Charles Tuller Garland (1874-1921)

He was born in New York City. He was educated at Eton College in England before returning to America where he graduated from Columbia University. He built Moreton Hall in Warwickshire which was next to Moreton Paddox built by his sister, Mrs Louise Emmet - the gate lodges were just 100 yards apart from one another. Aside from its magnificent gardens, he laid out a large stables, private polo and cricket grounds, and founded the Moreton Morrell Tennis Club. He was a member of the local hunt and upkeep of the estate came to $50,000 a year. He also kept Scaltback Stud Farm outside Newmarket (one of his horses won the Newmarket Stakes), a townhouse on London's Grosvenor Street and he was a member of the New York Yacht Club.

On the outbreak of World War I in 1914, he and his brother-in-law, Robert Emmet, renounced their American citizenships to become British. Both men raised their own troops of yeomanry and enlisted. As a noted horseman, Garland was commissioned as a Lieutenant into the 2nd Life Guards. However, he was invalided out on account of a heart condition within a matter of months which was perhaps fortuitous as his regiment was slaughtered at the Battle of Ypres in 1915. His wife died in 1917 and he died of heart failure three years later, leaving an estate valued at £347,357. He was survived by an adopted son and three daughters: Mrs Thursby, Lady Cubitt, and Mrs Heber-Percy.