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Hovington House Malmesbury .
« on: Monday 13 April 20 11:35 BST (UK) »
Hi according to the 1939 Register my Great Uncle Herbert Hardy was Butler at Hovington House. I am trying to find out who he was Butler to and any information about the owners . I would be most grateful for ant information . Thanks.

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Re: Hovington House Malmesbury .
« Reply #1 on: Monday 13 April 20 11:46 BST (UK) »
We are not allowed to give information from the 1939 register but looking at it surely the person he is Butler to is also resident there.
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Re: Hovington House Malmesbury .
« Reply #2 on: Monday 13 April 20 11:48 BST (UK) »
According to a reports in the papers the occupiers were Captain Geoffrey H. Raimes and  Kathleen Raimes
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Re: Hovington House Malmesbury .
« Reply #3 on: Monday 13 April 20 16:10 BST (UK) »
Below is Geoffrey's birth record

RAIMES, GEOFFREY  HOVINGTON     WRIGHT 
GRO Reference: 1896  S Quarter in YORK  Volume 09D  Page 20

Added: His parents marriage

Marriages Sep 1890   
Raimes    Alwyn        York    9d   68    
Wright    Elizabeth Kirk        York    9d   68

In the 1901 census Alwyn is a physician and surgeon

Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire


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Re: Hovington House Malmesbury .
« Reply #4 on: Monday 13 April 20 16:23 BST (UK) »
I know this is sidetracking but Alwyn wasn't short of a bob or two when he died in 1927.  He left £37,780  16s 4d.

Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

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Re: Hovington House Malmesbury .
« Reply #5 on: Monday 13 April 20 16:35 BST (UK) »
Geoffrey Hovington  Raimes, of Hovington House, died 18th March 1969, left £19,897

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