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Havilland Hall

Havilland Hall is the largest privately owned estate on the island of Guernsey, and lies close to Saint Peter Port. [1]

The current house was built in 1830 for Lt Col Thomas de Havilland. [2] [3]

It is home to the British property developer David Rowland, and in 2005, Prince Andrew unveiled a life-size bronze statue there of Rowland smoking a cigar in a "vaguely Churchillian pose". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lewis, Paul; Evans, Rob (20 August 2010). "David Rowland: Multimillionaire who courted controversy throughout his rise". The Guardian . Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  2. Sir Bernard Burke (1853). A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain. Colburn. pp. 64–65. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  3. Bernard Burke (1858). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. Harrison. p. 534. Retrieved 1 December 2019.