|
Easton Neston House
Easton Neston is a large grade I listed country house in the parish of Easton Neston near Towcester in Northamptonshire, England. It was built by William Fermor, 1st Baron Leominster (1648–1711), in the Baroque style to the design of the architect Nicholas Hawksmoor. Easton Neston is thought to be the only mansion which was solely the work of Hawksmoor. From about 1700, after the completion of Easton Neston, Hawksmoor worked with Sir John Vanbrugh on many buildings, including Castle Howard and Blenheim Palace, and often provided technical knowledge to the less qualified Vanbrugh. Hawksmoor's work was always more classically severe than Vanbrugh's. However, Easton Neston predates this partnership by some six years. Architect Hawksmoor was commissioned to re-build the old manor house at Easton Neston by Sir William Fermor, later created Baron Leominster, who had inherited the estate from his father Sir William Fermor, 1st Baronet (1621–1661), who had himself inherited it in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easton Neston East Side 21 July 1985
Easton may refer to: Places Canada * Easton, Nova Scotia United Kingdom *Easton, Bristol *Easton, Cambridgeshire * Easton, Dorset *Great Easton, Essex and Little Easton, Essex * Easton, Hampshire **Crux Easton, Hampshire *Easton, Isle of Wight * Great Easton, Leicestershire *Easton, Lincolnshire *Easton, Norfolk *Easton Maudit, Northamptonshire *Easton Neston, Northamptonshire *Easton on the Hill, Northamptonshire * Easton, Somerset, near Wells *Easton in Gordano, Somerset *Easton, Suffolk *Easton Bavents, Suffolk *In the county of Wiltshire: **Easton, Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire, near Devizes ** Easton, Corsham, Wiltshire ** Easton, Pewsey Vale, a parish ***Easton Royal, village in the parish **Easton Grey, between Malmesbury and Sherston **Easton Town, Wiltshire, near Sherston United States *Easton, California *Easton, Connecticut *Easton, Georgia, a former town located in what is now Atlanta *Easton, Illinois *Easton, Kansas *Easton, Maine *Easton, Maryland *Easton, Massachuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrietta Louisa Fermor
Henrietta Louisa Fermor, Countess of Pomfret (''née'' Jeffreys; 15 November 1698 – 15 December 1761), was an English letter writer. Life She was born in 1698 in Leicester Square, London, the only surviving child of John Jeffreys, 2nd Baron Jeffreys of Wem, Shropshire, by his wife, Lady Charlotte Herbert, daughter and heiress of Philip, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery (by his wife, Henriette de Kérouaille, sister of Charles II's mistress Louise, Duchess of Portsmouth). On 14 July 1720, Lady Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys married Thomas Fermor, 2nd Baron Leominster, who in the following year was created Earl of Pomfret, or Pontefract, Yorkshire. He was afterwards elected a K.B., and in September 1727 was appointed master of the horse to Queen Caroline, to whom also Lady Pomfret was one of the ladies of the bedchamber. In 1730, Jeffreys compiled a collection of prints into an album titled "Heads, English & foreign collected by Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys, countess of Pomfret", now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Fermor, 2nd Earl Of Pomfret
George Fermor, 2nd Earl of Pomfret (1722–1785), styled Viscount Leominster or Lempster until 1753, of Easton Neston house, Northamptonshire was Earl of Pomfret in the Peerage of Great Britain. He was the eldest son of Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret and Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys. He entered the British Army in January 1739, as a lieutenant in Pearce's Regiment of Horse. On 11 February 1741/2, he was commissioned an ensign in the 2nd Regiment of Foot Guards. On 30 April 1743, he was promoted captain of a company in the 31st Regiment of Foot. By 1746, Lempster was a captain in Handasyd's Regiment. In December 1750, he lost £12,000 gaming with a Guards ensign. Lempster resigned his commission around January 1751/2. He fought a duel with swords with Captain Thomas Grey, of the Guards at Marylebone Fields, on 24 February 1752. Lempster killed Grey, and was convicted of manslaughter in April. He succeeded to the title on his father's death in 1753, but lived so extravagantly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easton Neston South Entrance
Easton may refer to: Places Canada * Easton, Nova Scotia United Kingdom *Easton, Bristol *Easton, Cambridgeshire * Easton, Dorset *Great Easton, Essex and Little Easton, Essex *Easton, Hampshire **Crux Easton, Hampshire *Easton, Isle of Wight * Great Easton, Leicestershire *Easton, Lincolnshire *Easton, Norfolk *Easton Maudit, Northamptonshire *Easton Neston, Northamptonshire *Easton on the Hill, Northamptonshire * Easton, Somerset, near Wells *Easton in Gordano, Somerset *Easton, Suffolk *Easton Bavents, Suffolk *In the county of Wiltshire: **Easton, Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire, near Devizes ** Easton, Corsham, Wiltshire ** Easton, Pewsey Vale, a parish ***Easton Royal, village in the parish **Easton Grey, between Malmesbury and Sherston **Easton Town, Wiltshire, near Sherston United States *Easton, California *Easton, Connecticut *Easton, Georgia, a former town located in what is now Atlanta *Easton, Illinois *Easton, Kansas *Easton, Maine *Easton, Maryland *Easton, Massachuset ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Country House Revealed
''The Country House Revealed'' is a six-part BBC series first aired on BBC Two in May 2011, in which British architectural historian Dan Cruickshank visits six houses never before open to public view, and examines the lives of the families who lived there. The series was accompanied by a full-length illustrated companion book published by the BBC. Episodes Episode 1 tells the story behind South Wraxall Manor, hidden in the depths of the Wiltshire countryside. Built by a family with a dramatic and chequered history – the Longs – who rose in prominence through the Tudor period to become knights of the realm, friends of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, and one of the most powerful dynasties in England. Episode 2 tells the story of architect Sir William Bruce and Kinross House. Episode 3 examines the architecture of Easton Neston in Northamptonshire and discusses whether it was the work of Nicholas Hawksmoor or Sir Christopher Wren. Episode 4 shows Wentworth Woodhouse near Rotherha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Cruickshank
Daniel Gordon Raffan Cruickshank (born 26 August 1949) is a British art historian and BBC television presenter, with a special interest in the history of architecture. Professional career Cruickshank holds a BA in Art, Design and Architecture and was formerly a Visiting Professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Sheffield and a member of the London faculty of the University of Delaware. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Artists, a member of the Executive Committee of the Georgian Group and on the Architectural Panel of the National Trust, and is an Honorary Fellow of RIBA. He has served as Historic Buildings Consultant for ADAM Architecture since 1999 and has been involved in the repair and restoration of many historical buildings including Spencer House in St James's, Heveningham Hall in Suffolk and numerous early 18th-century houses in Spitalfields and other parts of London. In 2014 he was appointed President of Subterranea Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Architectural Historian
An architectural historian is a person who studies and writes about the history of architecture, and is regarded as an authority on it. Professional requirements As many architectural historians are employed at universities and other facilities for post-secondary education, in addition to bachelor's degree, it is normal for colleges and universities to require the PhD degree for new full-time hires and a master's degree for part-timers. United States According to United States Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of the Interior's Guidelines the minimum professional qualifications in architectural history are a graduate degree in architectural history, art history, historic preservation, or closely related field, with coursework in American architectural history, or a bachelor's degree in architectural history, art history, historic preservation or closely related field plus one of the following: * At least two years of full-time experience in research, writing, or teaching in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beneficiary
A beneficiary (also, in trust law, '' cestui que use'') in the broadest sense is a natural person or other legal entity who receives money or other benefits from a benefactor. For example, the beneficiary of a life insurance policy is the person who receives the payment of the amount of insurance after the death of the insured. Most beneficiaries may be designed to designate where the assets will go when the owner(s) dies. However, if the primary beneficiary or beneficiaries are not alive or do not qualify under the restrictions, the assets will probably pass to the ''contingent beneficiaries''. Other restrictions such as being married or more creative ones can be used by a benefactor to attempt to control the behavior of the beneficiaries. Some situations such as retirement accounts do not allow any restrictions beyond death of the primary beneficiaries, but trusts allow any restrictions that are not illegal or for an illegal purpose. The concept of a "beneficiary" will also fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Wren
Sir Christopher Wren PRS FRS (; – ) was one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history, as well as an anatomist, astronomer, geometer, and mathematician-physicist. He was accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including what is regarded as his masterpiece, St Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, completed in 1710. The principal creative responsibility for a number of the churches is now more commonly attributed to others in his office, especially Nicholas Hawksmoor. Other notable buildings by Wren include the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and the south front of Hampton Court Palace. Educated in Latin and Aristotelian physics at the University of Oxford, Wren was a founder of the Royal Society and served as its president from 1680 to 1682. His scientific work was highly regarded by Isaac Newton and Blaise Pascal. Life and works Wren was born in East Knoyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles I Of England
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until Execution of Charles I, his execution in 1649. He was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of Scotland, but after his father inherited the English throne in 1603, he moved to England, where he spent much of the rest of his life. He became heir apparent to the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland in 1612 upon the death of his elder brother, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales. An unsuccessful and unpopular attempt to marry him to the Spanish Habsburg princess Maria Anna of Spain, Maria Anna culminated in an eight-month visit to Spain in 1623 that demonstrated the futility of the marriage negotiation. Two years later, he married the House of Bourbon, Bourbon princess Henrietta Maria of France. After his 1625 succession, Charles quarrelled with the Parliament of England, English Parliament, which sought to curb his royal prerogati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> George Fermor, 2nd Earl Of Pomfret")
.svg "Click for more on -> United Kingdom")
