A Family History of the Illustrious, Notorious and Eccentric Lloyds of Birmingham, Brigstock and Pipewell Hall - Flipbook - Page 170
HUMPHREY PHILIPS Uncle Humpo, Uncle Tub
1908 - 2006
ugh Uncle Humpo was not a Lloyd, Grandfather and Granny Lloyd treated him like one of their
rom an early age 3 apparently his Philips parents were both killed in a car crash.
ust have been around the same age as Uncle Pen or Uncle Mike. He was a bit of a loner when
ng up and inclined to go into a deep sulk or bate for some time. He was able to scramble up the
branches of the huge Wellingtonia tree overlooking the Pipewell front drive, and climb up to the
op where he might sit for an hour or two until his sulk had abated. These sulks got fewer and fewer
grew up.
Humpo was an excellent horseman and point-to-point rider, in which he competed for many years.
ed to take picnics to all the point-to-points of the neighbouring hunts. I remember watching Uncle
po riding in our nearest point-to-point at Dingley, only three miles from Stoke Albany, he and the
making the running were both disqualified, Uncle Humpo keeping close up to the leader who took
ong route!
nd Pierre arranged for Uncle Humpo to be be given a management job in the Collins Factory in
ow. After some early hiccups, he rose to become the Factory Director. Despite being very English,
on well with the factory staff, because he was firm and fair, and a good judge of character. At one
he put up a notice on the factory notice board warning that if anyone was caught transgressing this
gain, they would be, "Severely Dealt With". Some wag had written below, "Six of the best from
phs!".
arried Aunt Dheidre, a Hornsby of Melton Mowbray hunting stock. Her father, Rags Hornsby, was
any years Master of the Duhallow Fox Hounds, the second most sought after of Irish Packs for
hmen to want to Master, due to the openness of the country (the Limerick was the most open.
other hunting packs had to contend with large, brush covered banks, iron bedsteads etc).
re used to drive Humpo down from Scotland for holidays in Northamptonshire in their little
n 7 with the sunlight roof open through which Humpo used to shoot wood pigeon, often scoring
seven on the journey down the A1 without ever being stopped by the police. He was a keen shot,
had many enjoyable rough shooting forays with him. He and Dheidre converted two cottages into a
ing house called
