Unidentified country house

[Ruskie]

There is still some hope noytd. Please let us know what you find out.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed. 

[John915]

Good evening,

The house is not Chesterford or Manton, they look completely different.

John915

[noytd]

There is still some hope noytd. Please let us know what you find out.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed. 

I have been trawling through the British Newspaper Library, and discovered that Howbury was still being rented out during the Edwardian era, when Cecil Polhill returned to China.

1907-1908 - Commander Philip Charles Knightley Wolfe Murray (1856-1932)
1909-1913 - Major Geoffrey Carr Glyn (1864-1933)

A look into both men produced disappointing results. Neither, at first glance, would appear to match the photographs by associated geographical locations or ages and marriages.

I have also located photographs of Robert Peck's sons, but they do not appear to match any of the males in my album. The Peck's were clean shaven, whilst the men in the photo album are moustached.

However, I am hopeful on the car registrations. Fingers crossed the first registered owners will link into the album 

[noytd]

I have found a photo in the Northampton Mercury 05 March 1937. Could these two be the same man?

https://ibb.co/iLHo3m

[Treetotal]

I would say it was highly likely.
Carol

[noytd]

I thought I would forget Howbury Hall for a second and returned to the clue of Woodcote.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=784786.18

The man photographed in the newspaper article was Herbert Kearsley Fry (1874-1937). His widowed mother lived at a house called Woodcote in Eastbourne. In 1905 he married Margaret Elizabeth Selwyn  (1872-1930), and together they had one son. Margaret did have links to the south coast and the Isle of Wight. SO far so good ...

Only downside ... in the wedding photo I would guess that it is not Herbert Fry who is getting married?

https://ibb.co/cMP83m

There is also no obvious link to Howbury, but I have wondered if the mystery lady might have been in service as something along the lines of a governess/nurse. My reason for this hypothesis is that the people in the Howbury Hall photographs do not appear again in the album.

Just a bit of guesswork, but hopefully the car registrations might go someway towards solving this.

[noytd]

I have received the car registration details:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=784786.new#new

However, the car owner has no obvious links to Howbury Hall.

[daveking1959]

Do you have the photos of the country house mystery,  I am researching a wealthy family and would like to see the unidentified photos to see if I can help

[CarolA3]

Hello Dave, and welcome to RootsChat

If you go to the opening page of this thread, all will be revealed:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=784838

Carol