R. J. BOYCE

Original photograph - R. J. Boyce, House Furnisher, 15-16 Market Hill. Sudbury, Suffolk.

Sudbury, Suffolk: c. 1910 . 0. An original photograph, it measures 233 mm x 156 mm and 400 mm x 250 0verall. Soiled photograph mounted on board. Showing the grand facade of R. J. Boyce, 15 - 16 Market Hill, Sudbury, Suffolk. It was bought by P S Head in 1919 (later Head and Woodward). In the late 20th century the shop became a Burtons store . - See Sudbury Photo Archive.

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Book number: 50374

Catalogue: Ephemera: : Suffolk

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MOOR, GEORGE .

Original letter and envelope. George Moor to Douglas Edwardes-Ker

Woodbridge (Suffolk) : 15 Oct, 1901 . 0. Black edged envelope. 3.5" x 4.75". With two green halfpenny stamps and Woodbridge circular postmark. Adressed to Douglas Edwardes-Ker, Church Street, Woodbridge (Suffolk). Black edged letter. 7.0" x 4.5" (writing on two sides). Both envelope and letter with the Moor crest: "A Moor's Head In Profile Couped At The Shoulders"; and motto: "Moribus Antiquis" (Ancient custom). Letter from George Moor to Douglas Edwardes-Ker on the death of his Father. ** George Moor was born in April 1877 in Woodbridge, Suffolk, the son of Caroline and George. He had one sister. He died in January 1941 in Suffolk at the age of 63. He lived at Java Lodge, Pettistree, Suffolk. *** Douglas Rous Edwardes-Ker (1886-1979), Lieutenant-Colonel. British army officer seconded to Royal Engineers as chemical adviser and Assistant Director of Gas Services on Western Front, 1915-1918. Parents: George Cordy Edwardes-Ker ( 1827-8 - April 1901 ) , married at Woodbridge on 21 April 1885, to Edith Mary Rouse (20 April 1857-20 February 1952), eldest daughter of Revd. Rolla Charles Meadows Rouse, rector of Woodbridge. In 1891. George Cordy Edwardes-Ker, was a surgeon, living at Church Street, Woodbridge with his wife and their two children, Douglas Rouse (1886-1979) and Christabel (1887-1972).

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BY ORDER OF G. M. T. PRETYMAN, ESQ. AND THE EXECUTORS OF THE RT. HON. E. G. PRETYMAN.

Particulars, Plans and Conditions of Sale Of The Freehold Of The Felixstowe Estate Extending To about 855 Acres comprising practically The Whole of the Building Land available in the immediate vicinity of the town, having Over 48,000 Feet Frontage...

London: Alfred Savill & Sons, 1932 . 0. "Practically the whole of the existing development of Felixstowe was carried out by the late Rt. Hon,. E. G. Pretyman or his predecessor, Colonel Tomline, and the acquisition of the Estate will give a purchaser power to control the future development of the town subject only to agreement with the Town Planning Authorities." Original auction particulars plus 2 large coloured maps of Felixstowe. Folio. 15.0" x 10.0". Soiled grey card covers with copper-plate titles. Clean text and tables. pp.18/[2pp.]. All four maps contained within a wallet to the rear cover: Plan No. 1 The Felixstowe Estate, Suffolk..; Plan No. 2 Shewing Tenancies And References Nos. To Schedule. The Felixstowe Estate, Suffolk.. ** "Ernest George Pretyman, PC, JP, DL (13 November 1859 – 26 November 1931), known as E. G. Pretyman, was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician. Pretyman served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Woodbridge, Suffolk from 1895 to 1906 and for Chelmsford from 1908 to 1923. He was Civil Lord of the Admiralty from 1900 to 1903, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty from 1903 to 1906, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade from 1915 to 1916 and Civil Lord of the Admiralty again from 1916 to 1919. He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1917. Pretyman married Lady Beatrice Adine Bridgeman (2 December 1870 – 27 June 1952), daughter of George Bridgeman, 4th Earl of Bradford, on 28 June 1894. They had three sons and three daughters. His most notable descendant today is Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, sometime Tory leader of the House of Lords in the 1990s. Maj. George Marcus Tomline Pretyman, of Orwell Park, Suffolk, (24 April 1895 – 1979); his only child Gillian (who married Mark Bence-Jones) inherited the family papers.Lt. Cmdr. Herbert Ernest Pretyman, R.N, of Newbury, Berkshire (19 June 1900 – 1987); twice married, with children by both marriages. Sir Walter Frederic Pretyman, of Campos, Brazil (17 October 1901 – 1987), who emigrated to Brazil 1924, and was appointed KBE 1967. His second wife Vera de Sa Sottomaior was former wife of Randal Plunkett, 19th Lord Dunsany and mother of the 20th Lord Dunsany. Sir Walter Pretyman was twice married, and had children by both marriages.Ida Beatrice Pretyman (5 April 1896 – 1977) who married Captain Charles Wilfrid Lindley Meynell, a grandson of Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax, and left children.Marjorie Elizabeth Pretyman (1 May 1897 – 6 May 1969) who married Capt. Hon. Valentine Maurice Wyndham-Quin, R.N, of Chieveley, Berkshire. They were parents of three daughters, including Marjorie "Mollie" Wyndham-Quin, widow of the 6th Marquess of Salisbury and mother of the present Marquess, formerly styled Viscount Cranbourne, sometime Tory leader of the House of Lords in the 1990s. Another grandson is the biographer Max Egremont.Katharine Louise Pretyman (1907– ?), who married Lt. Col. Charles Algernon Peel and left children. *** "George Marcus Tomline Pretyman was born on 24 April 1895, in London. His father, Ernest George Pretyman, was 35 and his mother, Beatrice Adine Bridgeman, was 24. He married Camilla Elizabeth Gurdon about August 1932, in St George Hanover Square, Middlesex. He died on 7 September 1979, in Nacton, Suffolk,.

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Keywords: 51847 Freehold of the Felixstowe Estate Alfred Savill & Sons G.M. T. Pretyman Ephemera: : Suffolk