Major Charles Sydney Goldman
(28 April 1868 – 7 April 1958) was a British businessman, author, and journalist who served as a
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
(MP) from 1910 until 1918.
Background
In early life, he used the family name in the spelling Goldmann. Born in
Cape Colony
The Cape Colony ( nl, Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British Empire, British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope, which existed from 1795 to 1802, and again from 1806 to 1910, when i ...
, he was of
German Jewish
The history of the Jews in Germany goes back at least to the year 321, and continued through the Early Middle Ages (5th to 10th centuries CE) and High Middle Ages (''circa'' 1000–1299 CE) when Jewish immigrants founded the Ashkenazi Jewish ...
ancestry. His father Bernard Nahum Goldmann had left eastern Germany after the
German revolutions of 1848–1849
The German revolutions of 1848–1849 (), the opening phase of which was also called the March Revolution (), were initially part of the Revolutions of 1848 that broke out in many European countries. They were a series of loosely coordinated pro ...
, because of his political involvements. It was reported in 1939 that his family name was originally Monck.
Bernard Goldmann ran a shop at
Burgersdorp
Burgersdorp is a medium-sized town in Walter Sisulu in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
In 1869 a Theological Seminary was established here by the ''Gereformeerde Kerk'', but in 1905 it was moved ...
for the Mosenthal brothers, and prospered; he was appointed Justice of the Peace for the Albert district of Cape Colony in 1869. He was a director of the Albert Bank, with his brother Louis Goldmann, who had arrived in
Cape Town
Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...
in 1845 with his family from
Breslau, had gone into business with the Mosenthals and moved to Burgersdorp. The surgeon and medical researcher
Edwin Goldmann
Edwin Goldmann (12 November 1862 – 13 August 1913) was a biomedical researcher and surgeon most famous for his contributions in first characterizing the blood–brain barrier.
Discovery of the blood–brain barrier
Goldmann's mentor, Paul ...
was Sydney's elder brother.
In 1876 Bernard Goldmann and his family migrated to Europe, by a sea voyage on SS ''Nyanza'' to
Southampton
Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Po ...
. After a period in London, they moved on to Breslau. As tutor in German, and to help with college preparation, the children had an uncle, Dr. Monck. The boys also attended the
gymnasium school, where
Adolf Anderssen
Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen (July 6, 1818 – March 13, 1879)"Anderssen, Adolf" in ''The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 385. was a German chess master. He won the great interna ...
taught. From there, Sydney and his brother Alfred moved back to South Africa; while Edwin and
Richard
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...
, the other brothers, with their sister Alice, remained in Germany.
In business
Goldman and his elder brother Alfred returned to South Africa around 1882. Alfred settled at
Graaff-Reinet
Graaff-Reinet is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is the oldest town in the province. It is also the sixth-oldest town in South Africa, after Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Simon's Town, Paarl and Swellendam. The town was the c ...
as a dealer.
Sydney Goldman went into agriculture.
He was in business at
Reddersburg
Reddersburg is a small sheep and cattle farming town in the Free State province of South Africa on the N6 National Route 60 kilometres south of Bloemfontein.
History
The town was established around the Reformed Church Reddersburg, which was es ...
, in the
Orange Free State
The Orange Free State ( nl, Oranje Vrijstaat; af, Oranje-Vrystaat;) was an independent Boer sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeat ...
, around 1887.
Gold mines and their finance earned Goldman a fortune. He moved to the goldfields after the
Witwatersrand Gold Rush
The Witwatersrand Gold Rush was a gold rush in 1886 that led to the establishment of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was a part of the Mineral Revolution.
Origins
In the modern day province of Mpumalanga, gold miners in the alluvial mines of B ...
, and was taken on by a mining company.
He was elected a Fellow of the
Royal Geographical Society
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in 1891, as Sydney Goldmann.
From age 26, or 1895, he was a partner in S. Neumann & Co.,
Sigismund Neumann
Sir Sigismund Neumann (Anglicized name Sigmund) (1857 1916) was a mining magnate (Randlord) and financier on the Witwatersrand.
Early life and family
Neumann was born in Fürth, Bavaria, on 25 May 1857 to Jewish parents, Gustav and Babette Neuma ...
's holding company, at least to 1905;
later (by 1913) Neumann was the sole partner. As the other partners moved to London, Goldman was for a time the only partner resident in
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...
.
Goldman purchased an extensive estate known as Schoongezicht (later known as Lanzerac) in the
Middelburg Middelburg may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions Europe
* Middelburg, Zeeland, the capital city of the province of Zeeland, southwestern Netherlands
** Roman Catholic Diocese of Middelburg, a former Catholic diocese with its see in the Zeeland c ...
district. By 1900 it was owned by
John X. Merriman
John Xavier Merriman (15 March 1841 – 1 August 1926) was the last prime minister of the Cape Colony before the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910.
Early life
He was born in Street, Somerset, England. His parents were Nathaniel Jame ...
. Bernard Goldmann having died (by 1894), the family moved by stages to London, with Edwin remaining in
Freiburg, Germany
Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...
; and Sydney left Johannesburg.
In 1899 in England he married a granddaughter of
Sir Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850) was a British Conservative statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835 and 1841–1846) simultaneously serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer ...
.
Boer War
During the
Second Anglo-Boer War
The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the South ...
, Goldman was a
war correspondent for ''
The Standard'' and was a major in the British forces. Initially attached to Sir
Redvers Buller
General Sir Redvers Henry Buller, (7 December 1839 – 2 June 1908) was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forc ...
's relief force, he travelled with them as far as
Ladysmith Ladysmith may refer to:
* Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
* Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
* Ladysmith, Wisconsin, United States
* Ladysmith, New South Wales, Australia
* Ladysmith, Virginia, United States
* Ladysmith Island, Queenslan ...
after which he transferred to the cavalry advancing north in order to report on their endeavours. At this period, Goldman worked as a cameraman for the
Warwick Trading Company
The Warwick Trading Company was a British film production and distribution company, which operated between 1898 and 1915.
History
The Warwick Trading Company had its origins in the London office of Maguire and Baucus, a firm run by two American ...
, taking over when Joseph Rosenthal left in the middle of 1900. He is recorded as filming a ceremony on 25 October 1900 in
Pretoria
Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa.
Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends ...
, in which
Lord Roberts marked the annexation of the Transvaal. After that Goldman returned to Johannesburg, which had been captured by British forces.
Imperialism and politics
In the 1890s Goldman was involved in the
Eighty Club
The Eighty Club was a political London gentlemen's club named after the year it was founded, 1880 (much like the later 1900 Club and 1920 Club). It was strictly aligned to the Liberal Party, with members having to pledge support to join. Somew ...
. His brother Richard dined there while
Lord Rosebery
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian, (7 May 1847 – 21 May 1929) was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from March 1894 to June 1895. Between the death of ...
, the
Liberal Imperialist The Liberal Imperialists were a faction within the British Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party around 1900 regarding the policy toward the British Empire. They supported the Boer War which most Liberals opposed, and wanted the Empire ruled on a more ...
, was Prime Minister (i.e. 1894–5).
Clinton Edward Dawkins
Sir Clinton Edward Dawkins, (2 November 1859 – 2 December 1905) was a British businessman and civil servant.
Life
Dawkins was born in London, the son of Clinton George Dawkins, one time Consul-General in Venice. He was educated at Cheltenham Co ...
described Goldman to
Leo Maxse
Leopold "Leo" James Maxse (11 November 1864 – 22 January 1932) was an English amateur tennis player and journalist and editor of the conservative British publication, ''National Review'', between August 1893 and his death in January 1932; he ...
in 1904 as:
...full of S. African shares, also of public spirit and of imperial devotion... hodesires to excel as a writer or pamphleteer. Nature—or his education—have deprived him of the least glimmering of literary skill.
Goldman joined the
Compatriots Club formed that year.
To gain influence, he purchased a struggling weekly journal, ''
The Outlook'', at the end of 1904. It had been founded by
George Wyndham
George Wyndham, PC (29 August 1863 – 8 June 1913) was a British Conservative politician, statesman, man of letters, and one of The Souls.
Background and education
Wyndham was the elder son of the Honourable Percy Wyndham, third son of Ge ...
, and was then edited by
Percy Hurd
Sir Percy Angier Hurd (18 May 1864 – 5 June 1950) was a British journalist and Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament for nearly thirty years. He was the first of four generations of Hurds to serve as Conservative ...
. In order to develop it as an organ of the
tariff reformers, Goldman hired the journalist
J. L. Garvin
James Louis Garvin CH (12 April 1868 – 23 January 1947) was a British journalist, editor, and author. In 1908, Garvin agreed to take over the editorship of the Sunday newspaper ''The Observer'', revolutionising Sunday journalism and restori ...
as its editor. Garvin quickly transformed the journal into a publication of note, but the paper failed to turn a profit. After a series of disagreements between the two men over business matters, Goldman sold the paper to
Lord Iveagh
Earl of Iveagh (pronounced —especially in Dublin—or ) is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1919 for the businessman and philanthropist Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, Edward Guinness, 1st Viscount Iveagh. He was ...
in October 1906. On the tone of Edwardian period imperialist writers, contrasted with
Leonard Woolf
Leonard Sidney Woolf (; – ) was a British political theorist, author, publisher, and civil servant. He was married to author Virginia Woolf. As a member of the Labour Party and the Fabian Society, Woolf was an avid publisher of his own work ...
, Simon Glassock writes:
Garvin, Goldman and St Loe Strachey demonstrate how writers at the turn of the twentieth century might have allied economics, politics and history with appeals for the reader to take modest but deserved pride in the imperial achievements of the British.
Goldman joined the
Carlton Club
The Carlton Club is a private members' club in St James's, London. It was the original home of the Conservative Party before the creation of Conservative Central Office. Membership of the club is by nomination and election only.
History
The ...
. He was a member of the
Unionist Social Reform Committee
The Unionist Social Reform Committee was a group within the British Conservative Party dedicated to help formulating a Conservative policy of social reform between 1911 and 1914. According to E. H. H. Green, the Committee "saw the earliest, detail ...
, while his wife Agnes was on the Council of the
Conservative and Unionist Women's Franchise Association
The Conservative and Unionist Women's Franchise Association (CUWFA) was a British women's suffrage organisation open to members of the Conservative and Unionist Party. Formed in 1908 by members of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, C ...
. He resided at
Walpole House
The Grade I listed building Walpole House is the largest, finest, and most complicated of the grand houses on Chiswick Mall, a waterfront street in the oldest part of Chiswick. Both the front wrought-iron screen and gate, and the back boundary ...
which he sold in 1925. He involved himself in politics directly by entering Parliament, winning the
Penryn and Falmouth seat in the
January 1910 general election
The January 1910 United Kingdom general election was held from 15 January to 10 February 1910. The government called the election in the midst of a constitutional crisis caused by the rejection of the People's Budget by the Conservative-dominat ...
as a
Unionist.
In 1913 Goldman was a captain in the
Royal Garrison Artillery
The Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) was formed in 1899 as a distinct arm of the British Army's Royal Regiment of Artillery serving alongside the other two arms of the Regiment, the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) and the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) ...
; and during
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
, served as a major in it, in Cornwall. As a backbencher he was noted, like
Arnold Ward
Arnold Sandwith Ward (1876–1950) was an English journalist and Conservative Party politician. He served as the MP for the constituency of Watford between 1910 and 1918.
Ward was the son of Humphry "Thomas" Ward, a fellow and tutor of Brase ...
, for his "
jingoistic
Jingoism is nationalism in the form of aggressive and proactive foreign policy, such as a country's advocacy for the use of threats or actual force, as opposed to peaceful relations, in efforts to safeguard what it perceives as its national inter ...
" views.
He remained an MP until the borough was abolished in 1918 (the name was transferred to a new county division).
Later life
In 1919 Goldman purchased the Nicola Ranch and Town site in the
Nicola Country The Nicola Country, also known as the Nicola Valley and often referred to simply as The Nicola, and originally Nicolas' Country or Nicholas' Country, adapted to Nicola's Country and simplified since, is a region in the Southern Interior of British C ...
, British Columbia, which grew to some . He owned all the way up to what is now the
Monck Provincial Park
Monck Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located at Nicola Lake near the town of Merritt. The park's campground is one of those which accepts reservations. Activities including fishing, camping and hiking. Natur ...
, named after his son Commander Victor Robert Penryn Monck of the
Royal Navy
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.
In England Goldman lived at Trefusis House,
Falmouth until about 1929, after which he moved to the Jacobean mansion at
Yaverland Manor
Yaverland Manor is a medieval manor house in Yaverland, near Sandown, on the Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight ( ) is a Counties of England, county in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, from which it is separated by the Solent. ...
.
Works
Goldman wrote an eyewitness account of the Boer War, and edited and translated other works.
* ''The financial, statistical, and general history of the gold & other companies of Witwatersrand, South Africa'' (1892)
* ''South African Mines'': Volume I (1895): Rand mining companies and two succeeding volumes, II on Miscellaneous Companies, and III on maps (1896)
* ''With General French and the Cavalry in South Africa'' (1902). The illustrations to the book included a number of photographs taken by
Charles Howard Foulkes of the
Royal Engineers
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, who used a
Newman & Guardia
Newman & Guardia was a British company that manufactured cameras and other fine instruments including early aircraft instruments.
The company was in existence between 1893 and 1956 and continued into the 196O's with premises in the Templefields ...
5x4 camera, published with permission.
* (as editor) ''The Empire and the century: A series of essays on imperial problems and possibilities'' (190
* (as translator) ''Cavalry in Future Wars'' (1906), from the German of ''Unsere Kavallerie im nächsten Kriege: Betrachtungen über ihre Verwendung, Organisation und Ausbildung'' (1899) by
Friedrich von Bernhardi
Friedrich Adam Julius von Bernhardi (22 November 1849 – 11 July 1930) was a Prussian general and military historian. He was a best-selling author prior to World War I. A militarist, he is perhaps best known for his bellicose book ''Deutschland ...
In 1905 Goldman became the founding editor of ''The Cavalry Journal''. From 1911 the editorship was an ''ex officio'' duty of the commandant of the Cavalry School at
Netheravon
Netheravon is a village and civil parish on the River Avon and A345 road, about north of the town of Amesbury in Wiltshire, South West England. It is within Salisbury Plain.
The village is on the right (west) bank of the Avon, opposite Fit ...
.
Mapping
* Map of the Witwatersrand goldfield, compiled 1891 from government surveys by Ewan Currey and Brian Tucker, scale 1:29,779, published 1892.
* ''Atlas of the Witwatersrand and Other Goldfields in the South African Republic'' (1899), compiled under the direction of C. S. Goldmann, with Baron A. von Maltzan (
Ago von Maltzan, in the later 1890s at university in Breslau).
Legacy
Goldman was a collector of
Pre-Raphaelite
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (later known as the Pre-Raphaelites) was a group of English painters, poets, and art critics, founded in 1848 by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti, James ...
art. His pictures were divided between his two sons.
One of Goldman's legacies is
Monck Provincial Park
Monck Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located at Nicola Lake near the town of Merritt. The park's campground is one of those which accepts reservations. Activities including fishing, camping and hiking. Natur ...
on the shore of
Nicola Lake
Nicola Lake is a glacially formed narrow, deep lake located in the South-Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada approximately thirty kilometres northeast of the city of Merritt. It was a centrepoint of the first settlements in the grasslan ...
, for which Goldman gave land in 1951. There was a memorial stone to Charles Sydney Goldman in the yard at the Murray United Church in the area. The church itself was burned down in 2019.
Family
Goldman married, in 1899, the Hon. Agnes Mary Peel (1869–1959), daughter of
Liberal Party
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politician
Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel
Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel, (3 August 182924 October 1912) was a British Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1895. He was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1884 until 1895 when he was raised to the ...
. They had met when she visited the
Rand
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, and the house "Amerden" Sydney shared there with his brother Richard. During the Boer War she worked as a nurse in the military hospital at
Pietermaritzburg
Pietermaritzburg (; Zulu: umGungundlovu) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its Zulu name umGungundlovu ...
. She was decorated with the
Royal Red Cross
The Royal Red Cross (RRC) is a military decoration awarded in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth for exceptional services in military nursing.
Foundation
The award was established on 27 April 1883 by Victoria of the Un ...
, and was in December 1901 appointed a ''Lady of Grace'' of the
Venerable Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
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.
After
Emily Hobhouse
Emily Hobhouse (9 April 1860 – 8 June 1926) was a British welfare campaigner, anti-war activist, and pacifist. She is primarily remembered for bringing to the attention of the British public, and working to change, the deprived conditions insi ...
had written in ''
The Contemporary Review
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History
The magazine was established in 1866 by Alexander Strahan and a group of intellectuals anxious to promote intellig ...
'' about British
concentration camp
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s in South Africa, and in particular about the number of Africans remaining in them,
John Smith Moffat replied in the same periodical. Two months after Moffat's article, Agnes Goldmann contributed a further article on the topic. Her views included the desirability of segregation for Africans of the Transvaal.
The Goldmans had three children. Of those, Victor Robert Penryn Monk Goldman changed his surname legally to Monck, and John Goldman Monk Goldman changed his name legally to John Monk Monck, in both cases on 22 February 1939. The name Monck was stated to be the original family name.
* John (1908–1999), the elder son, was born at
Rottingdean
Rottingdean is a village in the city of Brighton and Hove, on the south coast of England. It borders the villages of Saltdean, Ovingdean and Woodingdean, and has a historic centre, often the subject of picture postcards.
Name
The name Rottingde ...
. He became a film editor at
Gainsborough Pictures
Gainsborough Pictures was a British film studio based on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in the former Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, north London. Gainsborough Studios was active between 1924 and 1951. The com ...
in the 1920s, and after visiting the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
joined the
Communist Party of Great Britain
The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was the largest communist organisation in Britain and was founded in 1920 through a merger of several smaller Marxist groups. Many miners joined the CPGB in the 1926 general strike. In 1930, the CPG ...
and was an organiser for the
. In 1934 he married Margaret Thesiger, daughter of the late
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, (12 August 1868 – 1 April 1933) was a British statesman. He served as Governor of Queensland from 1905 to 1909, Governor of New South Wales from 1909 to 1913, and Viceroy of India from 1 ...
.
That year his sister purchased the island of
Mewstone
Mewstone is an unpopulated island, composed of muscovite
Muscovite (also known as common mica, isinglass, or potash mica) is a hydrated phyllosilicate mineral of aluminium and potassium with formula K Al2(Al Si3 O10)( F,O H)2, or ( KF)2( A ...
south of
Tasmania
)
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, subdi ...
to give to him. Also that year he edited ''
Man of Aran
''Man of Aran'' is a 1934 Irish fictional documentary (ethnofiction) film shot, written and directed by Robert J. Flaherty about life on the Aran Islands off the western coast of Ireland. It portrays characters living in premodern conditions, d ...
'', directed by
Robert J. Flaherty
Robert Joseph Flaherty, (; February 16, 1884 – July 23, 1951) was an American filmmaker who directed and produced the first commercially successful feature-length documentary film, ''Nanook of the North'' (1922). The film made his reputatio ...
. During WWII he was a film producer for the
Crown Film Unit
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, and after the war he worked on documentaries with
Sergei Nolbandov Sergei Nolbandov (1895-1971) was a Russian-born screenwriter, film producer and film director, director. Nolbandov was born in Moscow in 1895. He later moved to Britain where he worked in the British film industry. He died in Lewes, Sussex in 1971.S ...
. He also farmed.
* Victor (known as Pen Goldman) published as Penryn Goldman the 1932 travel book ''To Hell and Gone'' about Australia, introduction by
Wilfred Grenfell
Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (28 February 1865 – 9 October 1940) was a British medical missionary to Newfoundland, who wrote books on his work and other topics. Early life and education
He was born at Parkgate, Cheshire, England, on 28 Febr ...
. He was an
RNVR
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officer, a temporary lieutenant on
HMS ''Buxton'' in 1942, and as Lieutenant Commander sent to
Hawaii
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to liaise with the US Navy in 1944 (reported by the
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magazine). In later life he was often known as Commander Penryn Monck. He married in 1949 (Isolde) Sheila Tower Butler, sister of Patrick Theobald Tower Butler, 18th Baron Dunboyne .
* Hazel, the daughter, carried the train of
Una Duval
Una Harriet Ella Stratford Duval (; 1879–1975) was a British suffragette and marriage reformer. Her refusal to say "and obey" in her marriage vows made national news.
Early life
Una was the debutante daughter of Commander Edward Stratford ...
, first cousin of her mother, at her 1912 "suffragist" wedding, the
marriage vows
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omitting "to obey". At the time of her giving Mewstone to her brother John and wife Margaret in 1934 as a wedding present, she was living at Sydney Lodge,
Hamble-le-Rice
Hamble-le-Rice is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England. It is best known for being an aircraft training centre during the Second World War and is a popular yachting location. The village and the River Ha ...
, designed by
Sir John Soane
Sir John Soane (; né Soan; 10 September 1753 – 20 January 1837) was an English architect who specialised in the Neo-Classical style. The son of a bricklayer, he rose to the top of his profession, becoming professor of architecture at the R ...
. It was sold by her father in 1936.
The Goldmans also had as ward Lorna Goldman(n), daughter of Sydney's brother Edwin, after his death in 1913. She met and then married
Stewart Gore-Browne
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Stewart Gore-Browne (3 May 1883 – 4 August 1967), called Chipembele by Zambians, was a soldier, pioneer white settler, builder, politician and supporter of independence in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia).
Early life
...
in 1927, at age 19 and still at
Sherborne School for Girls
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. Gore-Browne's biographer comments that "The Goldmans travelled incessantly, to the Continent and the Orient".
References
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1868 births
1958 deaths
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Penryn and Falmouth
UK MPs 1910
UK MPs 1910–1918
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Royal Garrison Artillery officers
British Army personnel of World War I
Cape Colony people
South African emigrants to the United Kingdom
South African people of German-Jewish descent
Jewish British politicians
Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society