The Elms is an historic house in Old Bedhampton, near Havant,

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. It is a Grade II* listed building The house was built in the 17th century and improved in the

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style during the 18th. Midway through the 19th century the owner, Sir Theophilus Lee, invited his second cousin Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, to dine there, commissioning a room in his honour. Lee's son, Authur, was MP for Havant at the end of the 19th century. Today it forms part of the Manor Trust,Trust Web-Site
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Elms, The Bedhampton Country houses in Hampshire Grade II* listed buildings in Hampshire