Figure 1.--Here we see The Meyers family at home in the drawing room at Leckhampton House. Only father is missing. Notice all the books. Mother and the boys are reading. Sylvia is playing some kind of gam. Harold wears a velvet Fauntleroy suit with a lace collar. Leopold looks to be wearing his Eton School uniform. The photograph was probanly taken about 1894. Source: Image no. mw58251. National Portrait Gallery.

Frederick and Eveleen had three children, two bots and a giel. The oldest boy was Leopold Hamilton (1881-1944). He was named after his godfather, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany. Judging by the photograpohiuc record, Leopold was Evelyn's favorite. Their daughter was Silvia Constance (1883-1957). Harold was the youngest (1886-1952). We do not know much about the children. They were fairly close in age and seem to have been a close family group. We do not notice them with other children. The images suggest that Frederick and Eveleen were very involved and carrying children. We do not notice any nursemaids or sevants helping with the children. but this could be a matter of subject choice. we suspect that the children did not go tp preparatory schools, but were instead schooled t hime, but he have not yet been able to confirm that. Leopold went on to become a highly regarded writer himself. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College. His trilogy/tetralogy The Root and the Flower was a historically set work. It takes place in India at the time of Akbarthe Great, the most important of the Mogul emperor. He never traveled to India and the work has been criticized for its lack of authentic color.

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