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Theresa Parker

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She directed the design of the gardens and she had buildings built including an orangery she designed and her brother, Baron Grantham, designed in 1771 a summerhouse known as the Castle. Her brother admired her designs for an inkstand and she bought black Wedgewood and other ceramics for the house.
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in 1769. He had succeeded his father the year before but he was not to become Baron Boringdon until 1784. Her new husband's interests included drinking and gambling but Theresa, her sister Alice, and her brothers Frederick and Thomas, took an interest in decorating
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was commissioned in 1768 to create the saloon and the library (the library is now the dining room). Adam, created everything from the door handles to the huge plasterwork ceiling.
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In September 1775 she suffered a miscarriage after a fever and died of resulting complications on 21 December. Her obituary was written by
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Her husband married Frances Hort in 1764. After her death, he married Theresa on 18 May 1769. The couple had two children. Their son
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made the four candelabras. She and her husband spent £10,000 on the saloon.
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Ceri Johnson/National Trust, "Saltram", National Trust Press, 1998.
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in 1815, and their daughter, Theresa Parker (1775–1856), married
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noblewoman, designer and art patron. She bought paintings by
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stood as her godmother and Theresa's name reflected this.
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Vienna
Great Britain
Saltram House
John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon
Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham
née
English
Joshua Reynolds
Angelica Kauffman
Saltram House
Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham
Vienna
Empress Maria Theresa
John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon
Saltram House
Joshua Reynolds
Robert Adam
Thomas Chippendale
Matthew Boulton
Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg
George Stubbs
Angelica Kauffman
Antonio Zucchi
Joshua Reynolds
John Parker, 1st Earl of Morley
Earl of Morley
George Villiers
Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon

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