Coordinates: 51°22′19″N 0°38′24″W / 51.372°N 0.640°W / 51.372; -0.640 Ribsden Holt is a former royal residence at Windlesham, Surrey, England. It was the country home of Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll who bequeathed it to Lady Patricia Ramsay.

History

The house, set back behind a long drive, was built in the late 1870s for Henry Cadogan Rothery. Following his death in 1888.[1][2][3] his widow Madelaine lived there until her death in October 1891. Richard Copley Christie, also an English lawyer, and his wife Mary Helen (daughter of Samuel Fletcher MP) bought the property the following year. After their deaths [4] Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll bought the property in a sale by auction in 1911. She occupied the property until 1936, when she moved permanently to her apartment at Kensington Palace where she died in November 1939.[5] The property was then occupied by Lady Patricia Ramsay and her husband [6] until her death in 1974.[7][8] After her death, the house passed into private ownership.

References

  1. ^ The Times, 3 August 1888, p. 10
  2. ^ The Times, 6 August 1888, p. 9.
  3. ^ The Times, 8 August 1888, p. 9.
  4. ^ "Ribsden House". valleyend150.wordpress.com. 150 years at Valley End. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  5. ^ Hawksley, Lucinda (8 December 2015). Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter: A Biography of Princess Louise. Macmillan. p. 309. ISBN 978-1-250-05932-1. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  6. ^ Warwick, Christopher (1980). Two Centuries of Royal Weddings. A. Barker. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-213-16739-4. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  7. ^ Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, Including All the Titled Classes. 1952. p. 450. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  8. ^ Vickers, Hugo (5 March 2020). Cecil Beaton: The Authorised Biography. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 777. ISBN 978-1-5293-1625-4. Retrieved 26 July 2021.


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