Admiral Sir William and Lady Luard, of Witham Lodge. They celebrated their Golden Wedding on the Admiral’s 88th birthday, 7 April 1908. He died in May 1910 at the age of 90, after an accident in his pony and trap. The photo comes from a scrapbook of the Resbury family. One of the Resburys had written alongside it ‘This Gent one day gave me His Blessing’.

Ref	M623
Photographer	H Hall, Witham and Braintree
Date taken	1908 approx
Source	Long, Mary. From a Resbury family scrapbook.