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The Halifax Estates - Garrowby #46

...ame First Lord of the Admiralty and Secretary of State for India. As President for the Board of Control he took major steps in spreading education in India which led to every province having a school and education department. Universities were opened in Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Punjab and Allahbad. Despite his busy career he married Lady Mary Grey, daughter of Earl Grey of the tea leaf fame and went on to have seven children!   Emily spent her childhood between Hickleton and London and would often visit Buckingham Palace and play with Princesses Victoria, Helena and Louise, Queen Victoria's daughters. This is obviously how she became connected to the r...

Hickleton Hall and the Meynells #38

...arried!  Lord Halifax has written a 'ghost book' of true stories which include ghostly warnings from beyond the grave - even the current owners can hear people whispering as they walk about the house.  If you would like to read more on this, click on the book below.     Lord Halifax's Ghost Book A collection of 'true' ghost stories collected by Lord Halifax, a Victorian English Viscount with an interest in the supernatural. Most document hauntings in the great houses of Britain, but there are interesting and eerie detours into prophetic dreams and ghostly warnings from beyond, and even an account of a vampiric cat!    Emily was one of eight childre...

Temple Newsam and the Meynells #40

...Hoar Cross Hall was built by Hugo and Emily Meynell Ingram in 1871 and this week I am delving into the family background of Hugo to explain how Emily came to own the Temple Newsam estate after his death. In 1782, Hugo's grandfather, Hugo Meynell of Quorndon, the 'father of fox hunting', married the Hon. Elizabeth Ingram Shepheard.  She was the daughter of Charles Ingram, 9th Viscount Irwin and Lord Ingram.  The family seat was Temple Newsam in Yorkshire and this was how the Meynell family became associated with this great house.  Through this marriage of Hugo and Elizabeth, the Meynell family also inherited the Ingram estates in Lincolnshire, acquired by Sir...

Meet the Neighbours - Sudbury Hall #79

...e the 1st Lord in 1762. The Great Staircase   Each Lord seems to have married well and put money into the estate, and by the time of the 7th Lord they were able to build a new stable block and coach house, which was probably around the 19th century.  Interestingly, the Meynell family kept their hunting hounds here in Grade II listed kennels which were built specially for them in 1873, and here they resided in their up-market residence until about a year ago when the hunt was disbanded. So there is quite a connection between Hoar Cross and Sudbury going back years!  But going back to the house, it is the 17th century craftsmanship that really shines thr...

The History of Temple Newsam #37

...In 1782, Hugo Meynell's grandfather, Hugo Meynell of Quorndon, the 'father of fox hunting', married the Hon. Elizabeth Ingram Shepheard.  She was the daughter of Charles Ingram, 9th Viscount Irwin and Lord Ingram.  The family seat was Temple Newsam in Yorkshire and this was how the Hoar Cross Meynell family became associated with this great house.  Through this marriage of Hugo and Elizabeth, the Meynell family also inherited the Ingram estates in Lincolnshire, acquired by Sir Arthur Ingram in the first half of the 17th century.    In 1793 Hugo bought the Hoar Cross estate and built a hunting lodge which was known as Old Hall. Hugo and Elizabeth had six ch...

The Origins of the Stately Home #39

...tate of a Lord's land. The people who lived in them were usually aristocrats – families of high social rank with a title such as Lord, Lady, Earl, Duke or Baron. Often they were Members of Parliament and Justices of the Peace due to their high education and would act as the local 'law' in their community. Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms   Most of these houses were built in the 17th and 18th century as manor houses in the heart of an agricultural estate, so effectively they were like farms with a farmhouse albeit a bit grander! The Lords that owned the manor houses would then provide employment for large numbers of indoor and outdoor staff in the rural...