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Name/TitlePhotograph of Henry Rogers Jnr of Stagenhoe

About this objectA photograph of Henry Rogers the younger of Stagenhoe. The eldest son of Henry Rogers of Stagenhoe, who can be seen in the photograph 2024.62.3. Henry Jnr is beleived to be around 38 at the time this photograph was taken.

The website PrestonHerts.co.uk also details a controversy following Henry Snr's death. "There was an inheritance controversy following Henry Roger’s death. His eldest son, Henry jnr, swore a declaration that he recalled destroying in a fire three deeds of conveyance from his father to his three younger brothers and that a charge on the estate to his brother Thomas of £200 pa was also burnt. He claimed it was his father’s wish."

The census traces the course of his life. In 1851 he lives at home with his parents and brothers at Stagenhoe along with their eleven servants. By 1861 he was a barrister living with his widowed father at Stagenhoe with eight servants. In 1871 he was unmarried and a landowner living at 60 Ecclestone Square in London with a butler, page, cook, two housemaids and a kitchen maid. His brother Thomas was visiting on census night. By 1881 he was a barrister (not in practice) his brother Richard then aged 61 was there along with two neices and his sister-in-law, he had seven servants. By 1891 he was a barrister with six servants and had four family members visiting including his brother Richard aged 71.

Henry died following an accident on 15 June 1900 at 18 The Leas, Folkestone. A newspaper article reads 'A visitors fatal fall - An inquest was held at the Town Hall on Friday evening by the Borough Coroner (Mr J. Minter) on the body of Mr Henry Rogers, a visitor stayying at No.18 The Leas. Dr Ernest Larking said that he had attended the deceased about three days ago for ulcer. His eyesight and hearing were very bad and he was nearly 80 years of age. He was sent for again on Friday morning at ten o'clock, and found deceased on the floor in the dining room. He was unconscious, breathing heavily, and bleeding from the nose and ear. He was told the deceased had fallen over the banisters and found a bruise on his head. He died about noon from fractue at the base of the skull. Mr John Rogers said that deceased was his brother and resided at 60 Ecclestone Square, London. He was 82 years of age. He came into apartments at Folkestone a fortnight ago. He and his daughter heard the noise of the fall and going into the passage he saw his brother lying there on his back. Miss Mabel Willis said that the deceased was lodging in her father's house. She was in the basement and heard the fall, and on going upstairs found the deceased lying at full length. A verdict of "Accidental Death" was returned.'

Henry left a vast fortune behind 'Probate to John Rogers, Esquire, effects, £295,539 13s 3d'.

The donor of this photograph was one of the final people to live in Stagenhoe Manor whilst it was a private house. She recalled living in this house with her grandfather during the Second World War and riding through Bowes-Lyon land with her grandfather to the butchers in Whitwell.

In 1969 Stagenhoe became part of the Sue Ryder Foundation as one of several neurological care centres set up across the country by Sue Ryder. Prior to her charity work Sue Ryder was noted for service in the Second World War. Lying about her age to join the Special Operations Executive (SOE) at the age of 15, she was posted to Poland and assisted in driving SOE agents to airfields. With a fond attachment to Poland which continued beyond war service, she was made a life peer and created both Baroness Ryder of Warsaw in Poland and of Cavendish in the County of Suffolk in 1979.

Date Made1856

Inscription and MarksText written on the mount reads 'Henry Rogers the younger of Stagenhoe Barrister + Mathematician 1856'

Measurements255 x 215 mm mount
107 x 137 mm photograph

Period19th Century (1801-1900)

Object TypePhotograph

Medium and MaterialsPhotograph on card

Named CollectionNorth Hertfordshire Museum

Object number2024.62.4

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