Colvin of Monkhams Hall, Essex

Colvin of Monkhams Hall, Essex

Mar 11, 2025

Isabella McClintock Bunbury (1874-1963), the eldest daughter of the 2nd Baron Rathdonnell, married Lt. Col. Forrester Farnell Colvin. Their children included Jack Colvin, a war hero, and Dame Mary Colvin, Director of the Women’s Royal Army Corps. The Colvin family...
Discovering My Roots

Discovering My Roots

Oct 4, 2021

I’ve always been obsessed by the past. That’s the legacy of having a good history teacher. If your teacher just drenched you with dates and dates, the chances are you grew up thinking history was the dullest subject ever invented. I struck lucky and had several good...
William Robert Bunbury, 4th Baron Rathdonnell, M.C. (1914-1959)

William Robert Bunbury, 4th Baron Rathdonnell, M.C. (1914-1959)

Aug 11, 2021

My grandfather packed a lot into his 44 years. Born during the Great War, he lost his mother at the age of eight and, an only child, became very close to his father, the 3rd Baron Rathdonnell. Educated at Charterhouse and Cambridge in England, he lived it up in the US...