Arbury Hall () is a

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, England, and the ancestral home of the

Newdigate family The Newdigate baronetcy, of Arbury, Warwickshire, was created on 24 July 1677 in the Baronetage of England for Richard Newdigate of Arbury Hall. It became extinct on the death of the 5th Baronet on 2 December 1806. Baronets of Arbury (1677) * ...

, later the Newdigate-Newdegate and Fitzroy-Newdegate (

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) families.

History

The hall is built on the site of the former

Arbury Priory Arbury Priory was an Augustinian priory in the parish of Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire, England. The priory was founded early in the reign of Henry II (c.1154) by Ralph de Sudley and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. The original endowment consis ...

in a mixture of Tudor and 18th-century

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, the latter being the work of Sir Roger Newdigate from designs by Henry Keene. The 19th-century author

George Eliot Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrot ...

(Mary Anne Evans) was born on one of the estate farms in 1819, the daughter of the estate's land agent. In 1911, Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate Newdegate erected, at Arbury Hall, a monument to the memory of George Eliot.

Description

The hall is set in of parkland.Cooke, George Willis. ''George Eliot: A Critical Study of her Life, Writings and Philosophy''. Whitefish: Kessinger, 2004

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In the arts

George Eliot immortalised Arbury Hall as "Cheverel Manor" in '' Scenes of Clerical Life'', where it is the setting for "Mr Gilfil's Love Story". The film ''

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'' (1995) was shot entirely at Arbury Hall and within the grounds. Arbury Hall was also used as the fictional Hoxley Manor in the BBC TV series ''

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'' (2009).

Ownership

* Edmund Anderson (1530–1605), who demolished the priory and built Arbury Hall. Custodians of Arbury Hall include:Wilkinson, R. (2006) Chronicles of the Newdegates and the Three Manors (1st Edition) Athena Press
* Sir Edmund Anderson (1567–1586) *John Newdegate (1586–1587) *Sir John Newdegate (1587–1610) *

John Newdigate John Newdigate (1600 – 29 November 1642) was an English politician and poet who sat in the House of Commons from 1628 to 1629. Life Newdigate was the second child and eldest son of Sir John Newdigate of Arbury Hall, Chilvers Coton, Warwicksh ...

(1610–1642) *

Sir Richard Newdigate, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Newdigate, 1st Baronet (17 September 1602 – 14 October 1678). was an English judge, landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660. Family Richard Newdigate was a younger son of Sir John Newdigate (5 March 1571 ...

(1642–1665) *

Sir Richard Newdigate, 2nd Baronet Sir Richard Newdigate, 2nd Baronet (5 May 1644 – 4 January 1710) was an English landowner, entrepreneur, engineer, and politician who held the title of Commissioner for Assessment for Warwickshire, and served on the Warwickshire Commission o ...

(1665–1710) * Sir Richard Newdigate, 3rd Baronet (1710–1727) * Sir Edward Newdigate, 4th Baronet (1727–1734) *

Sir Roger Newdigate, 5th Baronet Sir Roger Newdigate, 5th Baronet (30 May 1719 – 23 November 1806) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1742 and 1780. He was a collector of antiquities. Early life Newdigate was born in Arbury, Warwickshire, the ...

(1734–1806) *

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(1806–1835) * The Rt Hon. Charles Newdigate-Newdegate (1835–1887) * Lt Gen. Sir Edward Newdigate-Newdegate (1887–1902) * Sir Francis Alexander Newdigate-Newdegate (1902–1936) *The Hon. Mrs Lucia FitzRoy-Newdegate (1936–1950) * Francis Humphrey Maurice FitzRoy Newdegate, 3rd Viscount Daventry (1950–2000) *James Edward FitzRoy Newdegate, 4th Viscount Daventry (2000–)

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