A fun day with the Lord and Phyllis.

I have a very distant relative who is a Lord, his inherited title is Lord Rennell of Rodd and his name is Tremayne. Phyllis his wife is from a large Irish family and they have 4 children. James the oldest visited Australia about 8 years ago and stayed with us for 6 months, we met Tremayne for the first time when he came to visit James. Both Tremayne and Phyllis are delightful people and live in a very large home in Putney, the third floor of which has been turned into a very comfortable Bed and Breakfast. The home is similar to ours in that it has lots of collections and inherited furniture cluttering it up which made us feel so at home. Phyllis cooked us a true English Sunday Roast with all the trimmings and it was lovely to meet the two youngest daughters Rachel and Lilias... it was a really lovely day but I left my camera at home!
My side of the Rodd family arrived in Sydney in 1820, John Rodd and his three sons, they settled in Drummoyne. Rodd Point, Rodd Island and a lot of street names in the area are named after our family. Tremayne’s side of the family goes back to an older brother of John… so that makes us 5th, 6th or 7th cousins once removed… or some such thing.
James Rennell Rodd was the 1st Baron Rennell, a diplomat, a poet, a painter and archaeologist; it was while he was in Rome that his service to the British Government, during the first war earned him the title Lord Rennell of Rodd.