It was the home of a knight, a baron, a viscount, two marquises and
nine earls. The family had estates not only in South Yorkshire, but
also in North Yorkshire, the Midlands and Ireland, at their
greatest extent covering nearly 120,000 acres. One head of
household was beheaded. Another saw one of the last wolves in the
British Isles. One owner built the Palladian mansion at Wentworth,
which has the longest frontage of any country mansion in Britain,
and was one of the earliest growers of pineapples in this country.
One head of family was prime minister. Twice. Another provided
financial assistance to more than 6,000 of his Irish tenants and
their families to emigrate to Canada during the Great Famine.
Another had a christening attended by 7,000 official guests. Yet
another bought an ocean liner to go and search for buried treasure
in the Pacific. This copiously illustrated book explores the
history of the house, the estate and the family over more than 400
years, drawing on a wide variety of sources, particularly the
family records (the Wentworth Woodhouse Muniments) held in
Sheffield Archives.
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