Boughton: The House, Its People and Its Collections

Boughton, the Duke of Buccleuch's Northamptonshire home, was transformed from a Tudor manor into 'the English Versailles' by Ralph, 1st Duke of Montagu, Charles II's envoy to Louis XIV. It houses splendid portraits of Elizabeth I, Charles II's son the Duke of Monmouth, another Buccleuch ancestor, and Shakespeare's muse, the Countess of Southampton.

About the author

Richard, 10th Duke of Buccleuch and 12th Duke of Queensberry, is responsible for his family's historic art collections and houses, including Drumlanrig Castle and Bowhill in Scotland and Boughton House in Northamptonshire. Author of books about each of them, he works widely in the heritage field and was for ten years President of the National Trust for Scotland. He is currently a trustee of the Royal Collection Trust and President of the Georgian Group.

Summary

It was the dream of the Duke of Buccleuch’s ambitious forebear Ralph, 1st Duke of Montagu, to transform his ancestral home in Northamptonshire from a Tudor manor house into a grand seat with the majesty that had so impressed him at Versailles when he was Charles II’s envoy to the court of Louis XIV.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Buccleuch
• Assisted by: Fritz von der Schulenburg (Photographs), John Scott (Editor)
• Publisher: Caique Publishing Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2022
• EAN: 9780995756663
• ISBN: 978-0-9957566-6-3
• No. of pages: 260
• Dimensions: 241 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 1060 g
• Series: The Buccleuch Houses
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Travel > Travel guides