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Hello Tivy,
Hello Tivy,
I have looked through my notes and found a little information for you on William Temple of Shaw Saville Shipping Line.  His wife, Ann H. Temple was b. 1837 in Northamptonshire and died in 1919 and survived her husband and remained at Leyswood until her death.  They had one son, W.R.H. Temple who married Ida Mary Corbet in 1905.  They had three daughters.  W.R.H Temple was a follower of the Eridge hunt.  Richard Norman Shaw also built the Savoy Theatre and the Piccadilly Hotel in London.
Leyswood was sold in 1927 for £6.000!  The Canadian army resided at the site during W.W.2. 
You might try contacting the Groombridge History Society and Sussex Online Parish Clerks sussex-opc,org. or you could try using Ancestry. Hope this information is of some help.
Happy Christmas,
Rosie.

Hello Smokey,

I have more information to relate which you may find more interesting than helpful but would prefer to use the privacy setting but I see that is not a possibility at present!  However, I wonder if you know that the daughter of Mr. Christoforides was Maria Anastasia who married Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook. 
I will be happy to share my family connection with Leyswood soon and am interested in the fact that you are writing a book on this lovely house. 

Regards,
Rosie.