Mentmore

I recall one of my week-end visits to his home at Mentmore, which is one of the most delightful of my reminiscences abroad.

My Memories of Eighty Years Depew, Chauncey M 1922

I recall one of my week-end visits to his home at Mentmore, which is one of the most delightful of my reminiscences abroad.

My Memories of Eighty Years 1881

She was heiress to a large fortune, a beautiful estate in the vale of Aylesbury and an extraordinarily fine collection of works of art which her father housed at Mentmore.

Rothschild Women. 2009

At Mentmore she built many model cottages and schools in and around the estate.

Rothschild, Hannah de, Countess of Rosebery. 2009

She described how, on one occasion, a Russian princess who was traveling with the Mentmore house-party to watch the Derby at Epsom prevailed on Hannah to practice her power of suggestion upon her.

Rothschild Women. 2009

When her father died in 1874, Hannah inherited two million pounds in cash, Mentmore and its priceless collection of art and furniture.

Rothschild, Hannah de, Countess of Rosebery. 2009

On the estate in Mentmore he commissioned James Paxton, the most fashionable architect of the time, who had designed Crystal Palace for the 1851 Great Exhibition, to build his home.

Rothschild, Hannah de, Countess of Rosebery. 2009

She was very involved in the flowers and plants of the gardens at Mentmore and in the aviary.

Rothschild, Hannah de, Countess of Rosebery. 2009

She entertained lavishly for her husband at Mentmore, at Landsdowne House and at the London home in Berkeley Square which Rosebery bought in 1885.

Rothschild, Hannah de, Countess of Rosebery. 2009

At the age of seventeen, it was she who formally received the Prince of Wales when he visited Mentmore.

Rothschild, Hannah de, Countess of Rosebery. 2009