Housekeeper Chiswick House, John G Crace, 1853 V&A 3815.65-1953

High Status Servants at Chiswick House in the 18th century, 7.30pm Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place W4

Our speaker, Val Bott, began exploring the wills of 18th century Chiswick residents as a means of identifying friends and neighbours of the Hogarth family. Amongst them were some senior servants who were sufficiently well off to make wills. These helped her to identify their roles in the Devonshires’ household, their possessions, family details and friendships, revealing some charming personal information.

This will be an in-person event at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, W4. To avoid disappointment to our audience from the kind of technical difficulties we’ve experienced at recent events we are not offering this talk online. Instead you will be able to view the presentation afterwards (a recording and the slides) if you sign up via Ticket Tailor – click on the blue button on the booking page.

Our membership secretary, David Bright, will be taking new subscriptions and renewals by card at the meeting (please note that the new sub is £15 per person or £20 for two at the same address). We will also have publications on sale by cash or card, including James Marshall’s remarkable Centenary History of the Great West Road at £25 per copy

We would be delighted to hear from any members who would like to join the committee or who be prepared to help with the technical side of running meetings. Please contact our Honorary Secretary, Katie Hinchliffe, at katiehinchliffe@gmail.com