The Manor of Lackham Volume IV The owners of Lackham in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries and some of their historical connections by Tony Pratt Wiltshire College Lackham 2011 Last updated : 07 January 2019 The Manor of Lackham IV : 19th & 20th century owners The current investigation of the history of the manor of Lackham, close to Chippenham and next to Lacock in Wiltshire, started with “The Bluets ; a baronial family and their historical connections 1066- 1400 1” and was continued in “The Baynards : a county family and their historical connections 1360 – 1650 2.” The third volume, “The Montagus of Lackham: their antecedents and their historical connections 1440-1840 3” took the story through the period of the Civil War and the Enlightenment to Canal Mania and on into the early part of the nineteenth century. This final volume covers the period from then until the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century CE For biographies of the authors involved see the Introduction to “The Bluets”. All three of the previous publications, and others, are held by Wiltshire Libraries, the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre in Chippenham and online (see below) as well as other publications looking at the history of Lackham The period covered by this volume was a time when there were extensive changes in the layout of the estate, its access drives and the House itself as well as ancillary buildings and services. Previous versions of the history of this period have included some information on these subjects but it has recently been possible to collect all of this together in a separate volume. For details on the development and history of the infrastructure of Lackham see Pratt, T (2011) The Manor Houses of Lackham 1050-1949 2nd edition, available online at http://www.wiltshire.ac.uk/about-us/Lackham-house/a-further-history 2018 Update: With the development of the British Newspaper Archive digital resource much more local information became available for the period from about 1760 onwards. Investigations have resulted in an expanded section about the Caldwell and, to some extent, Palmer ownership of Lackham which is included here. Further work on other periods remains to be completed and evaluated but it was felt appropriate to make the work so far available. Further developments should be forthcoming. Tony Pratt May 2018 1 Tony Pratt & Karen Repko (2008) Lackham Museum of Agriculture and Rural Life Trust 2 Tony Pratt (2009) Wiltshire College Lackham 3 Tony Pratt & Karen Repko (2010) Wiltshire College Lackham 1 The Manor of Lackham IV : 19th & 20th century owners Contents Section Page 1 The Tufnells at Lackham 6 2 The Rookes of Lackham 15 3 The Caldwells at Lackham 47 4 Mary Stapleton-Bretherton at Lackham 80 5 Sir George Errington at Lackham 88 6 Brig. Gen George Llewellen Palmer owns Lackham including 97 Mrs Taylor at Lackham. 103 George Palmer continues here 108 7 William Tatem (the Lord Glanely) at Lackham 127 8 Maj. Herbert Paton Holt at Lackham 135 9 Lackham owned as a College 152 Illustrations 1 Tufnell family descent 7 2 Family of Lt Col Tufnell of Lackham 11 3 Early pedigree of the Rooke family 18 4 Order of St Ann 2nd Class 20 5 Arms of Capt FW Rooke RN 25 6 Ancestry of Anne Wallace 26 7 Children of Frederick William Rooke and Anne Wallace 27 8 Lackham House 1849 by William Wallace Rooke 34 2 The Manor of Lackham IV : 19th & 20th century owners 9 Children of Rev Frederick John Rooke 37 10 Relationship of William Wallace and Julia Rooke 38 11 Poster for the 1856 sale 47 12 Map for the 1856 sale 40 13 Land changes at Notton 1858 52 14 Relationship between Rooke, Caldwell and Marcon familes 54 15 Fellowes – Caldwell links 56 16 Burgess & Key reaping machine (1859) 61 17 Caldwell family of Lackham 68 18 Map for the 1864 sale 81 19a Bretherton of Rainhill arms 84 19b Arms of Mary Stapleton Bretherton 85 20 Arms of George Errington 89 21 Descent of George Errington 92 22a Punch cartoon “Our Mr Errington MP – The Uncommercial 96 Traveller “ 22b Sir George Errington MP entitled “the Vatican” 97 23 Brig. Gen. George Llewellen Palmer DL JP 99 24 Ancestors of George Llewellyn Palmer 102 25a Crest above the door of “The Ornamental Lodge” 111 25b Griffin and Cockerel comparison 112 3 The Manor of Lackham IV : 19th & 20th century owners 26 Grooms at Lackham c1905 116 27 Stable Staff c 1905 117 28 Coat of arms above Stable Yard building 118 29 Hunting Bridge across the River Avon 119 30 Lackham House staff c1905 120 31 Rowden land bought in 1904 122 32 William Tatem, the Lord Glanely 130 33 Arms of William Tatem, Lord Glanely 131 34 Lord Glanely, cigarette card 133 35 Text on the back of the cigarette card 134 36 Arms of Herbert Paton Holt 138 37 War Department areas of Lackham 143 38 Art Noveau (c 1910-20?) wallpaper first floor 146 Lackham House 39 Roll of Honour American Forces who were at Lackham 149-50 40 Students and staff 1952-3, inc the first female students 158 41 Arms of Capt. Richard King 162 42 Naval Service Medal with clasp for Boat Service 172 43 Eastern Mediterranean 173 44 Location of the Galite Islands 174 45 Relationship of Galite Islands to Biserts and Tunis 179 4 The Manor of Lackham IV : 19th & 20th century owners Appendices 1 Military career of Frederick William Rooke RN 160 2 An account of the wreck of HMS Avenger and the 172 actions of Lieut F Rooke RN 3 10th Armored Infantry Division Reports up to D-Day 184 (USA and Lackham) 4 Comparative land values 1835 -1945 186 5 The Manor of Lackham IV : 19th & 20th century owners By the nineteenth century the Wiltshire manor of Lackham, secure in its bend of the River Avon between Chippenham and Lacock, had only known three families since the Norman Conquest, the Bluets, the Baynards and the Wiltshire branch of the Montagu family The Montagu tenure of Lackham didn’t so much end as fizzle out after the death of James Montagu VI, in 1794. Following court cases between James’ brother George, and George’s son George Courtney Montagu, the estate was held in trust under Chancery rules 4. The estate remained in Montagu hands, under the supervising control of the Trustees appointed by the Court, until 1835 when it was sold. However the estate was rented out, from as early as 1817, to Lt Col Tufnell The Tufnells at Lackham This date is suggested by an entry in the Gentleman’s Magazine in that year - “ at Lackham House Hants [sic] the wife of Lieut-Col Tufnell a dau “ 5 The Hants is a mistake, Tufnell’s daughter Charlotte Bonella Caroline Tufnell, was baptized at St Cyriac’s, Lacock, on October 16th 1817 6. 1817 is also the year that Tufnell is found renting “Lackham House and park 132 acres 2 rods 21 poles and Lackham Woods 42a 0r 38p tenant for £500 per year “7 4 For details of this (complicated) period see Pratt, T (2003) The Manor of Lackham : Two Georgian Montagus Wilshire College Lackham online at 2 Georgian Montagus 5 Gentleman’s Magazine vol 87 (1818) pt 2 p274 “Births” 6 Lacock Parish Registers, Baptisms 7 Wiltshire Archive (held at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Cente, Chippenham and henceforth WA ) Lacock Archive temp. ref Box 2664 OB2 “Abstract deed of arrangement of 17 September 1817 as to the charges and encumbrances affecting the estates of George Courtney Montagu and Frederick Courtney Montagu” 6 The Manor of Lackham IV : 19th & 20th century owners Fig. 1 Tufnell family descent * 7 The Manor of Lackham IV : 19th & 20th century owners This branch of the Tufnell family has been traced back to the early 17th century (see Fig 1 above). Samuel Tufnell owned Langleys in Essex and this estate passed to his son John Jollife Tufnell. JJ Tufnell also inherited Tufnell Park in. London from his brother William 8 which then passed to another brother, George Foster Tufnell. George Foster Tufnell was born in 1723 and married twice, first to an Elizabeth whom Burke gives as being the daughter of John Foster; this is an error, she was actually Elizabeth Forster 9. They were divorced in 1758 on the grounds of Elizabeth’s adultery with Captain Evans 10 at Bristol and Turnham Green. His second wife was Mary Farhill 11 from Chichester and they had children, including Lt Col John Charles Tufnell of Lackham Lt Col Tufnell of Lackham was George and Mary’s second son. His elder brother William inherited the Tufnell Park estate and married Mary Carelton the very wealthy heiress of Thomas Carelton of South Carleton.. They are both buried in St Mary’s Islington and her maiden name is commemorated in two street names in London, N7 12. It was their son Henry who developed Tufnell Park as a residential area. 8 http://wn.com/Tufnell_Park_FC 9 Journal of the House of Lords volume 29: 1756-1760 dated February 1758 “Tufnell’s Divorce Bill” at: www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=114444 “And called George Elliot, in order to prove the Marriage; who, being sworn, produced a Certificate, signed by Duel Taylor Rector of Bath, "That it appears, by the Register-Book of the Parish of Saint Peter and Saint Paul , in the City of Bath, that George Tufnell Esquire and Elizabeth Forster were married, by License, on the 11th Day of February 1744;" and gave an Account, "That he saw the Rector sign the said Certificate; and that he examined it with the Register-Book." 10 Journal of the House of Lords volume 29 ibid Proved in the Consistory Court of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s, after a successful action brought by Mr Tufnell against Capt.