You may have read about the Countess of Warwick’s artistic maids, but during the project to catalogue the Greville Family of Warwick Castle collection, we discovered a new servant story. ...
After searching for a servant to teach Scottish Gaelic to Lady Eva Greville (1860-1940), Ella Urquhart was now safely in the Countess of Warwick’s employ, Ella started her working life ...
I was asked to research butler William Parsons for a mini project organized by the Family and Community Historical Research Society (FACHRS). I was told that 40 year old William ...
Mary Jane Kirby (1876-1946) worked in the kitchens at Warwick Castle in the early 20th century. In 1993, her daughter Gertrude Lakins (1905-1999) was interviewed as part of Warwickshire County ...