Kilvrough Manor

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Kilvrough Manor is a large country house near Swansea. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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History

The house was built for Rowland Dawkin, a member of the Gower family, in 1585.^[1] In 1820, Major Thomas Penrice of Great Yarmouth acquired the manor: in June 1831 he was ordered by the Marquess of Bute, Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan, to tackle civil unrest associated with the Reform Bill.^[2] To his huge embarrassment, Penrice and his Yeomanry troops were disarmed by a large mob of rioters and, following an official inquiry, the local Yeomanry unit was re-organised by the Government.^[3] The house passed to Penrice's nephew and, through the nephew's daughter, to the Lyons family.^[3] Admiral of the Fleet Sir Algernon Lyons died there in 1908.^[4] In the 1930s it was bought by Arthur Thomas, a Swansea businessman, and in 1949 it was bought by the Oxfordshire Education Committee.^[5] It is now an outdoor learning centre.^[6]

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References

↑ Rees, David. "Major Penrice's Dilemma". The National Library of Wales. p. 20. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
↑ Rees, David. "Major Penrice's Dilemma". The National Library of Wales. p. 21. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
1 2 Rees, David. "Major Penrice's Dilemma". The National Library of Wales. p. 23. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
↑ "Sir Algernon Lyons". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
↑ Rees, David. "Major Penrice's Dilemma". The National Library of Wales. p. 24. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
↑ "Kilvrough Manor". Oxfordshire Education Committee. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

Coordinates: 51°35′05″N4°04′47″W / 51.58471°N 4.07960°W / 51.58471; -4.07960

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[1] Rees, David. "Major Penrice's Dilemma". The National Library of Wales. p. 20. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

[2] Rees, David. "Major Penrice's Dilemma". The National Library of Wales. p. 21. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

[Rees_23-3] 1 2 Rees, David. "Major Penrice's Dilemma". The National Library of Wales. p. 23. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

[odnb-4] "Sir Algernon Lyons". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

[5] Rees, David. "Major Penrice's Dilemma". The National Library of Wales. p. 24. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

[6] "Kilvrough Manor". Oxfordshire Education Committee. Retrieved 28 December 2014.