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Sir Henry Fowler

Sir Henry Fowler and King George V.

 

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Submitted by alexander on Fri, 05/08/2011 - 15:15

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sir henry was my great grand father i have this photograph in my home i believe it to be king george v.Hope that helps au revoir.

we recently found very old letters with all the addresses on them:

Bessie fowler
8 port street
evesham
bengeworth

and

Jenny
26 inchicore sq
ireland
dublin

and from a certain man called "harry" instead of henry
who lived in:

33 rampsbottom road
horwich
bolton

There is a document in my family archive written by my grandfather George Needham (1878 - 1953) who was the second cousin of Lady Emma Needham Fowler, ne Smith. She was the granddaughter of Jonathan Needham 1815 - 1880 who had three daughters who married and two of which went to Horwich with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. My grandfather's manuscript reads " Jonathan's Grand dr. Emma Smith married Sir Hy Fowler who became chief mechanical engineer of the L.M.S. at Derby. I presume they lived at 33 Ramsbottom Road in Horwich. In the book Sir Henry Fowler - A versatile Life by J E Chacksfield published by the Oakwood Press the couple's early life in Lancashire is well covered following an account of Henry's early life in Evesham

Submitted by alexander on Fri, 05/08/2011 - 15:23

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Just to add to detail it was king george v with sir henry at the royal aircraft factory Farnborough,it's mentioned on page 60 of sir henrys book a versatile life.Once again au revoir.