Penmere Manor Hotel near Falmouth, Cornwall, is a house of historical significance and is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in about 1825 by a wealthy sea captain and was the home of numerous notable people over the next 150 years. It is now a hotel which provides accommodation and restaurant facilities and has a leisure club. The early residents Captain John Bullock (1778-1828) built Penmere Manor in about 1825. He was born in Falmouth in 1778. His father was Peter Bullock (1749-1830) who lived in Falmouth and his mother was Eleanor Johns. He married three times. His first two wives died before 1815 and by them he had two sons John James Adolphus Bullock and Henry Bawden Bullock who became a clergyman. His third wife was Betsy Lovell Bullock (maiden name not known). His Will reveals that he owned a considerable amount of property. He had two houses in Falmouth and was the proprietor of the Navy Tavern now the Navy Hotel. He was a Captain in His Majesty’s Packet Service which was responsible for transporting the mail between Britain and other countries. For many years he was the commander of a boat called Walsingham. A watercolour was painted of this ship which is in the Falmouth Maritime Museum. In 1825 Captain Bullock was transferred to the ship Redpole but in 1828 it was attacked by pirates and he was killed. An account of this incident is given here After his death Penmere Manor was advertised for rent. The rental notice is shown which gives a good description of the whole property in 1829. The Passingham family were the next residents of the house and they moved there in the 1830s. Augustus Robert Lloyd Passingham (1795-1844) was born in 1795, in Truro. He was educated at the Royal Naval College in Plymouth and rose rapidly through the ranks of the military. He joined the Packet Service and served on several ships. From 1832 until 1841 he was Captain of the ship Sheldrake. A painting by Matthew Condy of this ship entering Falmouth Harbour in 1834 with Commander Passingham at the helm is in the National Maritime Museum and is shown here. In 1822 he married his cousin Augusta Passingham (1800-1867) who was the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Passingham. The couple had nine children, three boys and six girls. He died in 1844 and