Capt VA Lawford 1871 - 1959
Grandparents' Golden Wedding at Quickley June 1953 Back row: Denys, Valentine , Vincent, Paddy Cottam, Adrian, Patrick , Jeremy. Sitting: Daphne, Sylvia Findlater, Grandfather Vincent, Grandmother Jane, Peggy, Annette . In Front: Piers, Herry, Michael, Johnny Findlater, Patrick Findlater, Fuff (Luxmoore) . Capt Vincent Adrian Lawford RN, CMG, DSO, JP was born on 6th January 1871 in Blackheath, the ninth son of J ohn Lawford and Ellen (Crofts) and joined the navy as a midshipman. On 20th April 1904 he married Agnes Jane (born 1873), daughter of William Batty Mapplebeck Jr of Exhall House, Warwickshire, They had five children: Adrian, Denys, Sylvia, Valentine, and my father Patrick . The family lived for many years at Quickley, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire. The house, which had a large garden, a grass tennis court and a beech wood and stream, has been built over; the area being called Lawford Close. They had a gardener called Charlie who lived in a cottage in the garden. Vin...