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When I married into the British Aristocracy it was the start of a wonderfully exciting journey, if a little daunting. I became a Viscountess – and for an American girl from a small town outside Chicago, it was quite a shock. I live with my husband, Luke – heir to the Earl of Sandwich- and our family at Mapperton House in Dorset. Mapperton is a glorious sandstone house house dating originally from the 1540’s. It is known as Britain’s Finest Manor House and is filled with wonderful treasures collected by Luke’s ancestors. Living in a place like this is a joy and but also a challenge and every day we’re aware that we are preserving a very special part of Britain’s heritage. Mapperton has opened up an extraordinary new world for me and I can’t wait to share it with you all – so if you love castles and manors and stately homes as much as I do, please join me as I head off to some of the Britains most spectacular historic homes …On these trips, I’ll be meeting other owners who live and manage these large houses and estates as well as some of the fantastic people who work there too. With them I’ll be exploring the history, the landscapes, the innovations of generations past and present. I’ll be sure to roll up my sleeves and help with a few jobs along the way.So please join this American Viscountess as I journey into the countryside in search of some of Britain’s Finest Historic Houses.

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English CIVIL WAR, Montagu Family Treasure & The Perfect English Rose - Rockingham Castle Part 3 Jun 05, 2022

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In Part Three of American Viscountess at Rockingham Castle, Julie is given a lesson in planting the perfect English rose on the site of the original Norman castle keep; and explores the parish church, just outside the castle walls, which was rebuilt following the English Civil Wars. Julie finds past Montagu family connections in the church and is overwhelmed by a very special document related to the historic Montagu family home, Hinchingbrooke.

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You can find out more about Rockingham Castle on their website: https://www.rockinghamcastle.com

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A Royal Castle History Lesson - Rockingham Castle Part 2 May 29, 2022

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In this episode of American Viscountess at Rockingham Castle, Julie joins James Saunders Watson as he uncovers nearly 1,000 years of architectural history. From the imposing Norman gateway, to the destruction of the English Civil Wars to the Victorian reimagining of a charming building at the end of an ancient cobbled street - there are fascinating stories to be told in every corner of this Northamptonshire castle. You can find out more about Rockingham Castle on their website: https://www.rockinghamcastle.com

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Royal Castle Turned Intimate Family Home - Rockingham Castle Part 1 May 22, 2022

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Julie visits Rockingham Castle in Northamptonshire. A royal fortress for 500 years, following the Norman Conquest of 1066, Rockingham was visited by successive Kings and Queens of England. The Castle is now the beautiful home of James Saunders Watson and his family. Julie tours the interior of the castle; the Great Hall, Library, Panel Room, and Long Gallery, all of which have evolved to the needs and tastes of each generation who have lived here. Some surprise family connections are revealed as well.

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Our Family Castle, Saved from Total Demolition - Hinchingbrooke House Part 4 May 15, 2022

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In this fourth instalment of the Hinchingbrooke series on American Viscountess, Julie, with her father in law, the 11th Earl of Sandwich and his sister, Lady Kate Hunloke are venturing outside in a gale of wind to explore how the immediate grounds of the house have changed since the time when the Montagu family lived here. Then in the warmth of the library, the trio discuss the stunning stained glass windows which show generations of Montagu heraldry and how the family has adapted to the loss of the house in the mid-twentieth century.

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I Was Moved to Tears: Our Lost Family Castle - Hinchingbrooke House Part 3 May 08, 2022

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During my visit to the former Montagu family home, Hinchingbrooke House in Cambridgeshire, I join my father in law, John Montagu, the 11th Earl of Sandwich and one of his sisters, Lady Kate Hunloke to explore the upper floors of the house. Here, they find the nursery where they spent many hours as children and the family bedrooms with views which once stretched out across meadows and fields. Hearing the memories and childhood stories has a powerful effect on me, who finds the experience intensely emotional. Please support the production of American Viscountess by becoming a Patron at https://www.patreon.com/americanviscountess.

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Our Lost Family Castle: An Emotional Reunion - Hinchingbrooke House Part 2 May 01, 2022

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This time on American Viscountess, Julie visits Hinchingbrooke House in the east of England with her father-in-law, the 11th Earl of Sandwich and one of his sisters, Lady Kate Hunloke. Hinchingbrooke was the ancestral home of the Earls of Sandwich from 1627 until 1955, when the family moved to Mapperton House in Dorset. Now a school, the house has been transformed, but in this intensely emotional visit, Julie imagines how the house once was as she hears some of her father-in-laws childhood memories of living at Hinchingbrooke in the 1940s and early 1950s.

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How We Lost Our Castle - Hinchingbrooke House Part 1 Apr 24, 2022

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In a very special series of films - I go in search of the lost family ancestral home - Hinchingbrooke House in Cambridgeshire, in the East of England. As Viscountess Hinchingbrooke, I am fascinated by the history of house - from its monastic roots to royal visits and nearly 350 years of Montagu family history. After the Second World War, like so many other historic homes, the upkeep of the building was too great and our family had to leave Hinchingbrooke. In this first episode, my father-in-law, the 11th Earl of Sandwich revisits his early childhood at Hinchingbrooke, showing me some of the photographic archive and rare family films of life there in the mid-twentieth century.

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Welcome to American Viscountess Apr 21, 2022

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When I married into the British Aristocracy it was the start of a wonderfully exciting journey, if not a little daunting. I became a Viscountess – and for an American girl from a small town outside Chicago, it was quite a shock.

I'm Julie Montagu, the American Viscountess, and I live with my husband, Luke – heir to the Earl of Sandwich- and our family at Mapperton House in Dorset.

Mapperton is a glorious sandstone house house dating originally from the 1540’s. It is known as Britain’s Finest Manor House and is filled with wonderful treasures collected by Luke’s ancestors.

Living in a place like this is a joy and but also a challenge and every day we’re aware that we are preserving a very special part of Britain’s heritage.

Mapperton has opened up an extraordinary new world for me and I can’t wait to share it with you all – so if you love castles and manors and stately homes as much as I do, please join me as I head off to some of the Britains most spectacular historic homes …

On these trips, I’ll be meeting other owners who live and manage these large houses and estates as well as some of the fantastic people who work there too.

With them I’ll be exploring the history, the landscapes, the innovations of generations past and present.

I’ll be sure to roll up my sleeves and help with a few jobs along the way.

So please join this American Viscountess as I journey into the countryside in search of some of Britain’s Finest Historic Houses.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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