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- c1500 - 1955 (Creation)
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6.61 linear metres.
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The Fox-Strangways family hold the Earldom of Ilchester and their family seat is Melbury House, Dorset. Through Ilchester Estates, the family own and manage many properties in Holland Park, London.
Stephen Fox-Strangways (1704-1776) was given the title Earl of Ilchester in 1756. He was the older brother of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland (1705-1774), who purchased Holland Park Estate in 1768 from William Edwardes (later Baron Kensington).
Holland Park Estate remained under the ownership of successive Barons Holland until 1874, when it passed to their distant relative Henry Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester.
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GB 0074 ACC/1795 c1500 - 1955 Collection 6.61 linear metres. Fox-Strangways Family
The Fox-Strangways family hold the Earldom of Ilchester and their family seat is Melbury House, Dorset. Through Ilchester Estates, the family own and manage many properties in Holland Park, London.
Stephen Fox-Strangways (1704-1776) was given the title Earl of Ilchester in 1756. He was the older brother of Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland (1705-1774), who purchased Holland Park Estate in 1768 from William Edwardes (later Baron Kensington).
Holland Park Estate remained under the ownership of successive Barons Holland until 1874, when it passed to their distant relative Henry Fox-Strangways, 5th Earl of Ilchester.
Records deposited in 1970, 1982 and 2005.
Records of the Fox-Strangways family (Earls of Ilchester) relating to their estates, including Holland Park Estate. Also contains records inherited by the family in 1874 from the Fox family (Baron Holland) and the Edwardes family (Baron Kensington), who previously owned Holland Park Estate.
The estate records of Holland Park Estate include leases, deeds, mortgages, rental account books and agreements.
The records are arranged as folllows:
ACC/1795/A Holland Park Estate
ACC/1795/B Property outside Holland Park Estate
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
See also records of Drivers Jonas and Company, estate surveyors for Holland Park Estate (LMA/4673/D/09/09).
For more information about the history of Holland Park Estate, please see: 'The Holland estate: To 1874', in Survey of London: Volume 37, Northern Kensington, ed. F H W Sheppard (London, 1973), pp. 101-126. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol37/pp101-126 or 'The Holland estate: Since 1874', in Survey of London: Volume 37, Northern Kensington, ed. F H W Sheppard (London, 1973), pp. 126-150. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol37/pp126-150
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Updated March 2017 Civil law Property ownership Land use Estates (land) Deeds Title deeds Land management Estate management Property Property transfer People People by roles Property owners Information sources Documents Manorial records Secondary documents Inventories Right to property Property law Holland House , Kensington Manor of Abbotts , Kensington Hammersmith and Fulham London England UK Western Europe Europe Hammersmith Surrey Dorset Kensington Kensington and Chelsea Legal systems Land economics Civil and political rights Agricultural economics Law Human rights Primary documents
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Records deposited in 1970, 1982 and 2005.
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Records of the Fox-Strangways family (Earls of Ilchester) relating to their estates, including Holland Park Estate. Also contains records inherited by the family in 1874 from the Fox family (Baron Holland) and the Edwardes family (Baron Kensington), who previously owned Holland Park Estate.
The estate records of Holland Park Estate include leases, deeds, mortgages, rental account books and agreements.
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Accruals
System of arrangement
The records are arranged as folllows:
ACC/1795/A Holland Park Estate
ACC/1795/B Property outside Holland Park Estate
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These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
See also records of Drivers Jonas and Company, estate surveyors for Holland Park Estate (LMA/4673/D/09/09).
Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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- Civil law
- Land use
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- Secondary documents
- Secondary documents » Inventories
- Civil and political rights » Right to property
- Law » Legal systems
- Agricultural economics » Land economics
- Civil and political rights
- Agricultural economics
- Law
- Human rights
- Documents » Primary documents
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English