Herry's Archives

27 Mosman St Click here for some photos of the family in the 1980s Click here for photos of the family from the 1990s onwards. Click here for photos of family outings Prue and the children moved to Sydney in December 1982 and lived first at Waverley, Bronte before buying their house at 27 Mosman St in 1984. In 2004 Prue (and Charles) moved to Park Avenue , Mosman The children went to various schools between 1983 and 1995 including Ascham , Cranbrook and Frensham On leaving Frensham, Radha worked at Bain & Co and in 1995 made her first visit to Amsterdam with her boyfriend George. They came to Herry's 50th birthday party at Stocks in June 1995. Radha again visited Amsterdam and London in 1988 She suffered a stoke in November 2002 but miraculously recovered and in June 2004 married Neil Macpherson, but divorced in 2009. The family had various holidays together - Noosa in the 80s; Boodle had hoidays in Corsica and Tunisia with Herry and Edward and Bo...

It's not clear where the Lawford family originated, but it seems probable that some of them either took their name from or gave their name to the villages of Church Lawford and Long Lawford near Rugby. There is also a village called Lawford near Manningtree in Essex, with a fine church and large house - Lawford Hall - overlooking the River Stour which used to have the Lawford coat of arms over the door*. Both Church Lawford and Lawford in Essex are named in the Domesday Book, so it is likely that a family of that name existed well before 1086 when it was compiled. Some reflections on the family's connection with both Rugby and Maningtree appear here . There is also a note here from the Internet Surname Database that has some further unchecked details. The Lawford Family Tree complied by Reginald Ames in the 1880s. It's readable if you click the image The family tree drawn up by Reginald Ames in the 1880s shows the lineage back to Robert Lawford (1581 - 1641) of C...