Hi everyone can anyone tell me if the Duke of Wellington had a home in Hampshire? I know he was Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire?at one point in his life. ? My mother told me as a child that?my Great?Great grandfather was 'rabbit boy' to the Duke of Wellington and I would like to find out which GGGrandfather it was. Where could I find records of the estate employees? The four gentlemen in question are: John Crook Winchcombe b. 1831 Ogbourne St George/Andrew, Oxfordshire (lived his married life in Berkshire may have moved there in childhood) William Abery b 1831? Ufton Nervet, Berkshire Elkanah Hutton b 1832 Bentworth, Hampshire Charles Parrant b 1839?Heckfield, Hampshire ? My money is on Charles Parrant as this family were employed as servants at Sandhurst Military Academy, Charles rising to?Butler ? Lliving in hope Yvonne ? Researching: Hutton, Batt, Parrant, Collis, Abery, Winchcombe, Buckle, ________________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE AOL Email account with 2GB of storage. Plus, share and store photos and experience exclusively recorded live music Sessions from your favourite artists. Find out more at http://info.aol.co.uk/joinnow/?ncid=548.

The Duke of Wellington's estate was at Stratfield Saye, on the Hampshire/Berkshire border. Further details on the following URLs: http://www.stratfield-saye.co.uk/ The following site is the HCC listed villages that name various cottages in the village and around the estate: http://www.hants.gov.uk/hampshiretreasures/vol02/page049.html Chris Hayles Southern Life site. Click 'Hampshire Villages, and then Stratfield Saye to find further details: http://www.southernlife.org.uk/villinde.htm Moya Page, researching BANTING/BANTEN/BANTUM - One Name Study GOONS # 4570 ----- Original Message ----- From: <yvonnen147@aol.com> To: <hampshire-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 10:19 AM Subject: [HAMPSHIRE-LIFE] Duke of Wellington Hi everyone can anyone tell me if the Duke of Wellington had a home in Hampshire? I know he was Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire?at one point in his life. ? My mother told me as a child that?my Great?Great grandfather was 'rabbit boy' to the Duke of Wellington and I would like to find out which GGGrandfather it was. Where could I find records of the estate employees? The four gentlemen in question are: John Crook Winchcombe b. 1831 Ogbourne St George/Andrew, Oxfordshire (lived his married life in Berkshire may have moved there in childhood) William Abery b 1831? Ufton Nervet, Berkshire Elkanah Hutton b 1832 Bentworth, Hampshire Charles Parrant b 1839?Heckfield, Hampshire ? My money is on Charles Parrant as this family were employed as servants at Sandhurst Military Academy, Charles rising to?Butler ? Lliving in hope Yvonne ? Researching: Hutton, Batt, Parrant, Collis, Abery, Winchcombe, Buckle, ________________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE AOL Email account with 2GB of storage. Plus, share and store photos and experience exclusively recorded live music Sessions from your favourite artists. Find out more at http://info.aol.co.uk/joinnow/?ncid=548. *************************************** When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message