Louise (Garland) Emmet (1875-1947)

Mrs Louise (Garland) Emmet

She was born in New York had two brothers, Charles and Jack Garland. Jack married Marie Tudor, "a not-so proper Bostonian" who was married seven times before being murdered by a jealous lover at the age of 75. Charles on the other hand married an English lady and built Moreton Hall in her native Warwickshire. Louise followed and she and her husband, Robert Emmet, lived at Warwick Priory while they built Moreton Paddox, the gatehouse of which was just a 100-yards from her brother's. One of the locals recalled, "the Emmets were very much liked by all their neighbours. They entertained pleasantly, without ostentation". They were the parents of four children.

Parents

James Albert Garland

James A. Garland, Vice-President of the First National Bank of New York

1840-1900

Anna (Tuller) Garland

Mrs Anna Louise (Tuller) Garland

1842-1916

Spouse

Robert Griswold Emmet

Major Robert G. Emmet, D.S.O., of Moreton Paddox, Warwickshire

1871-1955

Children

Robert Emmet

Lt. Robert Emmet Jr., of the 1st Life Guards; died unmarried

1897-1915

James Albert Garland Emmet

Capt. James Albert Garland Emmet, of Moreton Paddox Hall, Warwickshire

1898-1986

Thomas Addis Emmet

Thomas Addis Emmet R.N.

1900-1934

Aileen (Emmet) Campbell

Mrs "Muffie" Aileen (Emmet) Campbell

1903-1969

Associated Houses

Warwick Priory

Warwick