What 15th century castle is owned by a British Businessman and former Member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1999?
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Jack Stewart-Clark Sir John "Jack" Stewart-Clark, 3rd Baronet (born 17 September 1929) is a British businessman and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He represented the Conservative and Unionist Party in the European Parliament from 1979 until 1999. He is the owner of Dundas Castle in West Lothian, Scotland.
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Dundas Castle Dundas Castle is a 15th-century castle, with substantial 19th-century additions by William Burn, in the Dalmeny parish of West Lothian, Scotland. The home of the Dundas family since the Middle Ages, it was sold in the late 19th century and is currently the residence of politician and businessman Sir Jack Stewart-Clark.
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Cathcart Castle Cathcart Castle was a 15th-century castle, located in what is now Linn Park in the Cathcart area of southern Glasgow, Scotland. The castle was abandoned in the 18th century, and the remaining ruins were pulled down in 1980, leaving only foundations visible.
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Blenkinsopp Castle Blenkinsopp Castle is a fire-damaged, partly demolished 19th-century country mansion, incorporating the ruinous remains of a 14th-century tower house, which is located above the Tipalt Burn approximately one mile south of Greenhead, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
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John Harte (mayor) Sir John Harte (15??- January 1604) was a 16th-century English merchant who was one of the principal founders of the English East India Company as well as a Lord Mayor of London. He was a native of Kilburn who became a grocer in the city of London. He was elected one of the Sheriffs of London in 1579, serving with future mayor Martin Calthorp, and later elected Lord Mayor of London in 1589. He purchased a large mansion, known as Oxford House, that had once belonged to the Earls of Oxford and later to Lord Mayor Ambrose Nicholas. One of his daughters married Sir George Bolles, a later Lord Mayor of London. Harte died in 1604.
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Amédée Turner Amédée Edward Turner QC (born 26 March 1929) is a British barrister and politician, who served for fifteen years as a Conservative Party Member of the European Parliament. As an English patent lawyer he worked both in New York and in London. A strong supporter of British membership of the European Union, he resisted proposals to impose worker participation on British business, and eventually became Chief Whip of the European Democratic Group. After losing his seat he returned to business as a senior counsel in Brussels.
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Hohenschönhausen Castle Hohenschönhausen Castle (German: "Schloss Hohenschönhausen" or "Bürgerschloss Hohenschönhausen") is a manor house in the borough Alt-Hohenschönhausen in Berlin, Germany. It is owned by the "Association Hohenschönhausen Castle" and listed in the heritage registers of Berlin.
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Westenhanger Castle Westenhanger Castle is a fortified manor house once owned by royalty, located next to Westenhanger railway station and the grandstand of Folkestone Racecourse in Kent. The castle has endured a period of steady decline to near ruination in recent years, but the current owners have engaged a programme of consolidation, conservation and restoration to the castle and adjoining buildings. It is now being used as a conference and wedding venue.
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Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington, (born 19 August 1945) is a British aristocrat and politician. He has served as Conservative Party Member of the European Parliament (1984–1989) for Surrey West and currently sits as a hereditary peer in the House of Lords since 2015.
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Castle Howard Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, 15 mi north of York. It is a private residence, and has been the home of the Carlisle branch of the Howard family for more than 300 years.
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Kelburn Castle Kelburn Castle is a large house near Fairlie, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is the seat of the Earl of Glasgow. Originally built in the thirteenth century (the original keep forms the core of the house) it was remodelled in the sixteenth century. In 1700 the first Earl made further extensions to the house in a manner not unlike a French "château" which is virtually how it appears today. In 1977 the house and grounds opened to the public as a country park. It is one of the oldest castles in Scotland and has been continuously inhabited by the same family for longer than any other. The castle is protected as a category A listed building, while the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.
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Balloch Castle Balloch Castle is an early 19th-century country house situated at the southern tip of Loch Lomond, in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Balloch was a property of the Lennox family from the 11th century, and the old castle was built in the 13th century. In the 19th century the estate was purchased by John Buchanan of Ardoch, who demolished the ruins of the old castle and erected the present building. The Tudor Gothic architecture is the work of Robert Lugar. In 1915 Balloch was bought by Glasgow City Corporation, and has been leased by West Dunbartonshire Council since 1975. The estate was designated as a country park in 1980, and since 2002 has been part of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. Although the house has been periodically used for visitor facilities and council offices, it is now included on the Buildings at Risk Register. Balloch Castle is a category A listed building, and the estate is included on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.
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Malcolm Harbour Malcolm John Charles Harbour, CBE (born 19 February 1947), is a British politician who was a Conservative Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands between 1999 and July 2014. He is a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group and the Chairman of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection.
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Château de Charry The Château de Charry is a castle, originally 15th century, in the "commune" of Montcuq in the Lot "département" of France.
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St Fagans Castle St Fagans Castle (Welsh: "Castell Sain Ffagan" ) is an Elizabethan mansion in St Fagans, Cardiff, Wales, dating from the late 16th century. The house and remaining medieval fortifications are Grade I listed. The grounds of St Fagans Castle now contain St Fagans National Museum of History.
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Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh Thomas Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh, KBE, PC (born 28 October 1950), is a British UK Independence Party politician. He first came to notice as the owner of Hesketh Racing, a car racing team which competed at various levels between 1972 and 1978. After the team folded, he tried to set up a British motorcycle business, Hesketh Motorcycles, which failed. He has been involved not very successfully in other business ventures. In 2006, he sold the family seat, Easton Neston, at Towcester, Northamptonshire—the only surviving complete house by the English baroque architect Nicholas Hawksmoor—together with the estate, the furnishings of the house and family portraits.
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Elghammar Castle Elghammar Castle is a castle in Södermanland County, Sweden. Initially the property of the family Kruse of Elghammar, then of Johan Adolf Welander, the existing manor was sold during the year 1807 to marshall Curt von Stedingk who ordered new constructions in the style of the French Empire. His son died in 1875 and inherited by a daughter, who married the duke of Otrante (the duke had as an ancestor Joseph Fouché who was the Minister of the Police of the emperor Napoleon). The castle (the owner, duchess Christina d'Otrante, prefers to depict it as a manor or as an Italian villa) is surrounded by forests and a farm.
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Bolsover Castle Bolsover Castle is a castle in Bolsover, Derbyshire, England (grid reference [ SK471707] ). It was built in the early 17th century by the Cavendish family, on the site of a medieval castle founded in the 12th century by the Peverel family. The site is now in the care of English Heritage and is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
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Peter Cullum Peter Geoffrey Cullum CBE (born 1950) is a British businessman and philanthropist. He previously served as the executive chairman of Towergate Partnership until April 2015.
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Affeton Castle Affeton Castle is a converted late-medieval gatehouse near East Worlington, Devon, England. It was formerly part of the destroyed fortified manor house of Affeton, situated on the side of a valley of the Little Dart River. Built in 1434, the surrounding house was destroyed in the English Civil War of the 1640s, and by the early 19th century the gatehouse was in ruins. It was restored between 1868-9 by Sir George Stucley, 1st Baronet for use as a shooting-box; in 1956, it was converted to form the private home of Sir Dennis Stucley, 5th Baronet. The castle, approximately 60 feet (18 m) by 22 feet (6.7 m) in size, is protected as a Grade II* listed building.
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Friedensburg Castle Friedensburg Castle (German: "Schloss Friedensburg" ) is an early 16th-century castle overlooking the valley of the Sormitz at Leutenberg in southeast Thuringia, Germany. It was formerly the residence of the Counts of Schwarzburg-Leutenberg and today is a dermatological medical facility.
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David Simon, Baron Simon of Highbury David Alec Gwyn Simon, Baron Simon of Highbury CBE (born 24 July 1939) is a British businessman.