Estella Cave, Countess Cave of Richmond

Estella Cave, Countess Cave of Richmond
BornApril 1856
North Cadbury, Somerset, England
Died7 January 1938
Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England
Other namesLady Cave
Lady Cave of Richmond
Countess Cave of Richmond
Occupation(s)Author, Girl Guide leader
Spouse
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(m. 1885)​
FamilyLloyd Mathews (brother)

Estella Cave, Countess Cave of Richmond (April 1856 - 7 January 1938, Somerset), was an author and the first to hold the role of Division Commissioner for Kingston Girl Guides from 1911 to 1926. She was the recipient of the Silver Fish Award, Girl Guiding’s highest adult honour.[1] She was married to George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave, who became Lord Chancellor in 1922.

Early life and family

Annie Estella Sarah Penfold Mathews was born in April 1856 at Woolston Manor, North Cadbury, Somerset.[2] She was the fifth child of Captain William Withey Mathew, of the 20th South Rifles, and Jane Wallas Penfold, a naturalist.[3] Her brother, Sir Lloyd William Mathews was an abolitionist. As a child, her mother encouraged her to study nature. She took a particular interest in ants and in 1933 wrote a book about them, Ant Antics.[4]

Marriage to Rt Hon. George Cave

She married the Rt Hon. Lord High Chancellor, 1st Viscount Cave on 7 January 1885 at All Saints Church, Fulham. Over the years, she gave birth to four children, but none survived more than a few days. When they first married, the Caves lived on Richmond Hill,[5] but from 1890 their principal residence was Wardrobe Court,[6] part of Richmond Palace, where Elizabeth I had died.[7] The name "Wardrobe Court" came from its previous incarnation providing soft furnishings for the palace,[8] as well as storage for Elizabeth’s 2,000 gowns.[9] George’s mother moved in with them after her husband’s death in 1894.[10]

Cave was a committed gardener.[11] She researched the original planting of Richmond Palace’s gardens and reinstated the pomegranate tree, which once stood in the garden in memory of Catherine of Aragon, together with historically accurate walnut, mulberry, quince and chequer trees.[12]

In 1906, when George became a member of the Conservative Government, they had a home on Piccadilly. In 1915, when he became Solicitor general, they moved to Smith Square.[13] During their time at Smith Square, Cave experienced 19 German air raids, and more when at Wardrobe Court.[14] When George became Lord of Appeal in 1918, they left Smith Square and moved back to Wardrobe Court full time.[15] In 1922, when George became Lord Chancellor they had lodgings at the House of Lords.

She counted among her friends the author J. M. Barrie. The two wrote dozens of letters to each other.[16][17]

Travel

Cave accompanied her husband on three long journeys, to East Africa in 1901, South Africa in 1919 and North America in 1920.[18] They were keen to move to South Africa for work, but George’s mother would not allow it.[19] They also travelled to Cap Martin, Monte Carlo,[20] Belgium, the Ardennes, the Channel Islands, Skye,[21] Italy, Austria and Norway.[22]

Canvassing

Cave became involved in politics in 1906, helping her husband with his electioneering. Of this experience she wrote, “At that time I knew nothing of politics, and cared less, but it was for the man I worked, because I knew what he and his work meant for the country.”[23] She went on to become “famed as a first-class political canvasser”.[24]

Golf

Cave and her husband were both keen golfers and played courses in England, Ireland, Scotland and Le Touquet. The course at Burnham and Berrow in Somerset inspired them to buy a home – St. Ann’s – there in 1917, which lay between the ladies’ course and the men’s course.[25] They would spend all their free time at St Ann’s, and regularly attended St Mary Magdalene church in Berrow.[26]

Countess Cave

The day her husband died, in March 1928, it was announced that he was to have been bestowed an earldom. The title passed to Cave and the following May, she was created Countess Cave of Richmond,[27] moving to Burnham permanently.[28] Cave died on 7 January 1938 and was buried alongside her husband at St Mary Magdelene, Berrow.[29][30]

Community work

  • President, Burnham Women’s Conservative Association[31]
  • President, Burnham Ladies’ Club[32]
  • Worked with Barnardo's[33]
  • Division Commissioner of Kingston Girl Guides (1911 to 1926)[34]
  • President, Burnham and District Girl Guides[35]
  • Raised funds for the Royal Star and Garter Home, Richmond[36]
  • Lord and Lady Cave “made a practice of visiting the old folk in the Richmond workhouse on Christmas morning.”[37]

Writing

  • Memories of Old Richmond, with some sidelights on English history, illustrated by George Brandram (1922)[38]
  • From my Rhodesian Diary (1923)[39]
  • Odd and Ends of My Life (1928)[40]
  • Three Journeys (1928),[41] based on her journeys to East Africa, including Zanzibar and Uganda, South Africa, America and Canada. It was written in response to a bet from Cave’s sister-in-law that she wouldn’t be able to maintain a diary for her entire travels.[42]
  • Lord Cave: A Memoir (1931) by Sir Charles Mallet (introductory chapter)[43]
  • Ant Antics, including illustrations (1933), a book of verse in praise of ants, with additional poems from Stanley Baldwin, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, and Rudyard Kipling among others.[44] The foreword read: “For many years Lady Cave has taken a special interest in the high character and domestic virtues of the ant. She has acquired much quaint information about them, and her enthusiasm has impelled some of her friends to break out at her behest into (often most unaccustomed) verse. Prime Ministers and Professors, Men of Business and Men of Leisure, all contribute to this very real ant-hology.”[45]

Cave contributed articles to The Nineteenth Century and After periodical including From my Rhodesian diary (1922),[46] From my Canadian diary (1923)[47] and Some Notes on Dress (1924).[48]

Awards and honours

See also

References

  1. ^ "Somebody told me". Weekly Dispatch. London, UK. 1926-02-07. p. 19.
  2. ^ "Widow of Lord Chancellor". Western Gazette. Yeovil, UK. 1938-01-14. p. 13.
  3. ^ "Barrie's twin". The Children's Newspaper (No. 938 ed.). London, UK: Hodder and Stoughton. 1938-01-22. p. 4.
  4. ^ "In praise of the ant". Western Star and Roma Advertiser. Queensland, Australia. 1934-01-13. p. 4.
  5. ^ Mallet, Sir Charles Henry (1931). Lord Cave, A Memoir. London, UK: J Murray. p. 80.
  6. ^ "The West (or Town) Ward". Surrey Comet. Muncie, Indiana. 1890-10-29. p. 10.
  7. ^ "Gossip from London Town". The Star Press. Kingston-Upon-Thames, UK. 1922-11-12. p. 4.
  8. ^ "Palace Site Today". www.forg.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
  9. ^ Cave, Estella (1923). Memories of Old Richmond with some sidelights on English history. New York, USA: D Appleton and Company. p. 280.
  10. ^ Mallet, Sir Charles Henry (1931). Lord Cave, A Memoir. London, UK: J Murray. p. 114.
  11. ^ "London Society Upset By Election; New Hostesses". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York, USA. 1922-12-17. p. 46.
  12. ^ Cave, Estella (1923). Memories of Old Richmond with some sidelights on English history. New York, USA: D Appleton and Company. p. 281.
  13. ^ Mallet, Sir Charles Henry (1931). Lord Cave, A Memoir. London, UK: J Murray. p. 14.
  14. ^ Mallet, Sir Charles Henry (1931). Lord Cave, A Memoir. London, UK: J Murray. p. 24.
  15. ^ Mallet, Sir Charles Henry (1931). Lord Cave, A Memoir. London, UK: J Murray. p. 25.
  16. ^ "Barrie's twin". The Children's Newspaper (No. 938 ed.). London, UK: Hodder and Stoughton. 1938-01-22. p. 4.
  17. ^ Mallet, Sir Charles Henry (1931). Lord Cave, A Memoir. London, UK: J Murray. p. 286.
  18. ^ "Widow of Lord Chancellor". Western Gazette. Yeovil, UK. 1938-01-14. p. 13.
  19. ^ Mallet, Sir Charles Henry (1931). Lord Cave, A Memoir. London, UK: J Murray. p. 25.
  20. ^ Mallet, Sir Charles Henry (1931). Lord Cave, A Memoir. London, UK: J Murray. p. 12.
  21. ^ Mallet, Sir Charles Henry (1931). Lord Cave, A Memoir. London, UK: J Murray. p. 110.
  22. ^ Mallet, Sir Charles Henry (1931). Lord Cave, A Memoir. London, UK: J Murray. p. 150.
  23. ^ Cave, Ann Estella (1930). Odds and Ends of my Life. London, UK: John Murray. p. 159.
  24. ^ "New Leaders are found to rule London society". The South Bend Tribune. South Bend, Indiana, USA. 1922-12-24. p. 11.
  25. ^ "Bath and County Notes". The Bath Chronicle. Bath, UK. 1922-12-30. p. 24.
  26. ^ Smith, Edward Henry (1945). Happy Memories of West Somerset in 100 Pictures. Bridgwater, UK: Whitby, Light and Lane Ltd. p. 121.
  27. ^ "Countess Charges Burnham Man". The Western Daily Press. Bristol, UK. 1931-01-06. p. 6.
  28. ^ "Widow of former Lord Chancellor dies". The Western Daily Press and Bristol Mirror. Bristol, UK. 1938-01-10. p. 7.
  29. ^ "Barrie's twin". The Children's Newspaper (No. 938 ed.). London, UK: Hodder and Stoughton. 1938-01-22. p. 4.
  30. ^ "Death of Lady Cave". Wester Gazette. Taunton, UK. 1938-01-14. p. 13.
  31. ^ "Late Lady Cave". Somerset County Herald and Taunton Courier. Taunton, UK. 1938-01-15. p. 6.
  32. ^ "Burnham Spring Meeting". The Western Daily Press and Bristol Mirror. Bristol, UK. 1933-04-03. p. 11.
  33. ^ "Widow of Former Lord Chancellor Dies". The Western Daily Press and Bristol Mirror. Bristol, UK. 1938-01-10. p. 7.
  34. ^ "Presentation". The Daily Telegraph. London, UK. 1926-02-01. p. 11.
  35. ^ "Countess Cave's Funeral". The Western Daily Press and Bristol Mirror. Bristol, UK. 1938-01-12. p. 8.
  36. ^ Mallet, Sir Charles Henry (1931). Lord Cave, A Memoir. London, UK: J Murray. p. 24.
  37. ^ "Viscount Cave's funeral". Evening Standard. London, UK. 1928-03-30. p. 3.
  38. ^ "The Book of a Viscountess". Newcastle Daily Chronicle. Newcastle, UK. 1922-09-28. p. 6.
  39. ^ Cave, Estella (1923). From my Rhodesian diary. London, UK: Constable & Co.
  40. ^ Cave, Ann Estella (1930). Odds and Ends of my Life. London, UK: John Murray.
  41. ^ Cave, Anne Estella (1928). Three Journeys. London, UK: Thornton Butterworth.
  42. ^ "Viscountess Cave's Impressions of Canada". Calgary Herald. Calgary, Canada. 1928-06-16. p. 23.
  43. ^ Mallet, Sir Charles (1931). Lord Cave: A Memoir. London, UK: John Murray.
  44. ^ Cave, Estella (1933). Ant Antics. London, UK: John Murray.
  45. ^ Cave, Estella (1933). Ant Antics. London, UK: John Murray.
  46. ^ Knowles, James (1922). The Nineteenth Century and After. Vol. 93. London, UK: Leonard Scott Publishing Company. pp. 881–892.
  47. ^ Knowles, James (1923). The Nineteenth Century and After. Vol. 94. London, UK: Leonard Scott Publishing Company. pp. 862–874.
  48. ^ Knowles, James (1924). The Nineteenth Century and After. Vol. 95. London, UK: Leonard Scott Publishing Company. pp. 436–444.
  49. ^ "Somebody told me". Weekly Dispatch. London, UK. 1926-02-07. p. 19.
  50. ^ "Countess Cave of Richmond". The Daily Telegraph. London, UK. 1938-01-08. p. 15.
  51. ^ Pine, L G (1973). The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971. Baltimore, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 62. ISBN 0806305215.

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