Boughton House

United Kingdom / England / Geddington /
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Boughton House is a country house belonging to the Duke of Buccleuch. Boughton was originally a monastic building but Sir Edward Montagu, Lord Chief Justice to King Henry VIII, purchased it in 1528 just prior to the Dissolution of the Monasteries and began to convert it into a mansion. The building as it exists today is mostly the work of Ralph Montagu (ca. 1638 – 1709), 1st Duke of Montagu. Montagu was a former English ambassador to France, and Boughton House shows strong French architectural influences.
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Coordinates:   52°25'27"N   -0°40'39"E
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