Vincigliata Castle is a medieval castle which stands on a rocky hill to the east of Fiesole in the Italian region of Tuscany. In the mid-nineteenth century the building, which had fallen into a ruinou
Vincigliata tower (2013)
Castello Vincigliata and its environs pictured by Joseph Pennell, c. 1904
The courtyard of Vincigliata Castle in 1901
The castle pictured by John Dann in 2010
Brigadier James Hargest, was an officer of the New Zealand Military Forces, serving in both the First and Second World Wars. He was a Member of New Zealand's Parliament from 1931 to 1944, representing
Hargest as a lieutenant colonel, 1918
General Sir John Dill, British Chief of the Imperial General Staff, visits Maadi Camp, Egypt. From left to right: Brigadiers Reginald Miles and Edward Puttick, Major General Freyberg and General Dill, Brigadiers J. Hargest and Harold Barrowclough.
Hargest, centre front, with Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Andrew (left) and Major General Bernard Freyberg, Egypt, July 1941.