Pictures Dated 27th November 2008

Rossie Castle, Forfarshire, Scotland, home of the Macdonald family, c1880. Artist: Unknown

Rossie Castle, Forfarshire, Scotland, home of the Macdonald family, c1880. The house was built in c1795 for Hercules Ross, a Scottish merchant who made a fortune in Jamaica, became a friend of Nelson and became a supporter of the campaign for the abolition of the slave trade. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris, Volume V, William Mackenzie, London, c1880. Wood-engraved plates after paintings by Benjamin Fawcett and Alexander Francis Lydon.

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Longleat, home of the Marquess of Bath, Wiltshire, c1880. Artist: Unknown

Longleat, home of the Marquess of Bath, Wiltshire, c1880. Designed by Robert Smythson, Longleat is regarded as one of the finest Elizabethan country houses in England. The grounds were landscaped by Capability Brown in the 18th century. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris, Volume V, William Mackenzie, London, c1880. Wood-engraved plates after paintings by Benjamin Fawcett and Alexander Francis Lydon.

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Hughenden Manor, Earl of Beaconsfield, c1880. Artist: Unknown

Hughenden Manor, Earl of Beaconsfield, c1880. Hughenden is best known for having been the home of the 19th century Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, who purhased it in 1848. The house was built in the late 18th century but was remodelled in the 1860s by Edward Buckton Lamb. A print from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by Reverend FO Morris, Volume V, William Mackenzie, London, c1880. Wood-engraved plates after paintings by Benjamin Fawcett and Alexander Francis Lydon.

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