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Hace 5 días · The eleventh Duke of Bedford, Herbrand Arthur, who succeeded his brother in 1893 and held the title until 1940, was a countryman, with a passionate feeling for his estates.
26 de jun. de 2024 · The eighth Duke died unmarried in 1872 and was succeeded by his cousin, Francis Charles Hastings, the ninth Duke, who was very active in the improvement of his estates and was President of the Royal Agricultural Society. He shot himself in 1891 'while temporarily insane, during pneumonia'.
Hace 5 días · The manor has remained the property of the Russell family down to the present day, Herbrand eleventh Duke of Bedford being the present lord. WOBURN ABBEY. Woburn Abbey, the seat of the Duke of Bedford, stands to the south-west of the village of Woburn, on the site of the Cistercian house founded by Hugh de Bolebec in 1145.
Hace 6 días · In 1550 the site of the monastery and its possessions in Thorney were granted outright to John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, whose family held them until 1910, when the 11th Duke sold the Thorney Estate to the tenant farmers. In 1545 the keepership of Thorney Chase was granted to Edward Elryngton.
Hace 3 días · In 1830 a market hall was built to provide a more permanent trading centre. In 1913 Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford agreed to sell the Covent Garden Estate for £2 million to the MP and land speculator Harry Mallaby-Deeley, who sold his option in 1918 to the Beecham family for £250,000.
24 de jun. de 2024 · Free company summary for BEDFORD ESTATES BLOOMSBURY LIMITED including Companies house registration, overview of business activities, contact details, social networks, website, phone numbers, trading addresses and event history.
6 de jun. de 2024 · His Royal Highness, The Duke of Gloucester, will visit Thame on Tuesday 11th June for a ceremony to mark the unveiling of an additional thirty names on the Thame War Memorial.
