Old Herbaceous

ARKELL, Reginald & MINTON, John (Illus.)

Verlag: Michael Joseph Ltd, London, 1950

First Edition. DESCRIPTION: Illustrated DJ over green illustrated cloth Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Sharp corners, edges and spine ends. Light toning to upper margins. Tightly bound with lightly toned and shadowed endpapers. Strong hinges. Lightly toned unmarked pages. Prev owners name to ffep. DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 154. Size: 8vo 20.5cm by 13.5cm. PROVENANCE: N. Anderson. Nigel Anderson. This could relate to either [Nigel] Donald Anderson or Nigel James Moffat Anderson. Nigel James Moffatt Anderson (1920-2008). Born 1920 in Melbourne to Lieutenant Colonel John Hubback Anderson (of the Australian Imperial Force) and Ruby Clara Moffat. He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Oxford. In 1939, he joined the 4th (Territorial Army) Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. In 1952 he inherited the Hamptworth estate from a cousin (Hugh Charles Cumberbatch and his wife Lucy Alice Moffat). Nigel Anderson met his wife Daphne [nee Siggins] while serving with the British Army in Northern Ireland and they had one son, Donald Anderson, who succeeded to the estate. [Nigel] Donald Anderson (Hamptworth Estate). Son of Nigel James Moffat and Daphne Anderson. John Hubback Anderson (1883-1950). Doctor, son of Dr J.F. Anderson from Malva Woodend, Victoria Australia. Enlisted on 7th October 1914 (at the age of 31) in the Australian Imperial Force as a Captain in the Australian Army Medical Corp with the 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance. Embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A51 Chilka on 2 Feb 1915. He returned to Australia, 15 Nov 1919 on conclusion of the war. His honours include, Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal. Married Ruby Clara Moffat on 14th April 1919 and had a son Nigel James Moffat Anderson. Ruby Clara Moffatt. Daughter of Harold Charles Moffat and grand daughter of George Moffat and Lucy Morrison of the Moffat and Morrison business dynasties. Hamptworth Estate (1579 - 2018 ). Between 1579 -1869 the estate passed between from Gifford, Stockman, Chaplin, Duncombe, Shafto families. Thereafter, the estate passed to; 1870 - George Morrison, 1884 - Barbara Morrison (wife of George), 1907 - H.C. Moffatt (nephew of George), 1945 - H.C. Cumberbatch (nephew of H.C. Moffatt), 1957 - N.J.M. Anderson (Grandson of H.C. Moffatt) and finally to 2012 - Donald Anderson. Moffatt Family. George Moffatt (1806-1878). Born 1806, son of William Moffat, tea agent and broker and Alice. Entered the family business of Moffatt & Co. and became a well-known tea broker and politician. From 1834 onwards established a good business relationship with Jardine, Matheson & Co., traders in China. In 1845 he acquired 103 Eaton Square and another residence at St Leonards Hill, Windsor. Expanding and diversifying his interests, he became chairman of the Lhynvi Iron and Coal Company and invested in United States railway stock. In 1856 he married Lucy Morrison (1825-1876), the eldest daughter of another merchant prince, James Morrison. They had a son and three daughters, namely Harold, Alice, Ethel and Hilda. In 1871 he purchased Goodrich Court, near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, a Gothic mansion, together with its remaining collections of armour. Harold Charles Moffatt (1859-1945). Born in 1859, the only son of George Moffatt and Lucy Morrison, sister of George Morrison. He inherited Goodridge Court estate on the death of his father in 1884. On inheriting Hamptworth Lodge estate in 1907 from his widowed aunt Barbara Jane Morrison, (George Morrisons widow), he dismantled the house and with the aid of Sir Guy Dawber as his architect, and built the current Lodge between 1910 and 1913. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9347

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Old Herbaceous
Verlag: Michael Joseph Ltd, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1950
Einband: Hardcover
Illustrator: MINTON, John
Zustand: Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No DJ
Auflage: 1st Edition.