Photograph by ? Thomas Lawrence (1894-5)
After two and a half years living in Dinard on the coast of Brittany the Lawrence
family returned to England in April 1894. On 1 May they took up a furnished tenancy of
Langley Lodge, a substantial house between the eastern border of the New Forest and
Southampton Water. The rent, two guineas a week, covered use of the house, kitchen garden,
paddock, coach house and stabling. Lawrence’s father was skilled in field sports and
took out fowling and fishing licences in the Forest at the then considerable cost of £20
per season.
The Lawrence brothers spent three summers at Langley, enjoying open air pursuits. They
often played with children from the Laurie family, whose father was agent for a
neighbouring estate. Both he and Mr Lawrence sailed, and the boys were sometimes taken to
the foreshore at Lepe where they could see yachts racing in the Solent as well as passing
naval and merchant ships.
Form left to right: Ned, Will, Frank (in his other’s arms) and Bob.
Bodleian Library, Oxford (MS.Res.c.54)
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