Bucks Local History Network events
2010 Annual Conference & Fair
Some Great Buckinghamshire Homes
&
their Owners
Saturday 2nd October
2010
Lecture
Theatre ,
RAF Halton
• Seven half hour lectures • Displays by local societies
• Doors open 9am first lecture 10am
Lectures
The Great Houses of Bucks - power, land & money
David Thorpe (Convenor BLHN)
Never Winchendon House and its family
Robert Spencer Barnard (Current owner of the house that has been
in his family for over 400 years)
Chilton House – Inheritance through the female
line
Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher (Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire)
Ashridge –The Earls of Bridgewater and others
Mick Thompson (Archivist & Head Gardener at the house)
Cliveden - The Two Dukes: Buckingham and Sutherland
Charles Pugh (Curator/Historic Properties Adviser
The National Trust - Thames & Solent Region)
The Rothschilds in Bucks
George Ireland (author of the recent book, Plutocrats, on the
activities of Lionel, Anthony, Nathaniel and Mayer Rothschild in
the C19)
Chequers
Rodney Melville (Secretary of the Chequers Trust & a leading
architect, specializing in the conservation, repair and alteration
of historic buildings)
Attendance is via pre-booked tickets (use
the form below, or, contact the
society for more details regarding attending)
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Details of displays, car parking (which is
free and plentiful) etc. will be sent with the
tickets. Coffee and tea are included.
Delegates can eat their own food on the premises.
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