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Fillol's Hall or Felix Hall,
Fillol's Hall or Felix Hall, Kelvedon
Kelvedon is a village and civil parish in the Braintree District of Essex in England, between Chelmsford and Colchester. It had a population of 4,717 in 2001, reducing to 3,587 at the 2011 Census. It is now home to several businesses including ...
, Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...
was an English manor house. It belonged to the Fillol family, which included Catherine Fillol, Duchess of Somerset, the first wife of the future Lord Protector of England
Lord Protector (plural: ''Lords Protector'') was a title that has been used in British constitutional law for the head of state. It was also a particular title for the British heads of state in respect to the established church. It was sometimes ...
Sir Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (150022 January 1552) (also 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Viscount Beauchamp), also known as Edward Semel, was the eldest surviving brother of Queen Jane Seymour (d. 1537), the third wife of King Henry VI ...
, uncle of Edward VI
Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553. He was crowned on 20 February 1547 at the age of nine. Edward was the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour and the first E ...
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In the mid eighteenth century the Hall was acquired by the plantation owner Daniel Mathew (1718-1777) and sold after his death. A fine family portrait c1763 painted by Johan Zoffany
Johan Joseph Zoffany (born Johannes Josephus Zaufallij; 13 March 1733 – 11 November 1810) was a German neoclassical painter who was active mainly in England, Italy and India. His works appear in many prominent British collections, includin ...
was part of the National Trust Clandon Park House
Clandon Park House is an early 18th-century grade I listed Palladian mansion in West Clandon, near Guildford in Surrey.
It stands in the south east corner of Clandon Park, a agricultural parkland estate which has been the seat of the Earls o ...
collection, Guildford.
Charles Western, 1st Baron Western
Charles Callis Western, 1st Baron Western (9 August 1767 – 4 November 1844), was a British landowner and Whig politician. He sat in the House of Commons for over forty years before his elevation to the peerage in 1833.
Background and educatio ...
bought Felix Hall about 1790. Western in the early nineteenth century made additions there in classical style, to create a modern mansion. They were based on a drawing by Antoine Desgodetz
Antoine Babuty Desgodetz's (1653–1728) publication ''Les edifices antiques de Rome dessinés et mesurés très exactement'' (Paris 1682) provided detailed engravings of the monuments and antiquities of Rome to serve French artists and archit ...
of the Temple of Portunus
The Temple of Portunus ( it, Tempio di Portuno) or Temple of Fortuna Virilis ("manly fortune") is a Roman temple in Rome, Italy, one of the best preserved of all Roman temples. Its dedication remains unclear, as ancient sources mention several te ...
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In 1953 Felix Hall, then in ruins, was bought by Milner Gray Milner Gray may refer to:
*Milner Gray (politician)
Milner Gray (11 May 1871 – 10 April 1943) was a British Liberal politician.
Family life and business
Gray was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, the son of a Baptist Minister,''Who was Who'', OUP ...
and his wife.
References
External links
*http://www.maximiliangenealogy.co.uk/felixhall.html Country houses in Essex {{Essex-struct-stub