Hannah Primrose, Countess of RoseberyHannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery (néede Rothschild; 27 July 1851 – 19 November 1890) was the daughter of Baron Mayer de Rothschild and his wife Juliana (néeCohen). After inheriting her father's fortune in 1874, she became the richest woman in Britain. In 1878, Hannah de Rothschild married Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, and was thereafter known as the Countess of Rosebery.
Mayer Amschel de RothschildBaron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (29 June 1818 – 6 February 1874) was an English businessman and politician of the English branch of the Rothschild family. He was the fourth and youngest son of Hannah (Barent-Cohen) and Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836). He was named Mayer Amschel Rothschild, for his grandfather, the patriarch of the Rothschild family. LifeKnown to his family as "Muffy", he was born in New Court, London.
MentmoreMentmore is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about three miles east of Wingrave, three miles south east of Wing. The village toponym is derived from the Old English for "Menta's moor". The Domesday Book of 1086 records the village as Mentmore.
Rothschild properties in the home countiesThe north entrance facade of Waddesdon Manor, one of the National Trust's most visited properties. In the 19th century members of the English Rothschild family bought and built many country houses in the home counties, furnishing them with the art the family collected. The area of the Vale of Aylesbury, where many of the houses were situated, became known as "Rothchildshire". In the 20th century, many of these properties were sold off with their art collections dispersed.
Earl of RoseberyEarl of Rosebery is a title in the Peerage of Scotland created in 1703 for Archibald Primrose, 1st Viscount of Rosebery, with remainder to his issue male and female successively. Its name comes from Roseberry Topping, a hill near Archibald's wife's estates in Yorkshire. The current earl is Harry Primrose, 8th Earl of Rosebery.
Rothschild familyThe Rothschild family (Hebrew: משפחת רוטשילד) is a wealthy Ashkenazi Jewish noble banking family originally from Frankfurt, Germany. The family's documented history starts in 16th-century Frankfurt; its name is derived from the family house, Rothschild, built by Isaak Elchanan Bacharach in Frankfurt in 1567.
English country houseAn English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these people, the term distinguished between town and country. However, many were, and often still are, the full-time residence for the landed gentry who dominated rural England until the Reform Act 1832.
Jacobethan19th-century Renaissance revival style of English architecture Anthony Salvin's Harlaxton Manor, 1837–1855, is an embodiment of Jacobethan architecture The Jacobethan (/ˌdʒækəˈbiːθən/ jak-ə-BEE-thən) architectural style, also known as Jacobean Revival, is the mixed national Renaissance revival style that was made popular in England from the late 1820s, which derived most of its inspiration and its repertory from the English Renaissance (1550–1625), with elements of Elizabethan and Jacobean.
George Henry Stokes (architect)George Henry Stokes (1826–1876) was an English architect. After being a pupil in the joint firm of George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffatt from 1843 to 1847, he became an assistant to Joseph Paxton on projects such as Lismore Castle and the Rothschild family properties of Mentmore Towers and the château de Pregny. He married Paxton's daughter Emily in 1853 and Paxton also passed the commission for Battlesden Park on to him in 1860.
Joseph PaxtonSir Joseph Paxton (3 August 1803 – 8 June 1865) was an English gardener, architect, engineer and Liberal Member of Parliament. He is best known for designing the Crystal Palace, which was built in Hyde Park, London to house the Great Exhibition of 1851, the first world's fair, great public parks such as Birkenhead Park, and for cultivating the Cavendish banana, the most consumed banana in the Western world.
Aylesbury ValeThe Aylesbury Vale (or Vale of Aylesbury) is a geographical region in Buckinghamshire, England, covering the predominantly rural area between Milton Keynes and the Chilterns. It is named after its main town, Aylesbury, the county town of Buckinghamshire. Other key settlements in the region include Winslow and Buckingham. The bed of the vale is largely made up of clay that was formed at the end of the last ice age.
Jacobean architectureThe Jacobean style is the second phase of Renaissance architecture in England, following the Elizabethan style. It is named after King James VI and I, with whose reign (1603–1625 in England) it is associated. At the start of James's reign, there was little stylistic break in architecture, as Elizabethan trends continued their development. However, his death in 1625 came as a decisive change towards more classical architecture with Italian influence, led by Inigo Jones.
Elizabethan architectureElizabethan architecture refers to buildings in a local style of Renaissance architecture built during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England from 1558 to 1603. The style is very largely confined to secular buildings, especially the large prodigy houses built for the newly-risen nobility close to the court. Many ordinary buildings continued vernacular styles with little decoration.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.