AU10/31/3/1

Volume of photographs with typed captions put together by Charles H.Matthews of Market Harborough [Leicestershire] and entitled "Ampthill House Bedfordshire and Sir Anthony Edward [sic] Wingfield. Kt."; it includes a biography of Sir Anthony and photographs, which are as follows: - aerial photograph showing Ampthill House, the church and houses on Church Street, Rectory Lane and Church Hill [c.1930s] p.2; - Sir Anthony Wingfield on the steps of the terrace [23 Feb 1948] p.4; - photograph of front of Ampthill House from across a field showing 1829 wing and part of west wing of 1893 [23 Feb 1948] p.7; - photograph of front of Ampthill House covered in ivy and ha ha with man on small horse [c.1911] p.7 - group photograph of family and staff showing Sir Anthony and his two sons Cecil Andrew Foulis and Anthony Edward Foulis, identified is Helena Cooper and a German governess [c.1901] p.9; - Sir Anthony's coach, with Sir Anthony in the background with footmen etc. outside Swan Hotel, Bedford [c.1893], p.11; - interior of a reception room at 34 Grosvenor Square, London, town residence of the Benyon family [28 Feb 1905] p.13; - interior of Drawing Room at 34 Grosvenor Square [28 Feb 1905] p.15; - grand staircase at 34 Grosvenor Square [28 Feb 1905] p.17; - two exterior photographs of Shobrooke Park, Crediton [Devon], seat of the Shelley family, relations by marriage of the Benyon family p.21; - Sir John Shelley, brother-in-law of Julia Wingfield, and his dog on the steps of Shobrooke Park [c.1900] p.23; - family group of Sir John Shelley and three women, possibly his wife Marion Emma [née Benyon] and two daughters Elizabeth Marion and Constance May outside [c.1906] p.23; - a girl, possibly Constance May and older woman with a small dog outside Shobrooke Park [c.1903] p.25; - a seated woman reading, a man drawing her picture and a boy standing behind, all unidentified and in the grounds possibly of Shobrooke Park [c.1900] p.25; - two interior photographs of the Library at Ampthill House [C19/20] p.27; - interior of Library at Ampthill House [c.1898] p.29; - grand double doors of the Dining Room at Ampthill House [C19/20] p.31; - wedding photograph of Cecil Andrew Foulis Wingfield and Elizabeth Jocelyn Rhys Wingfield [1927] p.22; - Richard Rouse Boughton Orlebar, Anthony Henry Wingfield, 2nd Baron Ampthill and 11th Duke of Bedford all in military uniform at Bedford [WW1] p.35; - group on terrace at Ampthill House including: Princess Eugenie of Greece and Denmark (later Princess of Thurn & Taxis) on the back of a llama; Countess Ingeborg Ahlefeldt Laurvig, daughter of the Danish ambassador to London; Anthony Henry Wingfield and three others [1930s] p.35; - Sir Anthony Wingfield with five unidentified people at a Bring & Buy Sale at Ampthill Park [c.1930s] p.35; - wedding photograph of Anthony Edward Foulis Wingfield and Margaret Brinsmade Adam, daughter of Prof.Douglas Adam of New York; - fire place in Dining Room at Ampthill House [2 Aug 1949] p.39; - Sir Anthony, his two sons, three other men and a mixed group of llamas and ponies by the ha ha in the grounds of Ampthill House [c.1909] p.41; - portrait photograph of Sir Anthony Wingfield [c.1900] p.41; - Sir Anthony standing next to his son Anthony Edward Foulis on a horse [c.1913] p.41; - group at Whipsnade Zoo including: Sir Anthony Wingfield; Cecil Higgins; Anthony Edward Foulis Wingfield and Margaret Brinsmade Adam Wingfield as well as a keeper [?] [1930s] p.41; - Garden Room at Ampthill House showing ornate radiator [20 Aug 1949] p.43; - cabinet in Justice Room at Ampthill House [20 Aug 1949] p.43; - west wall of Justice Room at Ampthill House showing furniture etc. [20 Aug 1949] p.43; - furniture in Justice Room at Ampthill House [20 Aug 1949] p.43; - Ampthill House and grounds showing ha ha and animals including ostriches, llamas, ponies and donkeys [c.1911] p.45; - view from Dining Room of Ampthill house over Park [22 Sep 1950] p.45; - view of Ampthill House from the north [c.1913] p.45; - portrait of a servant standing beside a sundial in Ampthill House grounds [c.1910] p.47; - Sidney Cuthbert riding in a dog cart on the terrace at Ampthill House [1930s] p.47; - group of unidentified servants in grounds of Ampthill House [c.1900] p.49; - Prince Luis Fernando of Spain with three dogs on the terrace of Ampthill House "...was a frequent visitor and a very welcome one. After a number of years, he lost favour, however, and invitations were no longer extended to him to visit Ampthill House. I could never find out from Sir Anthony why this was so, other than that "something happened" on one of his visits and he was not asked again" [C20] p.49. - group by sundial in front of Ampthill House: Sir Anthony Wingfield; Count Guido Visconti; Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd; Julian Sampson [c.1930s] p.51; - snap of Sir Anthony Wingfield asleep on the terrace [c.1930s] p.51; - photograph of Sir Anthony's last public appearance in Ampthill at a War Savings Campaign meeting [1944] p.51; - Dresden chandelier at Ampthill House [C19/20] p.53; - portrait of Sophia Pauncefort Duncombe, Sir Anthony Wingfield's mother fro man engraving by W.H.Egleton after a drawing by J.Hayter [c.1841] p.53; - two photographs of mixed groups of llamas and ponies with Ampthill House in far background [c.1920s-30s] p.57; - three photographs of ostriches and keepers outside Ampthill House, including some two of keepers riding the ostriches [c.1909-1913] p.59; - photograph by butler Charles Cooper showing a man riding an ostrich in the grounds of Ampthill House [1914] p.60; - photograph of keepers riding llamas on west side of Ampthill House [c.1910] p.61; - photograph of two men and an ostrich pulling a cart on terrace of Ampthill House [c.1910] p.61; - photograph of two dromedaries with keepers "round about 1910 Mr.Anthony Wingfield imported three or four black boys whose primary duty was to look after the Dromedaries" [c.1910] p.63; - two African keepers and a dromedary, one riding [c.1910] p.63; - Prince Luis Fernando of Spain and a keeper with two dromedaries (mother and offspring?) [c.1920s] p.63; - two invalid officers, one riding an ostrich and Sir Anthony Wingfield [WW1] p.54; - five Ampthill House outside staff riding ponies [c.1920s/30s] p.65; - Sir Anthony Wingfield with a sloth bear [c.1913] p.65; - small boy, aged about two, and a Tamworth boar with a saddle on its back [c.1930s] p.67; - Clorley, the stockman riding a cow talking to Sir Anthony Wingfield [c.1930s] p.67; - two men in dog carts on the terrace at Ampthill House [c.1920s/30s] p.68; - Sir Anthony Wingfield standing next to a young man in a dog cart outside Ampthill House [c.1930s] p.69; - pencil drawing by Sapper A.H.Dean of 14th Field Service Company, Royal Engineers of Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander, Duke of Teck, godfather to Charles Cooper [21 Mar 1941] p.71; - butler Charles Cooper on steps of Princes Hotel, Hove [Sussex], earlier, as 11 Queens Gardens, "marine residence" of Sir Anthony Wingfield [early 1930s] p.71; - Charles Cooper [early 1930s] p.71; - front of Powerscourt House, Enniskerry, County Wicklow [Ireland] with Sugarloaf Mountain behind [c.1900] p.73; - postcard showing aerial photograph of Powerscourt House [c.1930s] p.72; - Mervyn Patrick Wingfield, 9th Viscount Powerscourt outside the gate to Powerscourt House [23 Aug 1955] p.73; - distant view of 1829 wing of Ampthill House from the park [3 May 1948] p.75; - Sir Anthony Wingfield in front of Ampthill House [22 Oct 1948] p.75; - entrance front of Ampthill House [2 Sep 1948] p.76; - Anthony Edward Foulis Wingfield with his son Gervase Christopher Brinsmade Wingfield [c.1938] p.76; - Sir Anthony Wingfield standing by the old sundial on the terrace of Ampthill House [c.1938] p.78; - Sir Anthony Wingfield by railings in the grounds of Ampthill House [29 Oct 1947] p.78; - Sir Anthony at the head of the steps on the terrace at Ampthill House [23 Feb 1948] p.80; - Sir Anthony Wingfield on a seat outside Ampthill House [3 May 1948] p.80; - three photographs of Sir Anthony Wingfield seated on a bench outside Ampthill House [10 Jun 1950, 18 Jun 1951 and 9 Aug 1952] p.82; - four photographs of Ampthill House undergoing demolition [Nov 1953] p.84; - three photographs of the site of the now razed Ampthill House, the terrace being clearly visible [Spring 1954] p.86

completed 29 Nov 1980

From: 1841 To: 1980

item

Wingfield, Anthony Henry,
Wingfield, Anthony Edward Foulis,
Wingfield, Cecil Andrew Foulis,
Wingfield, Julia,
Wingfield, Elizabeth Joscelyn Rhys,
Wingfield, Margaret Brinsmade Adam,
Wingfield, Sophia,
Wingfield, Mervyn Patrick [9th Viscount Powerscourt],
Wingfield, Gervase Christopher Brinsmade,
Matthews, Charles H.,
Cooper, Helena,
Cooper, Charles,
Benyon,
Shelley,
Shelley, John,
Benyon, Julia,
Benyon, Marion Emma,
Shelley, Marion Emma,
Shelley, Elizabeth Marion,
Shelley, Constance May,
Orlebar, Richard Rouse Boughton,
Russell, Herbrand Arthur (11th Duke of Bedford),
Ampthill, Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell, 2nd Baron,
Eugenie [Princess Thurn & Taxis],
Ahlfeldt Laurvig, Ingeborg,
Adam, Margaret Brinsmade,
Adam, Douglas,
Higgins, Cecil Charles Norman Colburne,
Cuthbert, Sidney,
Luis Fernando [Prince of Spain],
Visconti, Guido,
Lennox-Boyd, Alan Tindal,
Pauncefort-Duncombe, Sophia,
Egleton, W.H.,
Hayter, J.,
Clorley, Joseph H.,
Dean, A.H.,
Teck, Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander, Duke of

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