Litchfield 1938 - 1946
Litchfield Manor during the war. Herry's bedroom was on the near corner. The window was broken by a bomb just after he was born. Having completed his pupilage with Percy Bragg at Headbourne Worthy , Patrick was offered the Litchfield Estate by the then owner, Carey Druce (who lived in Switzerland as well as at The Mount, Whitchurch). He came there in 1938 and married Catherine Stephenson in 1940. She died in December 1941. Patrick married Annette Luxmoore nee Pugh (who was living with her mother, Lady Herbert and step-father, Sir Alfred Herbert, at the neighbouring estate of Dunley ) in 1944. Herry was born at Litchfield Manor in 1945 and christened at Litchfield Church that September. Herry's Christening at Litchfield September 1945. Annette (holding Herry), Patrick, Jane Lawford (Patrick's mother), Percy Bragg, Constance Travers (Herry's godmother), Gill Luxmoore It was at Litchfield that Patrick became a fine horseman and shot. Charles Carey Druce g...