History - Family Portraits
The Hon Fredrick George Meynell (1846-1910) and Lady Mary Meynell (nee Lindsay) (1852 - 1937) after William Logsdail (1859 - 1944)
Frederick Meynell (born Wood, name changed by Royal Licence in 1905) was the younger son of Charles, first
Viscount Halifax and the brother of Emily Charlotte Meynell Ingram. He was a frequent visitor to his sister's
seat at Temple Newsam where he supervised much of her business affairs. Under the terms of her will he
inherited the Meynell family property Hoar Cross while Temple Newsam was left to their nephew the Hon Edward
Wood, son of their eldest brother Charles, second Viscount Halifax. This portrait and its companion (see below)
(both of which are replicas after originals in a private collection), were recently stolen from Colton Village
Institute.
Lady Mary was the daughter of Alexander, 25th Earl of Crawford. Together with her husband Fredrick George
Meynell she was a frequent visitor to Temple Newsam and they took much interest in local affairs and they were
regarded with much affection in the locality. Her autobiography Sunshine and Shadows over a Long Life (1933)
gives a vivid picture of country house life in the Victorian and Edwardian age.
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