Twickenham Park

Estate in London, England

Twickenham Park was an estate in Twickenham in south-west London.

History

The New Park of Richmond, later called Twickenham Park, passed to Edward Bacon in 1574 and to the English philosopher, Francis Bacon, in 1593.^[1] In 1608 the property passed to Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford.^[1] The courtier and poet Cecily Bulstrode died at Twickenham Park on 4 August 1609.^[2] In 1618 the Countess Bedford gave it to a relative, Sir William Harrington, Member of Parliament for Hertford. Harrington sold it to Mary Home, Countess of Home, a cousin of Lady Bedford, in 1621.^[1]

The property was acquired from the Countess of Home by Sir Thomas Nott, a Royalist Army officer, in 1640.^[3] Nott remained there until 1659 when he sold it to a Mr Henry Murray.^[1] In 1668 Murray sold it to John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, another Royalist Army officer, who died in 1678.^[4]

In 1685 the Berkeley family sold the property to Robert Brudenell, 2nd Earl of Cardigan.^[1] The property was then bought by Sir Thomas Vernon, Member of Parliament for Whitchurch, in 1698^[5] and by Algernon Coote, 6th Earl of Mountrath in 1743.^[1]

In 1766 the property passed to the Harriet Pelham-Holles, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, who set about mixed farming in the park,^[6] and in 1788 it passed to Lord Frederick Cavendish, a British Army officer.^[7]

Following Cavendish's death in October 1803 the house passed to Sir William Abdy, 7th Baronet.^[8] Abdy sold the house at auction to Francis Gosling who in turn demolished it in 1809.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Twickenham, The Environs of London: volume 3: County of Middlesex". 1795. p. 558-604. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
^ Foster, Donald W., and Banton, Tobian. (eds.) Women’s Works, Volume 3:1603–1625. New York: Wicked Good Books, 2013. 36–57.
^ Porter, Stephen (2004). "Sir Thomas Nott". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20371. Retrieved 22 June 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Hayton, D W (2004). "Berkeley, John, first Baron Berkeley of Stratton". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2217. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 19 February 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Sir Thomas Vernon of Twickenham Park". Member Biographies. History of Parliament. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
^ "Twickenham Park: A Brief History". Twickenham Park. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
^ Massie, Alastair W. (2004). "Lord Frederick Cavendish". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4931. Retrieved 22 June 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ ^a ^b "Obituary: Lord Frederick Cavendish". The Leeds Intelligencer. 31 October 1803. Retrieved 22 June 2014.

Sources

"VERNON, Thomas (1666–1726), of Twickenham Park, Mdx." in Hayton, D W; Cruickshanks, Eveline; Handley, Stuart. (eds.) (2002) The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690–1715. Boydell and Brewer. ISBN 9780521772211

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