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...
Bill Harrington, 11th Earl of Harrington (1922-2009)

Bill Harrington, 11th Earl of Harrington (1922-2009)

Aug 11, 2021

This story followed my meeting with Bill in 2005 in which he told me he had personally arrested Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz, Hitler’s successor as President of the German Reich. Sadly the facts don’t add up but Bill, who was one of my grandfather’s...
Bob & Kate Ievers in Ceylon, plus Ethel, Nena and Kitty

Bob & Kate Ievers in Ceylon, plus Ethel, Nena and Kitty

Aug 11, 2021

Robert Wilson Ievers, known as Bob, was a high-profile civil servant in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during the late 19th century. He spoke Singhalese, wrote poetry and explored the ancient ruins of Anarahdapura and Sigiriya. His wife Kate miraculously survived a scuffle with a...
Origins – The Drew Family of Glasgow, Scotland

Origins – The Drew Family of Glasgow, Scotland

Aug 11, 2021

Beginning with a maltman named John Drew in 1577 and a later marriage to Bethia Hamilton, the family rose with Glasgow’s Atlantic trade, spread to colonial New Brunswick and Australia, and eventually linked into Scottish gentry, colonial judiciary and a bearded...