There he met a Flemish girl, Felicite de Wattines. They eventually married in 1798, but by then she had borne him six children. Four more followed after they were married. The portraits of the 2nd Baron and Felicitie, painted in their ...
On November 4th we got another six hangars at Wattines. That was the day when Capt WS Wilcox of No.92 [RAF] had rather a strange adventure when leading a patrol round Landrecies. There was a low lying mist, and when attacking a howitzer ...
the family lived in a succession of manor houses until sir nathanial curzon, the 5th baronet (later 1st lord scarsdale) inherited the bestate/b in 1758 aged 32. sir nathaniel was proud of his lineage, but notwithstanding his familial pride ...