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I don't see either gentleman in the 1911 census (or the 1901 either!), so I suspect they may be visiting from Over the Water.

Here is a Myles Ponsonby of about the right vintage.

And that Myles had a brother, the Hon Bertie...

If it is my Myles, he died in action in France, 28th of September 1915. That Bertie lived to be 82.

GeoHive OS 25" link to Mount Congreve.

I believe that there is a typographical error in the title. Isn't it Grenadier, instead of Grenaudier?

only1tanuki: We fixed the spelling of "Grenadier" in the title, to match the caption scratched into the negative. The question remains of whether the uniform and insignia belong to a Grenadier.

Drum Majors of the Grenadier Guards, both then and now, wore white leggings. The ensignia on his cross belt is also not that of the Grenadiers. It is a drum majors uniform of one of the Guards regiments but I am not sure it is the Grenadiers.

who says Pimpin aint easy? awesome!

The Drum Major is wearing State Dress minus the white spatterdash gaiters that should in principle go with it. He is in fact from the Scots Guards, as the print is just clear enough to make out the thistle in the centre of the star on the baldric or cross belt. Although the relevant part of the monogram is obscured, I'd say that the photograph was taken either before or shortly after the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, as the baldric bears the "Queen's crown". The architecture in the background suggests the Tower of London as a possible location.

Lt.-Colonel T. P. M. Bevan MC was General Organising Secretary of the XIV Olympiad, the 1948 London Olympics. For example, see: library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/OR1948part1.pdf (PDF) doc.rero.ch/record/22978/files/1948_-_Progr_-_Aquatics.pdf (PDF)

Award of MC announced in the London Gazette, 26 September 1917, p. 9973: "Lt. Temple Percy Molesworth Bevan, G. Gds., Spec. Res." www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30308/supplements/9973 MC Citation in the London Gazette, 8 January 1918, p. 587: "Lt. Temple Percy Molesworth Bevan, G. Gds., Spec. Res. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When left in charge of his company owing to the Captain being killed and the 2nd Captain being wounded, he displayed the greatest gallantry and disregard of personal safety in going to his support line, which was under heavy shell fire, and moving the men forward into the least dangerous position. It was owing to his prompt action that heavy casualties to the attacking troops were avoided." www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30466/supplements/587

Temple Percy Molesworth Bevan (1896-1981): Father: Henry Edward James Bevan of Quatford Castle; Archdeacon of Middlesex and Rector of Chelsea, b: 1854 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire; died 1935 Mother: Charlotte Josephine Elizabeth Molesworth, b: 1864, in France Married: Amy Briscoe of Longstowe Hall, Cambridge, b: 1896 wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ja...