was buried at the Church of England in Falmouth. The next resident was Richard Taylor (1810-1883) who lived there with his wife Caroline and children from 1845 until 1851. He was a mining engineer and is listed in Graces Guide to British Industrial History. He was one of the founders of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, of which he was honorary secretary for thirty-seven years, and president in 1877 and 1878. Mrs Molesworth rented the house from about 1852 until 1863 She was Frances Susannah Buller the widow of Reverend William Molesworth (1792-1851) who died in 1851. When she left in 1863 the house was placed on the market for sale. It was bought by the Fox family. Residents after 1860 Alfred Lloyd Fox (1829-1885) bought Penmere Manor in 1863 shortly before his marriage and remained here with his family until his death in 1885. Alfred was born in 1829. His father was Alfred Fox who was a member of the influential Fox family of Falmouth. He joined the family firm of G. C. and R. W. Fox & Co., merchants and shipping agents at Falmouth after he left school. In 1864 he married Mary Jane Fox who was a distant relative and the couple had three sons. His cousin was the diarist Caroline Fox who mentions that she visited Penmere and met the famous astronomer Sir George Biddell Airy while she was there. Alfred died in 1885 and his wife Mary Jane continued to own Penmere until 1901. when it was bought by the Bolitho family. Horton Bolitho (full name John Williams Horton Bolitho) lived at Penmere Manor with his family for about forty years. He was born in 1873 in Madron, Cornwall. He was a member of the well-known Cornish Bolitho family and worked as a Manager in their tin mining business. In 1901 he married Charlotte Harriet Hope Hodge and the couple had three children. During the Second World War the Bolitho family, vacated the house and it became a home for injured officers. It then became a teaching convent for girls. In the late 1950s it was converted to a hotel and retains this function today. References External links Penmere Manor Hotel website Falmouth, Cornwall Hotels in Cornwall