Gascoigne had three children together, Alvary, Oliver (who died as an infant) and Cynthia. Sir Alvary Gascoigne was the British ambassador to Japan and Moscow. He inherited Lotherton on 1937 and lived there with his second wife, Lorna Priscilla Gascoigne. While at Lotherton he enriched the house with oriental works of art he had acquired as an ambassador. He and his first wife, Sylvia Wilder, has a son together, Douglas Wilder Gascoigne, who was killed in action during the Second World War. With no heir left to inherit Lotherton Sir Alvary presented the Hall to the City of Leeds in 1968 as a gift to be open to the public. He also gave an endowment fund to buy works of art to further the collection. He died in 1970. Lotherton Hall Hospital and the First World War The Gascoignes were a very patriotic family and felt as though it was their duty to help the war effort during the First World War. In November 1914, Lotherton hall had been transformed into a Voluntary Aid Detachment (V.A.D) hospital for wounded soldiers. The hospital was mainly ran by Mrs Gascoigne (Laura Gwendolyn Gascoigne née Galton), with help of VAD volunteer nurses and her daughter Cynthia Gascoigne. Initially the hospital started off with only eighteen beds at the start of the war but would increase to thirty five by the end of the war. Between 21 November 1914 to 28 March 1919, 655 soldiers were treated at the hospital. The Gascoignes funded the hospital using their own money and refused government grants or aid. Colonel Gascoigne volunteered as an ambulance driver on the western front, with their son Alvary served in the army. Due to this their effort in the war was greatly appreciated by the local community and by St Johns Ambulance Service that in 1918 Mrs Gascoigne was awarded a CBE. The collections Lotherton Hall contains around 3,000 objects that come from five collections. The Gascoigne gift, less than a third of the collection, was given in stages between 1955 and 1979 and comprises paintings, sculpture, furniture, silver, jewelry, porcelain, prints, drawings and textiles. The Costume Collection is made up of historic and modern clothes and accessories. The Eastern pottery and porcelain collection was in the most part given by Frank Savery in 1966. The collection of modern craft includes ceramics, furniture, jewelry and metalwork by leading British artists. The Cooper