The Galton Family….
The Galton family were first encountered in Dorset in the 16th century, and gradually, through five generations, moved via Hinton St. George in Somerset to Yatton in Somerset, where in Read More …
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The Carrow & Tomes Families….
The Reverend Harry Carrow was curate of St. Andrew’s church Loxton from 1842-1850, when he became the rector until 1865. The descendants of Harry Carrow together with Fisher Tomes are Read More …
Erasmus & John Lethbridge
The Lord of the Manor of Loxton Erasmus Galton, J.P.(1), D.L.(2), was the brother of Sir Francis Galton, cousin to Sir Douglas Strutt Galton, and half-cousin to Charles Darwin. Erasmus Read More …
Eminent Members
In 1806 Mary Anne Galton (1778-1856) the daughter of Samuel John Galton, married Lambert Schimmelpennick, a Dutch tobacco trader. The family knew her as ‘Aunt Skim’. She seems to have Read More …
Early Reminiscences of Elizabeth Anne Galton (Mrs. Edward Wheler) (1808-1906)
Alongside is a photograph of Mrs Edward Wheler (né–‘ Elizabeth Anne Galton) aged 96 taken in 1904. Elizabeth Anne Galton was the daughter of Samuel Tertius Galton and the eldest Read More …
An extract from the Lethbridge Family Book written by Millicent Lethbridge
The following is an extract from the Lethbridge Family Book written by Millicent Lethbridge, the mother of John Guy Baron Lethbridge- Galton and niece of Erasmus Galton, at about the Read More …