Description:Samuel Gunn, chauffeur and coachman at Butterton Hall pictured with his family at Butterton Hall Stables. His three eldest sons also worked on the estate. Charles Robert and Henry were gardeners and Arthur was also a chauffeur. Butterton Hall was at the time the home of Henry Johnson family, of Johnson Bros glazed tile and earthenware manufacturers of Hanley and Tunstall.
Back row (left to right): Henry, Charles Robert, Arthur.
Middle row: Ada May, Samuel, Elizabeth, Elsie May.
Front row: Catherine Anne, Samuel jr (on his mother's lap), Alice.
Charles Robert Gunn was born at nearby Willoughbridge on 19 August 1891 and started his working life as a gardener for the Johnson brothers at Butterton Hall. During World War I he served in the 5th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. After the war he went to work for A.G. Johnson of the Radfords, Stone as a chauffeur. By 1948 he was chauffeur at Chartley Hall where he remained until his retirement, aged 73, in 1964. He died on 18 April 1974.