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Family History of the present owner of Clovelly, The Hon. John Rous


Zachary Hamlyn, who was born at Kennerland Farm in Higher Clovelly, made his fortune as a lawyer at Lincolns Inn and purchased the estate for ?9,438 in 1738. He died unmarried and left the estate to his nephew, James, on condition he changed his name from Hammett to Hamlyn. James married Arabella Williams, heiress of the Edwinsford Estate, Carmarthenshire in Wales. He was created a baronet for public services.

Their son James (2nd Baronet) married Diana (nee Whittaker) whose share of her father's fortune was used to improve the estate including the construction of the Hobby Drive. Work started during the Napoleonic wars assisted, it is said, by French prisoners of war. It and other coast path carriageways were completed in the period of high unemployment after 1815.

The 3rd Baronet, also a James Hamlyn, married Mary, daughter of the 1st Earl Fortescue, another distinguished neighbouring West Country family. They had three daughters. The eldest, Susan Hester, married Henry Fane of Fulbeck, Lincolnshire. The family assumed the surname Hamlyn Fane. Their son, Neville Hamlyn Fane, died in 1884, aged 26. Constance Hamlyn Fane inherited land at Ringwood, the Avon Tyrrell estate and Christine Hamlyn Fane was given the Clovelly Estate.

In 1889 she married Frederick Gosling. She requested him firstly to change his name from Gosling to Hamlyn because of the long association of the name Hamlyn with Clovelly and secondly to devote his not inconsiderable fortune to the restoration of all properties on the estate. As you walk down the village street you will see many with references to C and FH and a date in the 1930's. This marks the renovation of the building to meet modern day expectations. The foundations and outer walls are much older. Christine and Frederick had no children and the estate was left in 1936 to Christine's niece, Betty Asquith.

Betty Asquith was the daughter of Constance Manners (nee Hamlyn Fane) and Lord Manners. Amongst his claims to fame was that he had won a bet that he could in 6 months buy and train and ride a Grand National winner. This he achieved on Seaman and to this day remains the only peer to have won the Grand National. Betty's husband, Arthur (son of Prime Minister Asquith) was a distinguished and brave volunteer soldier in the First World War. He reached the rank of Brigadier General and was awarded the DSO and 2 Bars. He returned to a business career after the War, but died prematurely in 1939.

Betty and Arthur had four daughters of whom Mary, the eldest, married Keith Rous from the Henham Estate in Suffolk in 1943. She inherited the estate on Betty's death in 1962. Her son, John Rous, took over the running of the estate in 1983.

Mommy's little monster dropped out of school,
Mommy's little monster broke all the rules.
He loves to go out drinking with the boys,
He loves to go out and make some noise.
He doesn't wanna be a doctor or a lawyer get fat and rich.
He's 20 years old he quit his job,
Unemployment pays his rent!
His brothers sisters have tasted sweet success,
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She left home for the streets,
She couldn't deal with all that heat.
She had fun with the boys in the band,
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Her dad asked what happened to her face,
It could have happened in any place!!!
Chorus:
Her eyes are a deeper blue, she likes her hair that color too.
She can even wear a dress, that doesn't mean she'll ever confess.
She's mommy's little monster
She's mommy's little monster
She's mommy's little monster DON'T TAKE HER LIFE AWAY!!!

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