Magnificent MANOR
On Saturday July 13, 1889, The Bucks Herald newspaper carried a report on the lavish parties thrown by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild at Waddesdon Manor: “The genial host has been for many years a widower, and he is never so happy as when his lovely home is full of friends… with the lawns open to them for tennis; the grounds for contemplation, and the art galleries, with their countless treasures of pictures, tapestry, china and curiosities, an opportunity for study such as is rarely afforded outside the museums of the great capitals of Europe.”
Visiting Waddesdon Manor today – it is now managed by the Rothschild Foundation (a family charitable trust) on behalf of the National Trust – is no less an enthralling experience. Built in the style of a French Renaissance château of
