Mr Henry G Younger and Wellingtonia
Early photograph taken circa 1920-1934 from a forestry album of 117 photographs compiled by an unknown Forestry Commission officer.
A large Sequoia wellingtonia located up behind Benmore House, nr Dunoon, with Henry Younger and his dog below.
Mr Henry G Younger of the William Younger brewing family gifted Benmore Estate and the House to the nation in 1928 when the Estate was subsequently managed by the Forestry Commission and the house served as a Forestry Commission Forester Training School from Aug 1929- Jul 1965.
The PDF shows Mrs H G Younger in front of a large Rhododendron campanulatium in full bloom and another view of some Sequoia and Lawson’s cypress above the gardens.
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Groups: Forester Training Schools and Universities, Forestry Areas