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| 1835 |
| | | Henry Bevan buys Cambridge Park with 30 acres of land and enlarges the mansion which becomes known as Cambridge House. | |
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| 1840 |
| | | Strawberry Hill passes through the Waldegrave family to John, who marries Frances Braham in 1839, and on his early death to his brother George, the seventh Earl, who marries his brother's widow. | |
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| 1842 |
| | | The seventh Earl is heavily in debt and sells off the contents of Strawberry Hill. 'The Great Sale' starts on 25 April 1842 and last for 32 days raising over £33,000. | |
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| 1842 |
| | | Thomas Young, a tea merchant, builds a new house on the site of the original Pope's Villa. | |
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| 1844 |
| | | Louis Philippe, now King of France, visits Orleans House during a royal visit to Britain. | |
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| 1846/7 |
| | | William Chillingworth, who bought Radnor House in 1842, substantially remodels it in the fashionable Italianate style. | |
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| 1847 |
| | | Frances, Lady Waldegrave, inherits Strawberry Hill on her husband's death in 1846, marries George Granville Harcourt, an elderly Liberal MP, and establishes herself as a leading Liberal hostess. | |
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| 1847 |
| | | Kneller Hall is bought by the Committee of the Privy Council for Education. The house is largely demolished and rebuilt with nothing remaining of Kneller's original house. | |
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| c. 1850 |
| | | Whitton Place is demolished and the grounds are rejoined with Whitton Park. | |
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| 1850 |
| | | The Kneller Hall Training School for the Teaching of Pauper and Criminal Children opens with Dr Frederick Temple as Principal. | |
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