Resultado de búsqueda
Olive, Lady Baillie (24 September 1899 – 9 September 1974) was an Anglo-American heiress, landowner and hostess. She is best known as the owner of Leeds Castle , near Maidstone , Kent, England. On her death the castle was bequeathed to a charitable trust to enable it to be open to the public.
Discover the life of Lady Olive Baillie, who saved Leeds Castle. Lady Baillie’s Story By 1925, one hundred years after Wykeham Martin’s restoration and rebuilding, the family were forced to sell the property to pay death duties.
- Hatched
Discover the life of Lady Olive Baillie who saved the Castle. Uncover her vision and careful design as she renovated the Castle into a 1930’s country house retreat, where the rich and famous partied all weekend. Find out more. QUEENS WITH MEANS. Immerse yourself in the world of Leeds Castle’s seven historic queens.
- Hatched
1 de abr. de 2022 · Leeds Castle Hits the Market for £125,000,000. Nestled in the Kent countryside, Leeds Castle today goes on the market with an asking price of £125,000,000, as it prepares to take on a new owner in 2024, following the ending of its current 50 year lease. Before last owner, Lady Olive Baillie, died in September 1974, she put plans in ...
- Hatched
27 de abr. de 2020 · And Olive became Lady Baillie in the process. Her high-society house parties were enjoyed by Edward, Prince of Wales, and, Wallis Simpson, Errol Flynn, Charlie Chaplin, the Queen Mother and many others. Lady Baillie, who’d served as a nurse in WW1, turned Leeds into a military hospital during WW2. The partying continued nonetheless.
The last private owner was the Hon. Olive, Lady Baillie, daughter of Almeric Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough and his first wife, Pauline Payne Whitney, an American heiress. Lady Baillie bought the castle in 1926 for £180,000 (equivalent to £10,524,500 in 2019).
9 de sept. de 2020 · · September 9, 2020 ·. On this day in 1974 Olive, Lady Baillie sadly died. A vibrant socialite, under her ownership Leeds Castle became a luxurious stately home hosting star studded parties every weekend. Her ashes were scattered in the estate.
