Papplewick Hall is a

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Papplewick Papplewick is a village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England, north of Nottingham and south of Mansfield. It had a population of 756 at the 2011 census (which included a rural unparished area south of and including Burntstump Hill), ...

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History

It was completed around 1787 for the Hon. Frederick Montagu, and is probably the work of William Lindley of Doncaster.Notes on Papplewick, in J Potter Briscoe, ed. Old Nottinghamshire, 1884 Frederick never married, and on his death in 1800 the Papplewick estate passed into the hands of his niece, Catherine Judith Fountayne, for her lifetime. Catherine lived at Papplewick until 1822. On her death the Estate went to Richard Fountayne Wilson of Melton-on-the-Hill. He gave it by Royal Licence to his 10-year-old son, Andrew, in 1826. Andrew Montagu took charge of the estate during 1840 and moved into Papplewick Hall from his home at

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. He never married and on his death in 1895, the Papplewick Estate was left in trust, for his brother's youngest son, James Fountayne Montagu. James inherited the Estate on his 25th birthday in December 1912, and he developed it as a horse breeding centre. However, the

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intervened. After the war he ran up large debts. In April 1919, Alderman Albert Ball (father of World War I flying ace, Captain

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, VC), emerged as the purchaser of the Papplewick Estate for the hitherto undisclosed sum of £136,410 (). Subsequent sales divided the estate between the Hucknall Torkard Industrial Provident Society which purchased 1,058 acres in Papplewick and Linby, whilst

Sir Charles Seely, 2nd Baronet Sir Charles Hilton Seely, 2nd Baronet, VD, KGStJ (7 July 1859 – 26 February 1926), was a British industrialist, landowner and Liberal Unionist (later Liberal Party) politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln from 1895 to 19 ...

took another 444 acres centred on Forest Farm. The house and grounds are privately owned.

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{{Commons category, Papplewick Hall
Papplewick Hall: Official website
Country houses in Nottinghamshire Grade I listed buildings in Nottinghamshire Houses completed in 1787 1787 establishments in England Gedling

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