Breamore House
Breamore House is an
Breamore House was completed in 1583 by the Dodington family, and was built on the site of
Purchased in the 18th century by Sir Edward Hulse, M.D., Baronet, and physician to Queen Anne and Kings George I and George II,[2] the home is still inhabited by the Hulse family (see Hulse baronets).[3][4]
After marriage with Dame Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Levett, Lord Mayor of London and owner of Kew Palace, the Hulse family acquired many heirlooms of the Sussex Levetts, an ancient Norman family, which are on display in the house.[5]
Levett's other daughter, Frances, married Thomas Lewis Esq. of
Sir Edward Hulse's only daughter, Elizabeth, married John Calvert of Albury Hall,
Film Locations
Breamore House was used as one of the locations for the 2005 film Pride & Prejudice.
Breamore was also a filming location for HBO's 2009 special on Winston Churchill entitled Into the Storm, where the house stood in for Chequers, the home of the Prime Minister.[15]
References
- ^ "Home". breamorehouse.com.
- ^ Sir Edward Hulse was the son of Edward Hulse, MD, physician to the Court of the William, Prince of Orange in 1677, and Treasurer of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
- ^ Breamore House, Hampshire, British History Online
- ^ History, gazetteer, and directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, William White, 1878
- ^ The Baronetage of England, John Debrett, 1840
- ^ Following Blackborne's death, his widow Mary Levett, also mother to barrister Levett Blackborne who became heir of Sir Richard Levett, remarried Robert Thoroton of Screveton Hall, Flintham, Nottinghamshire in 1722, who was descended from Thomas Thoroton, brother and heir of the famous antiquary Robert Thoroton. Mary Blackborne Thoroton nee Levett had several children by Blackborne, including a daughter Elizabeth, who married Charles Chaplin of Tathwell Hall.[1] The Thoroton Hildyard family continues to reside at Flintham today.[2]
- ^ Burial of Abraham Blackbourn, Gent., of Clapham, 1721, Richmond, Surrey, The Publications of the Surrey Parish Register Society, London, 1905
- ^ The Fanshawe manor at Dagenham, Valence House, is the only surviving of the five manor houses of Dagenham, and is today a museum."Valence House Museum. Barking and Dagenham". Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
- ^ The House of Commons, 1690-1715, David Hayton, 2002
- ^ Levet tombs, Saint Anne's Church, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, British History Online
- ^ Abraham Blackbourne, Visitation of England, Joseph Jackson Howard, England College of Arms, 1906
- ^ One of Elizabeth Hulse's brothers was Sir Edward Hulse, Bart., who married Hannah Vanderplanck; the other was Richard Hulse, who served as High Sheriff of Kent in 1768.
- ^ The Register Book of Marriages Belonging to the Parish of St. George, Hanover Square, Middlesex, London, 1886
- ^ "Hulse, Thomas (HLS753T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ The South-Central Region on Screen