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King George V and Queen Mary visited south Yorkshire from 8 to 12 July 1912 and stayed at Wentworth Woodhouse for four days. The house party consisted of a large number of guests, including: Dr Cosmo Gordon Lang, the then-Archbishop of York; the Earl of Harewood and his Countess; the Marchioness of Londonderry; the Marquess of Zetland and Lady Zetland; the Earl of Scarborough and Lady ...
He also owned Wentworth Woodhouse in Yorkshire [2] – one of the largest private homes in Europe with an assumed 365 rooms. In the 1980s, he invested millions in a firm that claimed to have a cure for herpes [ 3 ] but it never materialised and in 1998 he admitted to debts of £13m.
The village's history is dominated by the Wentworth, Watson-Wentworth and Wentworth-Fitzwilliam families who lived in Wentworth Woodhouse. They also owned perhaps most of the land in the village. Wentworth gained some independence when the Fitzwilliam family line ended in 1979. [4] The village dates back to at least 1066, according to the ...
Wentworth Woodhouse is a large rural estate, extending to 15,000 acres including the country house. The "estate" formed an economic system where the profits from its produce and rents (of housing or agricultural land) sustained the main household, formerly known as the manor house. Thus, "the estate" may refer to all other cottages and villages ...
A garden feature in the grounds of Wentworth Woodhouse, re-using a limestone doorway dating from about 1630. The feature is set in an overgrown earth mound, it has two storeys, and contains a curved tunnel leading to a circular vaulted chamber with a domed roof, and spiral steps leading to an upper landing.
Episode 4 shows Wentworth Woodhouse near Rotherham, one of the largest country houses in Europe. The building exemplifies the workings of British parliamentary democracy before the Reform Act 1832 , and is important in the history of Whig politics, its owners having included influential Prime Minister Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of ...
British and Irish country house contents auctions are usually held on site at the country house, and have been used to raise funds for their owners, usually before selling the house and estate. Such auctions include the sale of high quality antique paintings , furniture , objets d'art , tapestries , books , and other household items.
Dame Julie Ann Kenny DBE DL is the interim chair of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills and Chair of Trustees of the Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Biography