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Hagley haha
Behind the scenes
And so to Hagley Hall in Worcestershire
This is the home of the Lyttelton family, including the fourth Baron Lyttelton (1817-1876) sponsor of the Canterbury Association after whom the port of Lyttelton is named:
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:4._Baron_Lyttelton.png
And of his son Sir Neville Lyttelton (1845–1931) whose portrait is inexplicably in our own collection.
And indeed of his great-grandson, the 10th Viscount Cobham (1909-1977) who was Governor General of New Zealand from 1957-62.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lord_Cobham.jpg
Furthermore, Sir Neville's grand-daughter Laura Grenfell (1920-1979) will be familiar under her married name of Laura Fergusson, wife of another Governor General, Sir Bernard Fergusson (1911-1980), and founder of the charity that still bears her name, the Laura Fergusson Trust. THEIR son George (1955-) was the British High Commissioner to New Zealand from 2006-2010
The point of all this is just to re-inforce that this is one place in England where New Zealand is known, where there is New Zealand art on the walls and they DO know that there was an earthquake in Christchurch.
And the ha-ha? I laughed to see that it had been marked with warning signs, when their whole point is that they are invisible. Health and safety gone mad!
Sir Neville Lyttelton. Oil on canvas. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū; transferred from Banks Peninsula District Council, 2006
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Archibald Stuart-Wortley Sir Neville Lyttelton
Sir Neville Lyttelton (1845–1931) was the fifth of the twelve children of the fourth Baron Lyttelton (1817-1876) chairman of the Canterbury Association after whom the port of Lyttelton is named.
He was born at Hagley Hall, Worcestershire and educated at Eton. He was a professional soldier who served in the Rifle Brigade, in the uniform of which regiment he is depicted here. He served in Canada, India, Ireland and South Africa and rose to be Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, a poignant posting as his sister Lucy’s husband, Lord Frederick Cavendish (1836-1882), had been a victim of Irish nationalism in the Phoenix Park murders. Lyttelton retired in 1912 and spent the rest of his life as Governor of the Chelsea Royal Hospital. His autobiography ‘80 years soldiering, politics, games’ was published in 1927.
Archibald Stuart-Wortley was Lyttelton’s brother-in-law, being the brother of his wife Katherine (1860–1943). Stuart Wortley was a keen sportsmen and painted many shooting and hunting scenes as well as portraits. He was president of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Perhaps his best known work is the portrait of the cricketer W G Grace in the National Portrait Gallery, London.