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The 1881 Census shows that Sir Robert
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Colonel Robert Blane (1809-1871) who appears to have called it “The Oaks”. Robert was born in 1809 in Winkfield. His father was William Blane who owned Winkfield Park. He entered the Army in 1831 and quickly rose through the ranks. In 1845 he married Margaret Rose Ames
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company) until his family decided to donate the grounds to serve as a school for the blind. The building stayed as a school until the late 1960s, and the modern day tennis courts within the grounds are the final resting location of several of the facility's guide dogs.
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Sunninghill house appears to have been inherited by their eldest son Charles Churchill (1747-1786) as there is a record of his wife and only daughter Mary living there in the early 1800s.
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in 1854 and fought in many of the famous battles. In recognition of his services he was invested as a
Companion of the Order of the Bath, a Knight of the Legion of Honour and several other distinctions. Robert died in 1871.
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in 1830 and left large sums of money to her relatives. Joanna her mother died in 1846 at the age of 94. The house was then sold. The notice of sale which was placed in the newspapers is shown.
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