Vice-Admiral William Lukin (1768-1833) (oil on canvas)

adopted the surname Windham after succeeding to the Windham family estate; This portrait shows the sitter before his final promotion to Vice-Admiral, and the year after Felbrigg had been inherited by him, in 1824. The picture still hangs at the house. William Lukin had not anticipated inheriting the estate. He was the grandson of William III Windham’s mother, Sarah Hicks, by her first marriage. When William III had died without children, the inheritance passed across to the Lukin family. William Lukin assumed the name and arms of Windham in gratitude. His grandiose schemes for enlarging the house were, for the most part, prevented by lack of money.