Wentworth Woodhouse: The House, the Estate and the Family
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Wentworth Woodhouse: The House, the Estate and the Family

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Wentworth Woodhouse: The House, the Estate and the Family

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It was the home of a knight, a baron, a viscount, two marquises and nine earls. The family had estates not only in South Yorkshire, but also in North Yorkshire, the Midlands and Ireland, at their greatest extent covering nearly 120, 000 acres. One head of household was beheaded. Another saw one of the last wolves in the British Isles. One owner built the Palladian mansion at Wentworth, which has the longest frontage of any country mansion in Britain, and was one of the earliest growers of pineapples in this country. One head of family was prime minister. Twice. Another provided financial assistance to more than 6, 000 of his Irish tenants and their families to emigrate to Canada during the Great Famine. Another had a christening attended by 7, 000 official guests. Yet another bought an ocean liner to go and search for buried treasure in the Pacific. This copiously illustrated book explores the history of the house, the estate and the family over more than 400 years, drawing on a wide variety of sources, particularly the family records (the Wentworth Woodhouse Muniments) held in Sheffield Archives.

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Yes, you can access Wentworth Woodhouse: The House, the Estate and the Family by Melvyn Jones,Joan Jones,Stephen Cooper in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Historia & Historia británica. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Pen and Sword History
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9781526783042
Topic
Historia
Subtopic
Historia británica

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Book title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. WENTWORTH WOODHOUSE HISTORICAL TIMELINE 1593–20 17
  8. Chapter 1 THE 1ST EARL OF STRAFFORD
  9. Chapter 2 … ACROSS THE SEA TO IRELAND
  10. Chapter 3 THE 1ST MARQUIS OF ROCKINGHAM’S JOURNAL, 1723–50
  11. Chapter 4 THE 2ND MARQUIS OF ROCKINGHAM AND THE AMERICAN COLONIES
  12. Chapter 5 KEPPEL AND HIS COLUMN
  13. Chapter 6 THE PARK, GARDENS AND MENAGERIE AT WENTWORTH WOODHOUSE
  14. Plate
  15. Chapter 7 WENTWORTH, THE FITZWILLIAMS’ESTATE VILLAGE AND ELSECAR, THEIR ‘MODEL’ INDUSTRIAL VILLAGE
  16. Chapter 8 THE FAMILY’S PATERNALISTIC CONCERN FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES AND TENANTS
  17. Chapter 9 EARL FITZWILLIAM, COCOS ISLAND AND THE TREASURE OF LIMA
  18. Chapter 10 CELEBRATORY EVENTS
  19. Chapter 11 SOME MILITARY USES OF WENTWORTHWOOD HOUSE
  20. Chapter 12 GRANDEUR AND DECLINE
  21. NOTES AND REFERENCES
  22. INDEX
  23. Back cover