In 1...
Hoar Cross Hall - a bit of history #14
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st August 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,de Mesnil,william the conqueror,Emily Meynell,El Alamein,second world war,Downton Abbey,Bridgerton,River Nile
...the River Nile on her yacht and filled 10 books of diaries and logs, all illustrated with her drawings and photographs. There were many more trips that the Meynells went on and it looks as though they travelled around the British Empire quite a lot judging from the many photographs that we found in the Library (and which I will share in future blogs).
One of Emily's many paintings
To keep the Meynell name in use Emily’s brother changed his name from Wood to Meynell upon her death in 1904, thus keeping the name in the family. This was quite a common thing to do at this level of society if you wanted to keep a family name. In 1878 Frederick married...
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
...ip up the Nile on her yacht and filled 10 books of diaries and logs, all illustrated with her drawings and photographs. There were many more trips that the Meynells went on as you can see from the photographs which we found in the Library. Although I’m not sure where they were taken exactly, it looks as though they travelled around Africa quite a lot.
Some original photo's from the Meynell's early 20th century exotic worldwide trips:
To keep the Meynell name going Emily’s brother changed his name from Wood to Meynell upon her death in 1904, thus keeping the name in the family. This was quite a common thing to do at this level...
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
...the River Nile on her yacht and filled 10 books of diaries and logs, all illustrated with her drawings and photographs. There were many more trips that the Meynells went on as you can see from the photographs which we found in the Library. Although I’m not sure where they were taken exactly, it looks as though they travelled around the British Empire quite a lot.
Banana sellers in Africa c1900 (from Emily Meynell's photo album)
To keep the Meynell name going Emily’s brother changed his name from Wood to Meynell upon her death in 1904, thus keeping the name in the family. This was quite a common thing to do at this level of society i...
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
...the River Nile on her yacht and filled 10 books of diaries and logs, all illustrated with her drawings and photographs. There were many more trips that the Meynells went on as you can see from the photographs which we found in the Library. Although I’m not sure where they were taken exactly, it looks as though they travelled around the British Empire quite a lot.
The Meynell family on their travels abroad
To keep the Meynell name going Emily’s brother changed his name from Wood to Meynell upon her death in 1904, thus keeping the name in the family. This was quite a common thing to do at this level of society if you wanted to keep a fami...