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Há 4 dias · The main east and west fronts have colonnaded stone porticos and pediments. The rooms are finely proportioned and contain many good pictures, particularly portraits of the family of Ponsonby, Earls of Bessborough, and the great tapestry of the Battle of Wynendaal presented to the 1st Lord Scarborough, who was one of Marlborough's ...
Há 4 dias · Miles Ponsonby, Esq., a lieutenant in the navy, is the immediate representative of this ancient family. Two younger brothers of the Ponsonbys of Hale, Sir John and Henry, went into Ireland about the middle of the seventeenth century. Sir John was ancestor of the noble families of Besborough and Ponsonby; Henry of the Ponsonbys of Crotto.
Há 2 dias · Bessborough House was erected for Brabazon Ponsonby, Earl of Bessborough. A fine collection of antiques and pictures was formed here by the family, but most of it was sold by auction in 1801. Gifford House, at the head of Putney Park Lane, is the residence of Mr. Douglas Charrington.
Há 1 dia · The Earl of Bessborough. Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough (1931–1935) Region Geographic locations Civil structures Schools
Há 2 dias · The third Welland Canal (Maps believed to be copyright 1970 by Allan Pritchard) There were now 26 cut stone locks, each 82.3 m (270 feet) long and 13.7 m (45 feet) wide. Originally, the limiting depth was to have been 3.7 m (12 feet) but it was increased to 4.3 m (14 feet) during construction. These new works were partially opened in 1881 but ...
Há 5 dias · The vessel was subsequently acquired by Scottish diplomat and art collector Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, now most famous for his acquisition of the sculptures commonly known as the Elgin Marbles, which are on display in the British Museum and the subject of an ownership dispute with the Greek government.
Há 4 dias · London, Routledge, 2007, ISBN: 9780415266208; 336pp.; Price: £45.00. A new book on Henry VII is a major event. The last full-length study of the king and his reign, by S. B. Chrimes, was written in 1972, in a very different historiographical world. At that time, the explosion of interest in later-medieval history was still in its infancy, and ...
