crest and motto are still set in stone above the front porch. The Niven family sold the property shortly after David's birth. The house was bought by Captain Francis Mourilyan Butler and his wife Josephine (née Lawrence), the daughter of Joseph Jeremiah Lawrence of New London, Connecticut whose father founded Miner, Lawrence and Co. and the National Whaling Bank. In October 1917, during World War I, Captain Butler was killed near Ypres. His only son (Francis Charles Joseph Butler), born in 1915, was brought up at Carswell Manor and became a noted aviator. In June 1940, whilst serving as a Pilot Officer in the RAFVR, the younger Francis went missing in action. This led to the legal case "Butler's Settlement Trust, Lloyds Bank Ltd. v. Ford" (as to whether being reported missing was sufficient evidence of death) and ultimately led to the sale of the property. There are memorials to both father and son in nearby Buckland church. School Since 1945, Carswell Manor has been the home of St Hugh's School, an exclusive preparatory school which moved there from Malvern, where it had been evacuated during the war. References External links St Hugh's School 1647 establishments in England Country houses in Oxfordshire Dovecotes Grade II listed agricultural buildings Grade II listed buildings in Oxfordshire Grade II listed houses Houses completed in 1647 Houses completed in 1898 Jacobean architecture in the United Kingdom Vale of White Horse