tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post8973972317881661748..comments2024-01-27T01:51:07.872-08:00Comments on Jot101: Visitor's Book for Calcot ParkJot101http://www.blogger.com/profile/04163335378108954329noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-35223342117483096592015-10-26T05:55:40.618-07:002015-10-26T05:55:40.618-07:00Thank you. I fear, however, you may be hard press...Thank you. I fear, however, you may be hard pressed to find any mention of this high-flight confab of WWI luminaries, at least on the Internet. I have looked, and can find none. Although I was born and raised in Edinburgh, I have spent most of these last 55 years in the USA, and have no access to the libraries wherein the diaries, memoirs, etc., may reside. George V did keep a rather meticulous diary, but the Royal Archives of the 20th century are not easily accessed, if at all. I was hoping to write an article about Calcot Park for the Sinclair family genealogical and clan society, and may still do so. It certainly would be nice, however, if I could pin down the exact date of the meeting within the historical framework of the times ...Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16810961884354917244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-73495973517437548442015-10-25T17:03:16.518-07:002015-10-25T17:03:16.518-07:00Sorry Jeff. That visitor's book is long gone.T...Sorry Jeff. That visitor's book is long gone.The date could be fairly easily ascertained from biographies and memoirs- especially those of the royals and JM Barrie and Balfour. If I find time I will look. NJot101https://www.blogger.com/profile/04163335378108954329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-84033483394140636012015-10-25T15:27:24.461-07:002015-10-25T15:27:24.461-07:00Such an august group who visited Calcot Park over ...Such an august group who visited Calcot Park over a single weekend during the summer of 1916. Do you recall what weekend (or even month) that was? The costly Battle of the Somme was fought over that summer -- still the record holder for the number of UK war dead on a single day (July 1). My grandfather fought there, and his brother Jimmy died on that day ...Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16810961884354917244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-20681363498002160382015-03-29T11:29:48.785-07:002015-03-29T11:29:48.785-07:00According to this report, it must've been Coot...According to this report, it must've been Coote ...<br /><br />http://www.faringdon.org/uploads/1/4/7/6/14765418/obituary__lady_dorothy_h-p_2001_telegraph.pdf<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-56579145386194107212015-02-12T04:55:32.202-08:002015-02-12T04:55:32.202-08:00Thanks very much for letting me know. I love your...Thanks very much for letting me know. I love your site. Best wishes, Roc Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04614532725782702679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-57909739182130635422015-02-12T04:47:34.052-08:002015-02-12T04:47:34.052-08:00The books came from a sizeable cottage with large ...The books came from a sizeable cottage with large garden about a mile from Lord Berners place Faringdon House near Oxford. It was a member of the Heber Percy family related to Rosslyn but not sure which about 12 years ago, sorry. I don't think it was the one who was briefly engaged to Nancy Mitford…we were brought in by an antique dealer who was buying all the chattels (deceased estate). Sorry can't help much!Jot101https://www.blogger.com/profile/04163335378108954329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-44449534701726577882015-02-12T03:02:40.423-08:002015-02-12T03:02:40.423-08:00PS Who did the papers come from? Was it Coote Heb...PS Who did the papers come from? Was it Coote Heber Percy nee Lygon perhaps? I'd be interested in what else was with them and if you have images of the visitors' book. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04614532725782702679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-70725583523734906182015-02-10T15:26:24.942-08:002015-02-10T15:26:24.942-08:00I remember Hamish, though not well. It was Hunger ...I remember Hamish, though not well. It was Hunger Hill.Roc Sandfordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-12147476455459764152015-01-02T19:04:28.245-08:002015-01-02T19:04:28.245-08:00In the visitors book it was written as Hunger Hill...In the visitors book it was written as Hunger HillJot101https://www.blogger.com/profile/04163335378108954329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-82435830412706736192015-01-02T10:44:57.320-08:002015-01-02T10:44:57.320-08:00Hunger HILL, or Hunger HALL?Hunger HILL, or Hunger HALL?Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16810961884354917244noreply@blogger.com