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Waddesdon Manor

British  
/ ˈwɒdzdən /

noun

  1. a mansion near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire: built (1880–89) in the French style for the Rothschild family: noted for its furnishings and collections of porcelain and paintings

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The Rothschild Foundation, the charity which manages the family’s former home, the country house Waddesdon Manor, said Jacob Rothschild’s daughter Hannah would succeed him as its chair.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024

Previous concerts by the singer at Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire and Chewton Glen in Hampshire have also faced criticism for parking arrangements.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2022

He spent the war years in England, living with other evacuated children at Waddesdon Manor, the Buckinghamshire country estate of James de Rothschild, a scion of the banking family.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2016

Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury, until 28 October Henry MooreOfficial art, mysteriously popular with necrophile modernists.•

From The Guardian • Jun. 1, 2012

The picture just added to Mr. Thompson's collection of old masters was formerly owned by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild of Waddesdon Manor.

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