Twickenham Park was an estate in Twickenham in south-west London.
Twickenham Park was an estate in Twickenham in south-west London.
The New Park of Richmond, later called Twickenham Park, passed to Edward Bacon in 1574 and to the English philosopher, Francis Bacon, in 1593. [1] In 1608 the property passed to Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford. [1] The courtier and poet Cecily Bulstrode died at Twickenham Park on 4 August 1609. [2] In 1618 the Countess Bedford gave it to a relative, Sir William Harrington, Member of Parliament for Hertford. Harrington sold it to Mary Home, Countess of Home, a cousin of Lady Bedford, in 1621. [1]
The property was acquired from the Countess of Home by Sir Thomas Nott, a Royalist Army officer, in 1640. [3] Nott remained there until 1659 when he sold it to a Mr Henry Murray. [1] In 1668 Murray sold it to John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, another Royalist Army officer, who died in 1678. [4]
In 1685 the Berkeley family sold the property to Robert Brudenell, 2nd Earl of Cardigan. [1] The property was then bought by Sir Thomas Vernon, Member of Parliament for Whitchurch, in 1698 [5] and by Algernon Coote, 6th Earl of Mountrath in 1743. [1]
In 1766 the property passed to the Harriet Pelham-Holles, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, who set about mixed farming in the park, [6] and in 1788 it passed to Lord Frederick Cavendish, a British Army officer. [7]
Following Cavendish's death in October 1803 the house passed to Sir William Abdy, 7th Baronet. [8] Abdy sold the house at auction to Francis Gosling who in turn demolished it in 1809. [8]
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