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... architecture, despite the fact that he was the leading country-house architect of the 16905, the preferred choice of the ruling Whigs. But those of his houses that survive, together with two extensive groups of drawings-one for a Trianon for William 11l (which ...
... redemption of British prisoners of war. In I 710 until I 713 he was Envoy Extraordinary to Portugal. In I 715, he was elected as Whig MP for West Looe in Cornwall. Two years later he bought the Seaton Delaval estate, a Delaval seat since the 12th century, from ...
... brooms and baskets, with visitors enjoying themselves among gravel paths. The gardens, reputedly constructed to epitomise Whig political ideas, were long dismissed as fantasy but archaeological remains prove that they did exist. Although they were swept ...
... 24, Nylon; 25, Tormentor. DOWN. 1, Srupendous; 2. Virulenr, 3, States; 4, Levy; 5, Childishly; 6, Beef stew; 7, Soviet; 8, Whig; 14, Affability; 15, Elderberry; 17, Plodding; 18, Rapacity; 20, Humble; 21Veneer; 22, Rant; 23, Murk. Winner 0f3892 is Rose ...
... Green Shoot I 7 J uly 2002 An accompanist will be provided or bring your own . Green Shoot Productions , Unit 3 . Northern Whig , Street . BTI 2 DX Tel . ( 028 ) 90 291 555 : Email : martin @ martinlynch . co . uk 46 ...
... Holland. In the garden of Holland House in Kensington stood a gigantic bronze bust of Napoleon by Canova; at their suppers, the Whig opposition, Irish nationalists and radical exiles from Continental Europe listened COUNTRY LIFE • APRIL 14, 2005 111 to the ...
... Past, to the extent of almost stifling his wit. But his memoirs accurately reflect his political underpinnings: his inherited Whig liberalism, and the British virtues of compromise and reasonableness, a combination that is inherently incapable offeeling ...
... the 114 COUNTRY LIFE • JUNE 23, 2005 loyed by John Bettesworth Trevanion, heir of an ancient Cornish family and briefly the Whig MP for the rotten borough of Penryn, to replace the old family seat with a spectacular new house overlooking a sandy, smug ...
... though she was married to the richest man in England and came herself of one of the richest of families, the Spencers. The Whig oligarchy that ruled England for so much of the century found gambling irresistible and its social life was centred round it ...
... striking is that the aristocracy remained in power throughout, They were mainly Whig ratherthanTory is was an essential ly I i beral age. So it's real ly down to the success of the Whig, or liberal, aristocracy, which made a very strategic alliance with big business ...
... Portland at Welbeck and the Marquess of Rockingham at Wentworth W oodhouse played an important role in Carr's career, as did his Whig sympathies. The son of a mason, he served twice as Lord Mayor of York, owned his own country estate at Askham Hall and left ...
... royal family and a large marine painting of La Hogue. The latter, together with several Van de Velcles and a portrait of the Whig ~unto ', went to Ombersley Court, Worcestershire, built by the lst Lord Sanclys in the early 18th century. Lord Sanclys's wife ...