The Vyne is a Grade I listed 16th-century country house in the parish of Sherborne St John, near Basingstoke, in Hampshire, England. The house was first built circa 1500–10 in the Tudor style by William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys, Lord Chamberlain to King Henry VIII. In the 17th century it was transformed to resemble a classical mansion. Today, although much reduced in size, the house retains its Tudor chapel, with contemporary stained glass. The classical portico on the north front was added in 1654 to the design of John Webb, a pupil of Inigo Jones, and is notable as the first portico in English domestic architecture.
Charles Ingoldsby Burroughs-Paulet, 13th Marquess of Winchester PC was a British peer and courtier, styled Earl of Wiltshire from 1794 until 1800.
Midanbury is a small suburb of Southampton, England, bordering Bitterne, Bitterne Park and Townhill Park.
The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown and is appointed annually by the Crown. The High Sheriff of Norfolk was originally the principal law enforcement officer in Norfolk and presided at the assizes and other important county meetings. Most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. There was a single high sheriff serving the two counties of Norfolk and Suffolk until 1576.
John Wodehouse, 1st Baron Wodehouse, known as Sir John Wodehouse, 6th Baronet, from 1777 to 1797, was a British landowner, Member of Parliament and peer.
William Wither Bramston Beach was an English Conservative politician, who served in the House of Commons for 44 years between 1857 and 1901, becoming Father of the House of Commons in 1899.
Thomas Phillips Price was a Welsh landowner, mine owner and Liberal politician.
Chaloner Chute I of The Vyne, Sherborne St John, Hampshire, was an English lawyer, Member of Parliament and Speaker of the House of Commons during the Commonwealth.
Sir William Heathcote, 5th Baronet, PC, was a British landowner and Conservative politician.
Richard Baker Wingfield-Baker MP, DL, was a Liberal Party politician, High Sheriff and deputy lieutenant in the English county of Essex. Like his father, maternal grandfather, half-brother, and brother-in-law, Wingfield-Baker served as a Member of Parliament.
Melville PortalJP, DL was a British Conservative Party politician from Hampshire.
Chaloner Chute (1632–1666) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1661.
James Eversfield was an English landowner who served as High Sheriff of Sussex.
Longe is a surname of Anglo-Norman origin. The name Longe derives from the Anglo-Norman French ‘Lung’ or ‘Lang’ for tall or high. The family descend from the noble family of de Préaux who were barons in Préaux, Roumois and Darnétal, Normandy. Variants of the name include: le Long, de Long, Le Lung, Longe, Long and Longue. The family are believed to have arrived in England following the Norman Conquest and during the early 13th century divided into two branches, the Wiltshire branch and the Norfolk branch. In the Hundred Rolls of 1273, early variations have been found including, Henry le Longe in Buckinghamshire, John le Longe in Huntingdonshire; and Walter le Longe in Shropshire.
Chaloner William Chute was an English barrister and Fellow of Magdalen College, University of Oxford. He was the heir to The Vyne estate near Basingstoke, Hampshire.
Sir Charles Lennard Chute, 1st Baronet MC, was an English barrister, landowner, farmer, politician, and baronet.
Theophilus Russell Buckworth, Sr. was an English landowner who served as the High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1845 and deputy lieutenant for the county of Lincolnshire in 1830.
William Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys was an English landowner.
Thomas Carter (1702–1756) was an 18th century British sculptor. His nephew, also Thomas Carter (d.1795), was a sculptor who worked with him and it is hard to separate some sections of their work. They specialised in ornate marble fireplaces for English country mansions.
Coulson Fellowes (1696–1769) was an English landowner and politician, Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire from 1741 to 1761.
