Good Gentlewoman Blog posts – Page 2 – Friends of Lydiard Park

Published on: 15th December 2016

Earlier this month the future of a watercolour painting of the lost palace of Nonsuch by Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel was...

Published on: 31st July 2016

When it comes to family tombs, St Mary’s, Lydiard Park has the daddy of them all. The St John alabaster, black limestone...

Published on: 3rd April 2016

Lady Mary Kerr married Frederick St John in December 1788. She had just celebrated her 21st birthday and he was soon to turn...

Published on: 28th February 2016

The Lydiard Park estate came in to the possession of the St John family when Oliver St John married Margaret Beauchamp in...

Published on: 1st February 2016

From the 1770s, Strawberry Hill became famous for 'Works of Genius … by Persons of Rank and Gentlemen not artists'. Most...

Published on: 4th December 2015

Does this good gentlewoman, Lady Katherine Knollys, remind you of anyone? Her mother was Mary Boleyn and her father William...

Published on: 21st May 2015

If you've ever wondered just how many royal connections the St John family has, I can tell you the answer - loads! But what...

Published on: 13th February 2015

Don't you just love the St John women - intelligent, feisty, and brave? From Anne St John, Countess of Rochester who...

Published on: 5th February 2015

Did you catch Jane, Lady Rochford in last night's episode of Wolf...

Published on: 3rd February 2015

On February 3, 1537 five brothers, Sir James, Sir John, Oliver, Richard and Walter Fitzgerald, were taken from the Tower of...

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