Glad to be of help. "Gnawing cake" conjures up some wonderful images, doesn't it! Janet All the details seem to point to Charles HEXTALL and Edward Jarvis HEXTALL being the same person. I'm quite keen to get him right, because my mother, niece of Charles and Amy HEXTALL, told me about attending the Coleorton Hall garden party. The son, whose coming-of-age party it was, circulated with a tray and said to my mother 'Do have some cake to gnaw while you're listening to the band.' This was one of the highlights of her childhood!