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Chiswick Asylum was an English
Manor House Asylum was begun by Edward Francis Tuke and his wife Mary in about 1837, who took a lease on Manor Farm House in Chiswick Lane, a late 17th-century building. It was demolished in 1896.
The 9th Duke of Devonshire rented Chiswick House to the brothers Thomas Seymour and Charles Molesworth Tuke (sons of Thomas Harrington Tuke) from 1892 to 1928, when it was home to 30-40 private patients, before he sold it to Middlesex County Council in 1929. The asylum closed in 1940. The two wings that housed the patients were demolished in 1956, as were many of the outbuildings, so little trace of the asylum remains today.
In 1852, the Chartist leader
asylum
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established by Edward Francis Tuke and his wife Mary as Manor House Asylum in Chiswick, in about 1837. It was continued by his son, Thomas Harrington Tuke (1826-1888), before moving to Chiswick House
Chiswick House is a Neo-Palladian style villa in the Chiswick district of London, England. A "glorious" example of Neo-Palladian architecture in west London, the house was designed and built by Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694– ...
in 1892 and becoming the Chiswick House Asylum, where it was run by two of Thomas Tuke's sons.
History
Manor House Asylum was begun by Edward Francis Tuke and his wife Mary in about 1837, who took a lease on Manor Farm House in Chiswick Lane, a late 17th-century building. It was demolished in 1896.
The 9th Duke of Devonshire rented Chiswick House to the brothers Thomas Seymour and Charles Molesworth Tuke (sons of Thomas Harrington Tuke) from 1892 to 1928, when it was home to 30-40 private patients, before he sold it to Middlesex County Council in 1929. The asylum closed in 1940. The two wings that housed the patients were demolished in 1956, as were many of the outbuildings, so little trace of the asylum remains today.
Notable patients
In 1852, the Chartist leader Feargus O'Connor
Feargus Edward O'Connor (18 July 1796 – 30 August 1855) was an Irish Chartist leader and advocate of the Land Plan, which sought to provide smallholdings for the labouring classes. A highly charismatic figure, O'Connor was admired for his ...
MP was declared insane after a scene in the House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. T ...
, and confined to Chiswick Asylum, where he remained until 1854, and died in 1855. Harriet Mordaunt
Harriet Sarah, Lady Mordaunt (''née'' Moncreiffe; 7 February 1848 – 9 May 1906) was the Scottish wife of an English baronet and member of parliament, Sir Charles Mordaunt. She was the respondent in a sensational divorce case in which the Pri ...
spent much of her later life in the asylum.
In 1865, Rev William Cotton spent several weeks in the Manor House Asylum.
References
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