This celebrated genealogist and publisher, who started life as a solicitor, is included because he was involved in early attempts to collect and publish the records of family history in Hampshire that are now more readily available online from FamilySearch, FindMyPast, Ancestry and the like. For example, between 1899 and 1912 he master-edited 14 volumes…

This celebrated genealogist and publisher, who started life as a solicitor, is included because he was involved in early attempts to collect and publish the records of family history in Hampshire that are now more readily available online from FamilySearch, FindMyPast, Ancestry and the like. For example, between 1899 and 1912 he master-edited 14 volumes…

Roger Quirk was the son of Robert Quirk and his wife Stella (neé Sedgewick) and grandson of John Nathaniel Quirk (1849 – 1924) Bishop of Sheffield.   He was educated at Winchester College, and Kings College, Cambridge where he obtained a 1st class Natural Science tripos, a BA in 1931, and an MA in 1935. In…

W F Rankine was a Scot who spent much of his time in Surrey.  He was at school in Dorking, and taught for many years at Badshot Lea, near Farnham. His interests were wide, covering birds, wild plants, fossils and archaeological remains, and he had ‘the rare gift of instructing and enthusing others’ in these…

The transformation of the inland village of Milford to an up-market seaside resort (incorporating parts of Hordle parish) left an architectural heritage of houses designed by William Ravenscroft. Although many of these primarily Edwardian properties have now fallen victim to the bulldozer and developer, many still remain, including Ravenscroft’s own residence, Briantcroft, in Barnes Lane.

Roger Quirk was the son of Robert Quirk and his wife Stella (neé Sedgewick) and grandson of John Nathaniel Quirk (1849 – 1924) Bishop of Sheffield.   He was educated at Winchester College, and Kings College, Cambridge where he obtained a 1st class Natural Science tripos, a BA in 1931, and an MA in 1935. In…

The transformation of the inland village of Milford to an up-market seaside resort (incorporating parts of Hordle parish) left an architectural heritage of houses designed by William Ravenscroft. Although many of these primarily Edwardian properties have now fallen victim to the bulldozer and developer, many still remain, including Ravenscroft’s own residence, Briantcroft, in Barnes Lane.

W F Rankine was a Scot who spent much of his time in Surrey.  He was at school in Dorking, and taught for many years at Badshot Lea, near Farnham. His interests were wide, covering birds, wild plants, fossils and archaeological remains, and he had ‘the rare gift of instructing and enthusing others’ in these…

Born in Leipzig to a Russian-Jewish family, the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner was educated at the universities of Leipzig, Munich, Berlin and Frankfurt. In 1933, he lost his lecturer’s post at Göttingen University due to the Nazis’ race laws and left Germany for England. In 1942, he became part-time lecturer (from 1959 professor) at Birkbeck…

Prideaux-Brune was Rector of Rowner (Gosport) from 1884 to 1919. Both branches of his family had a long pedigree, the Prideauxs in Cornwall, where he was born, and the Brunes in Hampshire.  The first Brunes appear in the 1270s, and the estate and advowson of Rowner continued in their hands through the following centuries.