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489: 712: 592: 818:. The nominated person would have the right to occupy the house in a private capacity and would pay for their private living expenses. The board of trustees would maintain the house and estate by means of their stewardship of the estate, with no grant from the Government. The Act was passed with cross-party support and, as amended by the Chevening Estate Act 1987, governs the estate to this day. The first beneficiary of the Act was the 7th Earl, who died in 1967, following which the board of trustees launched a major programme of restoration of the house, gardens and parklands funded partly by his endowment and partly through their own management of the estate. 938:, but the only established fact that links the novelist with Chevening is that the Revd John Austen, her second cousin and grandson of the solicitor Francis Austen, who lived in the Red House, Sevenoaks, became Rector of Chevening in 1813, the novel having been published in that January. However, it was written from October 1796 to August 1797. John Halperin also relates that Francis Austen, an uncle of Jane Austen's father, was solicitor to the owners of Chevening during the latter third of the 18th-century; that Francis Austen owned property in the area, and that Jane Austen visited him and relatives in Kent several times between 1792 and 1796. 89: 56: 814:. He therefore drafted what became the Chevening Estate Act 1959 to ensure that the estate would not be broken up after his death, but would instead retain a significant role as a private house in public life. The ownership of the property would pass to a board of trustees, who would maintain it as a furnished country residence for a suitably qualified nominated person chosen by the 96: 63: 42: 729:
An Act to establish an incorporated board of trustees of the trusts contained in the trust instrument set out in the Schedule to the Chevening Estate Act 1959; to confer functions on, and to transfer property, rights and liabilities to, the board; to amend the trust instrument; and for purposes
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Under the terms of the Chevening Act, the prime minister has the responsibility of nominating a person to occupy the house privately as a furnished country residence. This person can be the prime minister, a minister who is a member of the Cabinet, a lineal descendant of King
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in extensive parkland. A garden to the south encircles a human-made lake. The house was extended from 1717 by the addition of symmetrical wings by Thomas Fort, a master carpenter and royal clerk of works who had worked under
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by marriage, the Prince's acceptance of Chevening would make some familial sense. But this was not to be, although the Prince did visit the house several times. In a note of 24 April 1978 to his private secretary, Sir
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is the UK government's international awards scheme, founded in 1983 to develop global leaders. While the programme takes its name from the house, the Chevening Secretariat administers the awards on behalf of the
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and fire-proofing in buildings were overshadowed at the time and subsequently by his reputation, as the self-styled "Citizen Stanhope", for eccentricity and political radicalism.
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An Act to confirm and give effect to a vesting deed and trust instrument relating to the Chevening Estate and other property, and for purposes connected therewith.
829:(for whom Prince Charles arranged access to unpublished royal diaries and family correspondence), at that time he was contemplating an eventual marriage to Hon. 1543: 910:. When circumstances permit, the house may be used for meetings or conferences, usually by other government departments, through arrangement with the trustees. 555:(also 13th Earl of Chesterfield), was a Conservative politician who held office almost continuously from 1924 to 1940, serving in Cabinet posts from 1936 under 1319: 952: 523:
and the Historical Documents Commission: writing as Viscount Mahon he was a distinguished 19th-century historian and established the Stanhope Essay Prize at
903: 925:(Shoestring Press, 2020) includes a sequence entitled 'Chevening', partially set in the grounds of Chevening House and in St Botolph's church opposite. 458: 88: 1573: 956: 508: 442: 1553: 735: 614: 465:, both first cousin and brother-in-law to William Pitt the Younger, was a prolific inventor whose major achievements in such diverse fields as 913:
Princess Sophie Bonaparte lives in a cottage on the grounds under grace and favour, The princess is also a member of the board of trustees.
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all have remainder interests in Chevening in the unlikely event that none of the others requires the house.
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There has been a house on the site since at least 1199 and the estate originally formed part of the
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The poet Robert Selby was a longstanding resident of the Chevening area. His poetry collection
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was a gifted amateur landscape gardener and architect, and the legal guardian of
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Having no children of his own and his only brother having been killed in the
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as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from
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as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from
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advantages." In June 1980, Prince Charles wrote to the prime minister,
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and became a distinguished patron of science during the Enlightenment.
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This article is about Chevening House. For the scholarship scheme, see
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or the spouse, widow or widower of such a descendant. The Canadian
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was a traveller, writer and early archaeologist. Her half brother
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until his death in 1721. Through marriage he was the uncle of
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Chevening Estate Act 1959 (1959 Chapter 49 7 and 8 Eliz 2)
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style, attributed to Inigo Jones, set at the foot of the
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For 250 years, the house was the principal seat of the
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It has sometimes been suggested that Chevening served
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and a Whig politician who served as chief minister to
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Chevening Scholarship
Chevening, Kent

Chevening is located in Kent
Chevening is located in England
Country house
Kent
Coordinates
51°17′56″N 0°07′53″E / 51.2990°N 0.1314°E / 51.2990; 0.1314
Listed Building
National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens
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country house
Chevening
Kent
Inigo Jones
listed building
Grade II*
earls Stanhope
prime minister
Cabinet
George VI
Foreign Secretary
archiepiscopal
Otford
English Palladian
North Downs
Christopher Wren
Hampton Court
Donald Insall Associates

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