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Besides the Duke of Westminster, which other peers have kept their estates private?
Besides the Duke of Westminster, which other peers have kept their estates private?
The Princely Parente family of Castel Viscardo (who inherited Welbeck Abbey via their maternal aunt Lady Anne Cavendish-Bentinck),Besides the Duke of Westminster, which other peers have kept their estates private?
The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry i think… He’s the 2:nd largest landowner in Scotland
The Princely Parente family of Castel Viscardo (who inherited Welbeck Abbey via their maternal aunt Lady Anne Cavendish-Bentinck),
My goodness, I can actually remember that lovely wedding and many of the guests. And how young do the bride and groom look!
The Wernher family purchased it, Natalia’s maternal grandparents owned it then it passed onto the Phillips family, Natalia’s paternal family. The Phillips family still retain some of the estate.I know and I also didn't know that Luton Hoo was the brides Family seat!
Sir Julius Wernher (founder of the Wernher family) was a noveaux riche diamond magnate from Germany who made money in the diamond industry in South Africa and became part of society. The Phillips family were landed gentry of Anglo Spanish roots with connections to prominent people in Peru. Most of Natalia’s siblings married well.Neither did I. I know nothing about the bride’s family at all, not then not now!
is Lady Anne Glenconner invited to King Charles Coronation ?
Duchess of Buccleuch dies after short illness following an operation
The Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry has died.
Benny Higgins, Executive Chairman of Buccleuch, said: "The Duke of Buccleuch and his family have announced that, very sadly, on Sunday morning the Duchess died after a short illness following an operation."
It wasn’t weird back then because only Feudal baronies and Earldoms could pass through female lines but gradually when the political situation was less tense, it was safer to use letters patent with heirs male of the body. Also the family would be without an estate if it passed to a daughter who married a man. The only way a daughter could inherit property back then was if she was heiress to her family wealth and property (occasionally title).I still think his eldest daughter should be able to inherit the barony too. It's weird that it wasn't so even back in the days of "Downton Abbey".
Do the British Nobility still have parties and balls today, with tiaras and gowns, like they did in times past?
Yes some do that,Do the British Nobility still have parties and balls today, with tiaras and gowns, like they did in times past?
Do the British Nobility still have parties and balls today, with tiaras and gowns, like they did in times past?