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10 Buccleuch Terrace, Clapton Common: Ernest Satow 10 Buccleuch Terrace: Ernest SatowErnest Satow (1843-1929) was one of the eleven children of Hans Satow, a merchant of German birth and descent and Margaret Mason of London. The family moved from Jewry Street in the City to Upper Clapton, first to 4 Hadlow Cottages then to 10 Buccleuch Terrace as the family expanded. Hans worked in the City and enjoyed a privileged life. Ernest remembers cigars, port and champagne and a well-stocked wine cellar. German wines in particular are mentioned. The father was a disciplinarian, administering punishment with a whip (‘the black friend’) kept in a corner of the dining room. His mother dressed fashionably, employing a dressmaker in Stoke Newington for her girls and from a clothier in Bishopsgate Street for the boys.The parents were devout Congregationalists, though the father had been raised a Lutheran. Sundays were strictly observed with toys and secular books put away. Chapel sermons lasted at least an hour; Isaac Watts’s metrical psalms were led by a precentor.So far as the children are concerned, there is a grim account of the visit of the dentist. Despite the family’s wealth, the children had few toys though they fished and, in winter, skated on the Lea. Education was by governesses much done by rote. The boys eventually went to Priory House School, Lower Clapton where older boys augmented the teaching of the younger – the Pestalozzian system. Holidays were on the coast at Brighton, Southend or Ventnor. Hans eventually bought a house at Sidmouth where he spent much time after his retirement in 1865 or 1866. He passed his time there buying up and repairing old houses.Ernest Satow was a diplomat principally in Japan – and the subject of a Channel 4 film A Diplomat in Japan.#10 Buccleuch Terrace#4 Hadlow Cottages, Upper Clapton#4 Lower Terrace, Spring Hill# Ernest Satow# Congregationalist# Education# Dentistry https://layersoflondon.humap.site/map/records/10-buccleuch-terrace-clapton-common-ernest-satow