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Photograph of popular head Mrs Coleman & pupils of Hook School, 1958/9. Interviewed by Lord Bolingbroke for the job, she was at the school for 20 years. Search Hook School.

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Daguerreotype of Ellen Medex, mid 19th Century

Daguerreotype of Ellen Medex, mid 19th Century
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Rare framed daguerreotype of Ellen Medex, mistress of Henry St. John, 5th Viscount Bolingbroke. The couples lived on the continent, in London and in Brighton over a period of thirty years, going by the names of Mr and Mrs Morgan. They had four children together, one of whom survived and was baptised Ellen Rose St.John Morgan.

On her death Lord Bolingbroke misleadingly buried Ellen in the fashionable Egyptian Catacombs in Highgate Cemetery as 'Viscountess Bolingbroke'.

Year:
1850-1860
Type:
Photograph
Location:
Lydiard House
Owner:
Swindon Borough Council
Credit:
Friends of Lydiard Park
Last updated on:
Sunday 29th August 2021

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