'Atlantic slavery and classical culture at Marble Hill and Northington Grange' in M Dresser & A Hann (eds), Slavery and the British Country House

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Author(s) Brown, Laurence
Publication type Chapter
Year published 2013
Pages pp91-101
Publisher English Heritage
Place Published Swindon

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Name Cultural assets collection & patronage

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Traces the connection of slavery in the financing and building of Marble Hill House, Twickenham, in this case via the owner's investment in the South Sea Co, and of The Grange, Northington, Hampshire, country house of Alexander Baring, a senior partner of Baring Brothers