Manor House Gardens
4 side article with colour photographs. Article details the Rothschilds family and their acquisition of various manors in the Aylesbury Vale that enabled afternoon hunting. Baron Ferdinand Rothschild the grandson of Arrow Salamon Mayer moved to London when his mother died in 1859. His cousin (first wife) died in childbirth. He roamed for a few years until his fathers death provided financial independence from the family banking business and he bought from the Duke of Marlborough his 2700 acres estate in 1874. He bought the neighbouring estate Eythorpes for his sister. The site had no water,sewers or even access road. Article details the development of the Waddesdon Esate and manor house. The latter to show Baron Rothschilds extensive European Renaissance artefacts. He died in 1898 with no heirs leaving the estate to his unmarried sister. she managed it through the 1st World War. She passed to James Armand de Rothschild and his English wife Dorothy. During the 2nd World War the house was used for children evacuated from London. artefacts hidden away first. Post war 80% death duties brought the prospect of enforced sale. However, luckily the law changed and the property and its collections could be transferred to the National Trust. When James died in 1957 the estate and plentiful funds for maintenance were bequeathed to the National Trust. A Rothschild family member still has an interest and guides the managing committee. It is one of the most visited National Trust properties.
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