My ancestors were BUSHNELL (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Tuesday, July 12, 2011, 02:14 (4887 days ago) @ Jefff

In desperation I Googled "Marquis Redmarley" and to my surprise got an interesting hit, an extracted Notice from a 1942 Suffolk newspaper;

"1942 Beccles & Bungay 28 Feb
WEDDING: Mr Murrough Loftus, Scots Guards, elder son of Mr PC Loftus, MP and Mrs Loftus, of Reydon Covert, Southwold, and his bride, Miss Anne Elizabeth de la Pasture, only daughter of the Marquis and Marquise de la Pasture, of Redhill, Redmarley, Gloucs [PHOTO page 1]"

http://www.foxearth.org.uk/BecclesAreaNewspapers/beccles_newspapers_1942_on.htm

Searching Marquis de la Pasture, I find they are descended from an emigree family settled in England after the French Revolution, particularly Count Henry de la Pasture, 3rd son of .. "the 14th Count and 3rd Marquis de la Pasture" who lived in Llandogo Priory, Monmouthshire; so quite local.
However I cannot find any mention of them in Redmarley in the mid C19th Directories etc,or in the FoD PRs.

Searching Redhill Redmarley, see photo & map.
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/28165

iirc as a child in the 70s we watched motorbike "scrambles" on the Hill ?.
Nearby Redhill Farm became infamous a few year back for the "missing, believed murdered" wife of farm owner Mr Prout (an indirect distant "relative" of a mine, sadly), who now resides at HM Pleasure.
Nearby Pfera Hall is barely mentioned online despite its curious name; this rather nice modernised "pile" is now a care home which could easily have been home to a Marquis in the past, and maybe employed coachmen etc back in the C19th ?.
http://www.pferahall.co.uk/images/PferaHall.jpg

Are there any other such grand houses in Redmarley, please ??