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Hace 1 día · After a brief stop in London, Soane headed for Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol's estate at Ickworth House in Suffolk, where the Earl was planning to build a new house. But immediately the Earl changed his mind and dispatched Soane to Downhill House, in County Londonderry, Ireland, where Soane arrived on 27 July 1780.
Hace 7 horas · Pages 509-521. Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House: Volume 22, 1612-1668.Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1971.
Hace 3 días · That the Earl of Bristol's Mother, lying sick, upon her Death-bed, desired, for her Comfort, to see her Son, and to give him her last Blessing; whereupon the Earl wrote to the said Lord Conway, to desire him to move the King for His Leave; which he putting off from Day to Day, told the Person employed, that, by reason of the Duke's Sickness, he could not find Opportunity to get the Duke's ...
Hace 2 días · Groom of the Stole 1660–1837. The groom of the stole was the effective head of the royal bedchamber, with the right to attend the Sovereign at all times and to regulate access to the bedchamber and closet even when absent. The office, which was invariably coupled with that of first gentleman or first lady of the bedchamber from 1660, was in ...
Hace 4 días · JAMES, BRISTOL. The priory of St. James, Bristol, was founded about 1137, by Robert, earl of Gloucester, as a cell to the Benedictine monastery of Tewkesbury. (fn. 1) He set aside a tenth of the stone which had been brought from Normandy for the keep of Bristol Castle for the building of a Lady chapel in his new foundation. (fn. 2) He died 31 ...
Hace 4 días · Bristol, city and unitary authority, southwestern England. It was part of the historic counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset until the creation of the county of Bristol (1373–1974) and then of the county of Avon (1974–96). When the county of Avon was abolished, Bristol became a unitary authority.
Hace 5 días · Discover the striking 18th-century mansion of the eccentric Earl Bishop that now lies in ruin, then explore Mussenden Temple, perched on the cliff edge.
