In message <001d01c2ecbf$2aebcb80$26eb0450@jread>, Jill Read <jill.eread@ntlworld.com> writes >I am trying to find out if there was any way that my mother's >great uncle could have any link with Edward VII. I know that he was a coachman >and seemed to have lived in Winchester all of his life according to the census >but I believe that Edward VII came to the races at Worthy Down and Stockbridge. >I wondered whether anyone would know how I can find out who a coachman would >have worked for If you can locate him in a census, then he will be living handy to the 'Big house' usually in a loft over the horses or adjacent to the stable yard, in case he was needed. Then again, you can check the local papers, because it will carry reports of the impending visit of Edward, and name his host. It sounds quite reasonable that the coachman of the great house involved would drive the party to the races in a barouche or some similar opne vehicle, so the king could wave his hand to the passers by. It would be much less likely that the King would travel in a public vehicle, except possible abroad. Edward was generous with his favours, in both senses, so this as a tip for services (plus money as well, I hope) would be logical -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society