Comments for East India Company at Home, 1757-1857

Comment on Belmont House, Kent by John Hedger

John Hedger — Sun, 12 May 2013 18:16:16 +0000

Dear Margot Finn

My step great-grandmother, then Miss Mary Skipp, was a member of the upstairs staff at Belmont House during the first quarter of the 20th century – possibly as a lady’s maid or even companion to the wife of the 5th Baron ( about whom I can find little of note except his longevity !). My family has kept a postcard scrapbook recording a world tour of 1912 on which she accompanied her employers. The photographs include portraits of Lord and Lady Harris – then presumably in their very early twenties – and assorted pictures of the inside and outside servants . I doubt if it would add much to your research but if you are at all interested in seeing this period piece I’d be happy to meet at some convenient time and place and bring the album with me. I should be interested to visit Belmont House if that would suit you. Yours sincerely , John hedger

Comment on Home by Global Stories in Domestic Spaces | Treasure Hunt

Global Stories in Domestic Spaces | Treasure Hunt — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:32:37 +0000

[...] Spaces project, sponsored by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and masterminded by the East India Company at Home research [...]

Comment on Osterley Park and House Project Update by Global Stories in Domestic Spaces | Treasure Hunt

Global Stories in Domestic Spaces | Treasure Hunt — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:24:10 +0000

[...] Osterley Park recently hosted an oral history event for local Hounslow residents. There are significant Sikh and Tamil communities living near Osterley, and the event sought to explore the connections between their heritage and the collection at Osterley, which is rich in Asian objects. [...]

Comment on Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire by A Chinese conundrum at Shugborough | Treasure Hunt

A Chinese conundrum at Shugborough | Treasure Hunt — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:18:46 +0000

[...] The East India Company at Home project has been harnessing debate and research into the influence of the Asian trade on life in Britain. As part of its online archive of case studies, Stephen McDowall has just published a paper on Shugborough Hall’s Chinese connections. [...]

Comment on Osterley Park and House Update by Eliza Gluckman

Eliza Gluckman — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:06:22 +0000

Hello Yuthika Sharma and Kate Smith

I am a contemporary art curator who, with fellow curator Lucy Day, has been working on a project about chinoiserie for the past few years. We have been working with the NT too and had an exhibition in Plymouth across four venues (including Saltram House) in June last year. A smaller version of that exhibition, called ‘Couriers of Taste’ opens at Danson House (Bexley Heritage Trust) on Friday. For this exhibition we focused on the idea of the 18th c trader. We thought you might like to see the exhibition – do let us know if you can make it this Friday 19th 2-5pm. We’d love to hear all about your work.

All the very best, Eliza and Lucy

Comment on Osterley Park and House Project Update by Kate Smith

Kate Smith — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:32:53 +0000

Dear Chris,

Many thanks for getting in touch. If you could email me at eicathome@ucl.ac.uk I can send further details through.

All best, Kate

Comment on Osterley Park and House Project Update by Chris Couch

Chris Couch — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:53:32 +0000

Hello,

I am currently doing an MA in Public History at Royal Holloway, University of London and I am the Talk Service volunteer manager at Osterley House.
I am very interested in this Oral History project – part of my course is concerned with this discipline. Could you give me some more information please.

Chris

Comment on Unknown Object 1 – ‘Portrait of a Young Indian Woman’ by len langan

len langan — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:34:18 +0000

Georgianna was the third daughter of Louis Francis Lautour & his wife Anne Hordle of Dorset who married in Madras in 1779 but surely returned to England in 1806. They had seven children 3 male and four female. It is not of course, impossible that Louis had a connection with an Indian lady before his marriage to Anne but that would ask the question how it might range to a connection with Marjoribanks and the Coutts. Anne’s second son Peter Augustus left his name – although missepelt on our town in Tasmania Longford that was for a short time known as Latour.
Would welcome contact with anyone inetested or advised on his life in the United Kingdom. He died in 1866.

Comment on Hello world! by Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:49:43 +0000