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Elvaston Castle

Historic residence · Elvaston, England

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Elvaston Castle
Photo: Chris J Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

History

Elvaston Castle is a stately home in Elvaston, Derbyshire, England. The Gothic Revival castle and surrounding parkland is run and owned by Derbyshire County Council as a country park known as Elvaston Castle Country Park. The country park has 200 acres (0.81 km2) of woodlands, parkland and formal gardens.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Elvaston Castle”, CC BY-SA 4.0.

About Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington

General Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington,, styled Viscount Petersham until 1779, was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1779 when he succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Harrington.

From the Wikipedia article “Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington”, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Visiting

This building is recorded as a residence of the people listed; it may be privately owned and not open to the public. Opening times, tickets and access change, so check the official website before you travel. Get directions.

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