Lord Desborough with remaining son, Ivo Grenfell
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Lord Desborough with remaining son, Ivo Grenfell
William Henry Grenfell, Lord Desborough (1855-1945), pictured at his home, Taplow court near Maidenhead with his remaining son, the Hon. Ivo Grenfell, and his daughter, the Hon. Imogen Grenfell. Lord Desboroughs two eldest sons, Julian and Gerald, had both been killed in 1915. Desborough was a well-known sportsman, distinctive at a height of 6 feet 5 inches. He rowed for Oxford in the 1877 Boat Race and was President of the British team at the 1908 Olympic Games. He was also a Liberal politician and served in a number of public offices during his lifetime. He converted Taplow Court into a a rest home for Red Cross nurses during the war. Ivo was killed in a car accident in 1926 and so the peerage died out with Lord Desborough. Date: 1916
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