AN IMPORTANT
ILLUSTRATED DIARY
OF TRAVELS IN GERMANY
AND SPAIN BETWEEN 1855 & 1863
by
HENRY HYDE NUGENT BANKES
with L.C.BANKES & HIS BROTHER ALBERT.
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ACCOMPANIED BY A LETTER FROM THE
NATIONAL TRUST AS FOLLOWS...............
HENRY HYDE NUGENT BANKES,
WHOSE LINE IBELIEVE IS STILL GOING STRONG,
WAS THE SECOND SON OF
GEORGE BANKES AND GEORGINA NUGENT,
AND YOU CAN SEE HOW HE WAS CONNECTED
BY THE OWNERS OF KINGSTON LACY
THE ENCLOSED FAMILY TREE [not present] WHICH IS
PUBLISHED IN THE GUIDE BOOK..
THERE IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF HIM IN THE S.E. DRESSING ROOM
ACTUALLY HE HAS ROYAL BLOOD IN HIS VEINS,
BECAUSE HIS MOTHER WAS REALLY THE
ILLEGITIMATE DAUGHTER OF THE DUKE OF CUMBRLAND,
LATER KING OF HANOVER.
IF YOU VISIT THE HOUSE WE SHOULD BE INTRESTED TO SEE THE SKETCH BOOK.
YOURS SINCERELY
ANTHONY MITCHELL.
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CONTAINS
OVER 40 FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. MOSTLY IN WATRCOLOUR,
SOME IN PEN AND INK AND PENCIL.
7" X 5". SOME DOUBL PAGE 14" X 5"
BOUND IN GREEN PEBBLED CALF
SPINE AND QUARTERS BLACK.
GOLD LETTERING AND TRIM
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ALSO ADDED DOUBLE SIDED NOTE
READING......
GEORGINA CHARLOTTE NUGENT
BORN 1799 ILLEGITIMATE DAUGHTER OF LADY NUGENT.
BURKS ROYALS OF EUROPE
H.R.H. PRINCE ERNEST AUGUSTUS. (GUELPH)
DUKE OF BRUNSWICK
3RD DUKE OF CUMBERLAND.-------------
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REVERSE SIDE..
LIVING MEMBER OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.
H.R.H HEREDITARY PRINCE ERNEST AUGUSTUS.
DUKE OF BRUNSWICK & LUNEBURG
PRINCE OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND
BORN BRUNSWICK 18TH MARCH 1914
look up..
HYDE DUCHESS OF YORK 1637-71
DAUGHTER OF EDWARD EARL OF CLARENDON 1609-74
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THIS IS A UNIQUE MOMENT OF HISTORY
PERTAINING TO ONE OF
BRITAIN AND DORSETS
HERITAGE