1852 - 1853 - 1854

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Hannah Eliza Roscoe - age 66/67         

James Stamford Caldwell of Linley Wood - age 65/66       

Anne Marsh-Caldwell of Eastbury Park – age 61/62    

Eliza Louisa Marsh-Caldwell – 'Louisa' –  age 33/34    

Frances Mary Crofton (ne Marsh) - age 32/33    

Georgina Amelia Marsh-Caldwell – 'Gies' – age 31/32  

Rosamond Marsh-Caldwell – 'Posy' - age 28/29  

Mary Emma Marsh (Lady Mary  E. Heath) – age 24/25  

Hannah Adelaide Marsh (later Loring) - age 22/23

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Bucks Herald

Saturday 4 June 1853

Marriages

At Watford, Herts, by the Rev. J.H. Sapte, rector of Cranley, Surrey, the Rev. Edward Henry Loring M.A., vicar of Cobham, Surrey, only son of the late Venerable Henry Lloyd Loring D.D., Archdeacon of Calcutta, to Hannah Adelaide, youngest daughter of the late Arthur Cuthbert Marsh Esq., of Eastbury, Hertfordshire.

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File PB110088

Letter from AMC to Posy, Post mark 21^st July1853

Miss Rosamond Marsh,

6 Waterloo

Kilburn.

File PB110065

Letter from Ann March-Caldwel, aged 62/63

to her brother Stamford Caldwell - aged 66/67

Chobham Army camp - 1853

28^th July.

My dear Stamford,

As Louisa is still out at the Pells and does not come home till next Tuesday, it has just struck me perhaps you will like to have a letter from me, such as I can write, but my power of writing letters worth reading, if I ever had it, has quite left me, that you might like to have a few lines from me, particularly from Kitlands where we have been paying an in[maigerating?] visit to the Heath family.

We went to Kitlands which belongs to the second brother, Mr Sergeant Heath having left another portion of his landed property to the eldest son. And here there was nearly the whole family assembled to meet us.

The house is handsome and the grounds about very beautiful and every comfort and luxury to be found. But there is not an atom of flash about the whole party. Everything, I think, just what you would like and approve. Great cordiality, great kind heartedness, perfect simplicity and straight forwardness. The men very clever, each in his way, the eldest son extremely gentlemanlike and quiet. But an admirable talker when he enters into conversation, which he does sparingly as he is unfortunately very deaf.

The 2^nd son, who is the man who took what his brother calls “a fine degree,” being Senior Wrangler and everything else he could be, is a short and somewhat ugly man, but so gentle in his manners, so much simplicity and kindness and such a fund of information, that ones heart quite yearned to him. He is the Bachelor Uncle and with him Mr and Mrs Whatman live, house keeping together. She is the youngest of the family, was and is still very handsome. Her husband is a very pleasing and gentlemanlike young man, of an old family as you will find in your Burke. And nearly connected with the Bosanquets House.

Mr Heath married a Miss Harmon, a connection of the Mr Barnardiston who married Sir Hyde’s niece. Again Mrs Heath, the mother was a Dunbar, niece of Sir John Moore and through the Moores connected with the Edens, one of whom married another niece of Sir Hydes.

So we are all linked together. The next brother is a singular original sort of man. Deep in [acron, acrow?] handed characters from Nineveh and in Hieroglyphics which he can read, but he too is simplicity itself. He is Vicar of Brading in the Isle of Wight. Married and has one son.

The eldest sister is married to a Mr Harrison, an invalid sort of man, but gentlemanlike and agreeable. She is very musical and we had music and glee singing in the evenings and got them for the love of you and Linley Wood to sing us the Chough and Crow &c &c, which they did very well.

So the time passed very pleasantly. There was a good picture of Captain Heath, a remarkably spirited sensible countenance, not handsome, but better. His property is close by Kitlands, not so pretty but quite pretty enough and a very comfortable roomy cottage of gentility, or rather Swiss cottage, which Mr and Mrs Harrison now inhabited but which it is settled they give up to Mary.

Captain Heath, if there is no war, expects to [stand, guard?] off in the course of the winter and then will come home until he is posted and gets another ship. It appears that he must serve six years in Peace and three in war as Post Captain to be entitled to be made Admiral, which that done, comes as a matter of course.

I think this is all I can tell you of the Heaths. And now I will tell you of our visit to my dear Adelaide in her sweet little Vicarage. It is a miniature place but so elegantly fitted up with all her presents. And Henry’s sense and good taste in furnishing that it is quite lovely. Your Pianoforte came whilst we were there. It is an excellent one and greatly did Adelaide enjoy it after the poor one she had here.

They have a large kitchen garden, and nice shrubberies and flower garden, and three good large fields and glebe lying round them, so that one does not feel in the least cramped for room. Their whole souls are in their parish. And as for happiness nothing can be more happy. Love in such a cottage is not very hardly put to it to be sure.

Two of the days we were with them we spent at the Chobham camp. The first was a complete holiday, nothing going on but some games among the men running races for plaques given by the officers. Hops[?] and jumps, races with wheel barrows, and so. But we saw the camp interior to perfection under Colonel Eden’s guidance.

The common is a large track of undulating heath ground. The hills commanding fine views into Surrey and towards Virginia Water and the lines of white tents with their scarlet tops, winding among the banks and valleys crossed by the Cavalry tents and the Queens large cantonment, make a striking and picturesque scene enlivened by all the different groups in and out of uniforms just as you would imagine it must be in a camp.

The men like the life, but it will cost every poor fellow about a pound in shoes and other articles which will have to be deducted from his pay and this grieves my heart very much. A Sergeant of Cavalry told us too that the horses in their canvas and brushwood stables were much above the average in health. They are, however, well worked and so quiet that they led us behind their (page 4) heels along the temporary stable. An officer, however, told Rose that he would, not for the world, have let her do it in Barracks.

Col. Eden’s marquee was a little bit of a place with one bed for himself, a tiny affair and another for Marty, his son, on a visit to him. A little bit of a table and one chair. We made the beds into sofas, and Mrs Eden gave us coffee and he wanted to give us all luncheon at the Mess, but this we declined as it is a very expensive matter to the entertainer. We saw the cooking in those long mounds just as the Illustrated New represents them, but I was rather shocked when the men were bringing home their messes in their kettles to see what a little bit of meat and few potatoes they had to each [those?].

Mary and the officers have made little gardens, and little gravel walks like childrens to their tents, and you see them sitting and reading novels, very comfortably at the door. Twelve privates to each tent. 2 Lieutenants to each tent. A tent for each Captain, and the rank above that is entitled to a marquee. The tents of the privates are carpeted with a very thick mat made of plaited straw. They said it was a little [hole in letter] –ing to the feet. As they have feet to the tent pole, and they could not undress for night.

But the officers lend their baths to those who like to refresh themselves in the day. And we saw Colonel Eden’s bath going to do duty with a Sergeant who was just come off guard.

The next day was a field day and Lord Rokeby whom we met at Colonel Eden’s said it was the best they had had. It was a pretty sight to see the regiments marching out to take their ground, drums and fifes playing. The infantry and artillery occupied some high hills. The enemy, which consisted of a few sappers and miners and labourers in their shirt sleeves for the M[hole in letter] and o exerted that they dare not oppose force to force, were first assailed by several divisions of Cavalry whose maneuvers were beautiful and whom they were supposed to repulse.

They then advanced to the hill and were met by the war of the artillery and the still more terrible [climbing? Clicking?] fire of the musquetry. The infantry being drawn up in lines, of living flesh walls, it made one shudder to think of it. The sight was beautiful, but awful when one thought it was a portraiture of the real. There were about 8,000 men out.

I do not know whether you will thank me for all this but I thought it might interest you.

Georgy and Rosa, my two companions, best love.

And I am, dear Stamford,

your affectionate sister

Anne M.

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 Herts Guardian, Agriculatural Journal and General Advertiser.

Saturday 10 September 1853

Watford - Early on Friday morning  last, alarm was given that the house of Mrs Marsh, of Eastbury Hall, in the parish of Watford, had been broken into, and a quantity of property stolen. Superintendent Captain Kelly accompanied by P.C. Hilsden and Swaker were soon on the spot, and began to look about to see from what part the supposed burglars gained an entrance into the house, and on looking at the doors, which bore the marks of being forcibly entered, to their astonishment, the marks were on the inside, and not the outside of the doors. 

On searching a little further, they found a silver bread basket and other articles of value, which must have stood in the way of the burglars, if such there had been. Captain Kelly then said he was satisfied from what he had seen , that wine and not plate was the object in view, and directed the police to make further search, when, in a very short time, chisels, saw &c. were found on the premises. 

Captain Kelly then informed Mrs Marsh that he had no doubt the person who committed the act was in the house, and seeing Wiskin, the butler, the worse for drink, ordered the police to take him into custody on the charge. 

P.C. Hilsden did so when Wiskin made a rush at a knife which laid close at hand and said he would cut his own throat, and had it not been for the activity of the policeman, in taking the knife from him, no doubt he would have done some injury either to himself or to some one else. 

On being charged with the crime Wiskin denied it, and said he had been robbed of 30s. in silver of his own money, and some clothes. On search being made by the police, the money was found in a tin box belonging to him; a coat, trousers, and some other things, with two empty wine bottles, were also found on the lawn.

Wiskin was searched, and in his pocket was found a duplicate key of the wine-cellars, which key, it was stated, had been lost for the last three months. He was taken before R.Clutterbuck Esq., and remanded in order that further inquiries might be made.

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 Hertford Mercury and Reformer

Saturday 10 September 1853

Watford.Robbery by a Butler -

On Saturday last Robert Wiskins, butler to Mrs Marsh, of Eastbury Hall, in the parish of Rickmansworth, was fully committed to St.Alban's Gaol, to take his trial at the Sessions, on a charge of feloniously having in his possession a duplicate key of the wine cellar, and also with stealing a quantity of wine.

From the evidence of Captain Kelly, superintendent of police at Watford, it appeared that in consequence of information forwarded to him that the house of Mrs Marsh had been broken into, he immediately proceeded to the premises, accompanied by police-constables Swaker and Hilsden.

A close examination of the house convinced him that the robbery had been effected by one of the servants. On accusing the butler of the robbery, he became very violent, and made a rush at a knife which was lying on the table, with the object, as he said, of cutting his own throat. After some difficulty, he was secured and convyed to the station house.

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Wednesday 30 November 1853
Morning Herald (London)

Our Constantinople correspondent also announces the dispatch of four steamers of Admiral Dundas's force into the Black Sea. They are the Retribution, 22, paddle, Captain the Hon. H.Drummond; Sampson, 6, paddle; Tiger, 16, paddle, Captain H.W.Giffard; and Niger, 14, screw, Commander Heath. This squadron, in charge of the senior officer, Captain Drummond, it is stated, "was decided on after the news reached the English Embassy of the Russian authorities of Sulina having completely stopped up the mouth of the river, so that the English merchantmen were unable to get out. Lord Redcliffe, on hearing of the fact, went instantly to Admiral Dundas, and concerted measures with him for the protection of English commerce in those waters. The orders of the admiral were very precise on the point. 
 

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Wednesday 21 December 1853
Western Courier, West of England Conservative etc.
The Mediterranean, Malta, Dec. 9

Commander Heath of the Niger, was married at Malta on the 8th inst. to Mary Emma, fifth daughter of A.C.Marsh Esq., of Hertfordshire.

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1854