1948-1950
Tag: Wharton
The Survival of Halswell
Amidst the Loss of England’s Country Houses Matthew Beckett, in his excellent online catalogue of lost country houses, has compiled a tally of the great estates that… Read more “The Survival of Halswell”
The Kemeys-Tynte family and the Wharton Barony
A History. The Wharton Barony passed into the Kemeys-Tynte family in 1916 due to the seventeenth-century marriage of the Hon. Mary Wharton (d.1699) and Sir Charles Kemeys,… Read more “The Kemeys-Tynte family and the Wharton Barony”
The Historic Portraits of Halswell House
Dispersed during the break-up of the estate in 1950 Of the many paintings that hung at Halswell during the 900 years of Halswell/Kemeys-Tynte family possession, it is… Read more “The Historic Portraits of Halswell House”
