THIS IS FINDON VILLAGE - The End of An Era - Colonel William George Margesson

THIS IS FINDON VILLAGE — these Findon Chronicles are created by Valerie Martin and contain scenes from her home village of Findon,
West Sussex, U.K. Everyday stories about real people.

Colonel William George Margesson in the 1900s.

THE END OF AN ERA — COLONEL WILLIAM GEORGE MARGESSON

(1821-1911)

Colonel William George Margesson c.1900s

The Colonel died in the latter part of 1911. At the Colonel's death, his son Colonel Evelyn W. Margesson (1865-1944) inherited Findon Place and it was sold to Charles Eric Hartridge who came from the States..

It is worth mentioning here that Colonel Evelyn W. Margesson (1865-1941) was the last Lord of the Manor of Findon. It was his brother, Hugh Somerset Margesson who took upon himself the task of writing the history of Findon and his Margesson family connection — but I am told he died after writing one paragraph! I seem to have completed the project for him... many years later.

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