Category: Population and Profiles
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Sale of Land and Property to Samuel Waring
Ownership of much of the property and land Church Lawford and Kings Newnham had been with the Montagu family since 1688 and joined with the Buccleuch family since the third Duke in 1767 – with the remainder owned by the Church of England. At the start of the 20th Century a series of changes began… Read more
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Transfer of Land and Property to the Earl of Dalkeith
Ownership of much of the property and land Church Lawford and Kings Newnham had been with the Montagu family since 1688 and joined with the Buccleuch family since the third Duke in 1767 – with the remainder owned by the Church of England. At the start of the 20th Century a series of changes began… Read more
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The Montagu and Buccleuch Family Era
Following the period of ownership by the Leigh family discussed here, the estates of Sir Francis Leigh (1598-1653) were inherited by his eldest daughter, Lady Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Wrothesley, fourth Earl of Southampton, of Beaulieu Abbey, Hants, whose only surviving child, Lady Elizabeth, brought the estates to her second husband, Ralph Montagu, son of… Read more