One of the water nymphs beside Sir Ratan Tata's waterfall in York House gardens
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Twickenham - York House
c. 1635 - York Farm is built for Andrew Pitcarne, Groom of the Bedchamber of Charles I.
1656 - Pitcarne dies in 1640 and York House is eventually sold by his family to the Earl of Manchester.
1661 - York House is bought by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, Lord Chancellor to Charles II.
1796 - York House has various owners and tenants, being bought by Count, later Prince, Starhemberg, Austrian Ambassador who instals a private chapel.
1864 - York House is acquired on behalf of the Comte de Paris, exiled Orleanist claimant to the French throne.
1876 - York House is bought by Sir Mounstuart Grant Duff MP, later Governor of Madras.
1897 - Duc D'Orleans, who had been born at York House in 1869, buys the house and makes major alterations. These include a new east wing housing a museum and swimming pool, and walling the riverside grounds.
1906 - York House is bought by Sir Ratan Tata, an Indian industrialist. He is the last private owner. He makes some alterations to the house, and particularly to the grounds including the sunken garden, the stone bridge and the lavish waterfall with marble statuary.
1924 - Following the death of Sir Ratan Tata in 1918, his widow sells York house and its contents to the Twickenham Urban District Council for use as council offices.
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Twickenham and Whitton timeline
Sources — for this page Cashmore1 and Twickenham Museum
Contributors — to this page MC (BOTLHS)
External links
York House Twickenham Museum
Statues at York House Twickenham Museum
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