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Gatton Park is a country estate set in parkland landscaped by Capability Brown near Gatton in Surrey, England. Now owned by The Royal Alexandra and Albert School, Gatton Park comprises of manor and parkland. The property is Grade II listed and is in part administered by the National Trust. ==History== The manor's history can be traced to the Domesday Book of 1086.〔(From 'History' at Gatton Park.com )〕 The manor of Gatton had the privilege granted in 1451 of sending two members to Parliament, a privilege it retained, as a "rotten borough" until the Parliamentary reform of 1832.〔For this aspect of Gatton, see Gatton (UK Parliament constituency).〕 During the medieval period the manor demesne was enclosed as a deer park. In the 17th century, the house is mentioned as being in the possession of John Weston of Sutton Place, Surrey (the second and eldest surviving son of Sir Richard III Weston) and his wife, Mary Copley (daughter and heiress of William Copley of Gatton) until 1654.〔Harrison, Frederic. Annals of an Old Manor House: Sutton Place, Guildford. London, 1899, pp. 116,134 and 137.〕 About 1748 Sir James Colebrooke acquired Gatton Park from William Newland, with the proprietorship of the borough of Gatton,〔Owen Manning and William Bray, ''The History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey'', (1803-14, reprinted 1974)〕 and his brother Sir George Colebrooke had the park landscaped by Capability Brown between 1762 and 1768.〔(Article on the restoration of the Park to Brown's original plans ) in The Times〕 In 1789 Thomas Kingscote went to live at Gatton Park, Surrey, after his friend, Robert Ladbroke, had bought it in the same year. It was a notorious pocket borough and Thomas went there in order to manage the election of Ladbroke’s nominees. Robert Ladbroke bought it from the Graham family. In 1830,〔"1830 kauften die Treuhänder des fünften Lord Monson Gatton Park, der bis 1888 im Besitz dieser Familie blieb." (''Der Garten'' )〕 Gatton was purchased by Frederick John Monson, 5th Baron Monson (1809–1841), for £100,000, for the ancient privilege of sending two members to the House of Commons, a perquisite that was cancelled two years later, "and all Lord Monson had for £100,000 was the land".〔Eric Parker, ''Highways and Byways in Surrey'' 1908:352.〕 He set about remaking Gatton Hall splendid: for him Thomas Hopper made alterations to Gatton, and further plans that were not executed.〔Howard Colvin, ''A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840'', 3rd ed. (Yale University Press) 1995, ''s.v.'' " Thomas Hopper".〕 The Marble Hall at the center of the main block was revetted in marbles, even to the inlaid marbles of its floor, taking as a general model the Corsini Chapel in San Giovanni in Laterano, though Lord Monson did not cap his hall with a dome. The walls were frescoed by Joseph Severn with the Four Classical Virtues, embodied by historical ladies. In 1841 the estate was inherited by the 6th Baron Monson who lived in Lincolnshire and who let Gatton, firstly to his aunt and then to Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns, the Attorney General.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=The Life and Times of Burton Folk ) 〕 The estate was purchased in 1888 by Sir Jeremiah Colman whose family had established the Colman's mustard food brand in the early 19th century. After a period when the property was requisitioned during the Second World War the estate was then purchased by the current owners, The Royal Alexandra and Albert School.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gatton Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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