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Photograph of popular head Mrs Coleman & pupils of Hook School, 1958/9. Interviewed by Lord Bolingbroke for the job, she was at the school for 20 years. Search Hook School.

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Photograph of Vernon St.John, 6th Viscount Bolingbroke, in army uniform, c1917

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Photograph of Vernon Henry St.John, 6th Viscount Bolingbroke (1896-1974) shortly after his coming of age in March 1917 and enlisting as a private in the 3rd Dorsetshire Regiment.

This photograph was generously gifted to The Friends of Lydiard Park by a private donor in 2023; part of a collection of military and personal memorabilia that belonged to the viscount