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Post by breechy on Feb 2, 2008 23:22:47 GMT 1
Hello,
Can anyone give me a bit of history about Dowlais House. I'm researching family history and found one was a caretaker at Dowlais House.
Any info would be great!
Thank you
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Post by Tyrone Jones on Feb 14, 2008 18:51:16 GMT 1
LADY LAYARD, christened Mary Enid Evelyn Guest, was born on 1 July 1843 at Dowlais House, Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. She was the third daughter and eighth child of ten born to the industrialist Sir Josiah John Guest (1785–1852), owner of the Dowlais Ironworks, and his wife Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Bertie (1814–95), only daughter of Albemarle, 9th Earl of Lindsey. When Enid was three months of age, Emily Kemble joined the Guest household as governess and became “more of a mother to us all than ever our own mother who was far oftener away from us.” Miss Kemble, affectionately known as “Temmy” or “Tem,” remained with the family until her marriage in 1868. Here are a couple links which gives more info and who built it www.province.org.uk/Temp/feat_jjguest.htmbooks.google.com/books?id=URGZQa6NeiAC&pg=PA625&lpg=PA625&dq=dowlais+house&source=web&ots=zDK8l47Pi4&sig=oeULQ26sSBmRmoyQ1mOWCaP8Obs |
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