Waddesdon Manor

Waddesdon Manor is a castle ensemble in Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, England, which was built in 1874-1889 by the architect Gabriel -Hippolyte Destailleur for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild.

Overview

1874 Ferdinand acquired the land between Aylesbury and Bichester. Due to further property of the English branch of the Rothschilds, the area has to Buckingham in Buckinghamshire and Bicester in Oxfordshire also called Rothschild Shire.

1874 during the agrarian crisis in the last third of the 19th century in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the property on the market. John Spencer - Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, was - like many other landowners - for reasons of liquidity distress sales of land and forced. In the following years also many of the strong growth in the 18th century art collections of the British nobility were offered for sale. Some of the most important collections formed the basis of the collection of Ferdinand von Rothschild at Waddesdon.

After the death of his wife, who died along with the child in childbirth in 1866, Ferdinand withdrew from the banking business and sold his shares after the death of his father. He did not marry again, and devoted himself to building the art collection.

Ferdinand left the estate in 1898 his unmarried sister Alice Charlotte von Rothschild, while the arts and weapons collection went to the British Museum. Today they are known as The Waddesdon Bequest ( Waddesdon bequest ).

Alice inherited the castle to her great-nephew, James Armand de Rothschild, who along with 120 acres reason the National Trust bequeathed it at his death in 1957, to preserve it for posterity and make accessible to the public. It can now be visited including the collections and gardens.

Architectural History

It was built by the architect Gabriel -Hippolyte Destailleur for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in the years 1874-1883 in the style of a French Renaissance chateau. The building joins stylistically in the tradition of the goût Rothschild, which is typical for the family brand of historicism, and thus follows:

  • The reconstruction of the Rothschild Palais Ranked # 15 in Frankfurt / M. for Baron Mayer Carl von Rothschild from 1846 by Frederick Hull
  • The Mentmore Towers in Buckinghamshire from 1852 to 1854 for Baron Meyer Amschel Rothschild by Joseph Paxton and George Henry Stokes
  • The castle at Ferrieres Paris from 1855 to 1859 for Baron James de Rothschild
  • The Maison de Rothschild in 1858 in Pregny -Chambésy also by Paxton and Stokes

Waddeston Manor is a further example of the use of architectural set pieces from different periods, such as the French Renaissance, the French Louis Quatorze and Louis XVI. The case selected items will be added to an eclectic unit. For the large garden of the English landscape park was modeled.

History of the Collection

Here Baron von Rothschild was able to exhibit his collection of French furnishings, its porcelain collection and his English portraits in a corresponding value of the " gallery " as an enthusiastic all-round collector. He was able to integrate his father's collection of Anselm Rothschild. After 1874 Ferdinand de Rothschild acquired, among other important collections of the Duke of Hamilton, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Duke of Devonshire, of John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer and Earl FitzWilliam.

In addition to the collections of Richard Charles Seymour - Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford, John Julius Angerstein and Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet part of the collection of the Rothschild family in Waddesdon of the most important of the 19th century in England.

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