Doughty House is a large house on Richmond Hill in

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, England, built in the 18th century, with later additions. It has fine views down over the

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, and both the house and gallery are Grade II

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. The house was named after Elizabeth Doughty, who lived there from about 1786 and provided funds to build

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in The Vineyard, Richmond. It was the residence of the Cook baronets from when it was bought in 1849 by

Francis Cook, 1st Viscount of Monserrate Sir Francis Cook, 1st Baronet, 1st Viscount (23 January 1817 – 17 February 1901) was a British merchant and art collector. Early life Cook was born on 23 January 1817 in Clapham, London. He was the son of William Cook and Mary Ann (née Lainson ...

, and passed in his family by descent until after

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. A was added in 1885 for his very important art collection. The first Lady Cook, the American suffragist

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, was mistress of Doughty House from 1885 until her death. In 1870, she became the first woman, along with her sister

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, to open a

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. The house and its collection became famous when the 3rd baronet

Herbert Cook Sir Herbert Frederick Cook, 3rd Baronet (18 November 1868 – 4 May 1939) was an English art patron and art historian. Life Only son of Sir Frederick Cook, he was educated at Harrow School and Balliol College, Oxford. He was subsequently cal ...

wrote his catalogue of the collection in 1914, for which he commissioned art historians to help with the various schools. It was his intention to keep the collection together, but financial difficulties in the 1930s forced him to consider selling and negotiations were opened with dealers before he died in 1939. The house was damaged by bombing in the

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and the 4th baronet, Sir Francis Cook, who was an artist himself, moved to

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with 30 paintings from the collection. Doughty House was sold in 2013 to the developer K10 Group Ltd., which is working on a £30 million renovation to transform the structure into a private residence by 2019.

Doughty House in art

''Awaiting the Arrival of Christopher at Doughty House, Richmond: Bishop and George Bellamy, March 1938'' (1938) and ''Airing Curtains, The Garden, Doughty House, Richmond'' (1946) by Francis Ferdinand Maurice Cook (1907–78) are held at the Sir Francis Cook Gallery, Jersey, in the

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Doughty House in art

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