(From left) Robert, Peg, John, and Richard on their bicycles at Shedfield House. Photo taken in 1920. Richard Phillimore farmed at Shedfield from the 1950s and started the process of diversification of the farm including having the idea for the golf course in the mid-1960s.
Richard Fortescue Phillimore, father of Richard Phillimore. Had an active and successful naval career ending up as First Admiral Commanding Aircraft in the Royal Navy in 1917. Ran the farm after he retired from the Royal Navy in the early 1920s until his death in 1940.
Dad captioned many of these photos providing an invaluable guide and resource to the extended family.
Richard Fortescue Phillimore as a Captain.
Harriet and Augustus Phillimore. They acquired Shedfield House and the Estate in 1866.
Admiral Richard Fortescue Phillimore (centre) with Lt. Parsons (left) outside the Imperial Russian Headquarters in 1916. He was attached to the Imperial Russian HQ as naval advisor for 16 months and travelled extensively across Russia in the period just prior to the Revolution. His diaries of this time are at the Imperial War Museum in London. http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=GET_RECORD&XC=/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll&BU=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwmcollections.org.uk%2FqryMain.php&TN=Uncat&SN=AUTO14991&SE=1634&RN=1&MR=25&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=1&XP=&RF=allResults&EF=&DF=allDetails&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=1&ID=&MF=WPENGMSG.INI&MQ=&TI=0&DT=&ST=0&IR=5464&NR=0&NB=0&SV=0&BG=0&FG=0&QS=
George Matthew and Lady Louisa Fortescue, parents of Harriet.
