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I come from a line of domestic coachmen as well. My GG grandfather Frederick William Woods was a coachman for Sir Spencer Walpole, who left him money when he died in 1907. GG used it to buy a seed shop. His father William John Millington Woods was a butler, and HIS father William was also a coachman. Various brothers and brothers-in-law were also coachmen. In 1841 William sr. and jr. were living at Picquet Barracks in Devonport. As a coachman then, would he be part of the army or employed privately? The elder William was apparently born in Amersham in 1811. I know this town was on the coach road to London but I can't find any connection between him and the town.

Does anyone know of any good books on the history of coaching? It's something I would like to research.