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- 1901. LEIGHTON HARGRAVE. (Died 20th February 1977).
Born at Dr. Bowlby’s, 79 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, when the family still lived at CASTLEDENE, UPPER NORWOOD, was at “The Limes” School, Croham Hurst, Croydon when War Broke out in 1914 and soon after the family moved to 12, Grosvenor Crescent, St. Leonards, he was sent to Blundells. However, the family finances were so bad that, after a year or 18 months, he was withdrawn and joined Clement at University College School, Hastings. The educational attainments of this school were appalling, so he left without his School Certificate or Matriculation.
His ambition was to become a farmer, but there was certainly no money available for this, so he joined a shipping office in Liverpool and sometime later joined his father at 121 Victoria Street. The lack of a School Certificate prevented his qualifying as an Architect, but later he practised with his father as an Architect and Surveyor. He developed a remarkable memory for details of country estates about which he had read or visited, and he and his father became a good team, as his father could usually buy at the right price and Leighton sell at the right price.
In 1932 he married BARBARA ANN COLE, having a daughter VIRGINIA and a son STEPHEN.
Leighton’s principal hobby was his garden, although in his younger days he enjoyed village cricket and was a most graceful skier - an exponent of the “telemark” position. He enjoyed parties of all sorts and holidaying in the sun.
- WILL :
Leighton Hargrave CAWTHORNE of Doucegrove Farm, Horns Cross, Northiam, East Sussex died 20 February 1977 Probate Bright 1 June £170,174.
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1901 - 1977 (75 years)
