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We have missed you!   We are delighted to announce we now have a date to re-open for hotel guests. We are hoping to re-open on Monday 17th May 2021. …

  The Footman  The footman at Passford House was Henry Smith. We know nothing of his physical attributes but, generally speaking, servants were promoted to be footmen on account of …

The Housekeeper    Second in the pecking order at Passford House was the housekeeper, Jane Charlton 36, a native of Northumberland. In the first instance, all the female domestics would …

Lady Arthur’s lady’s-maid………   Lady Arthur’s lady’s-maid was Miss Henrietta Dovehouse, a native of Dawlish in Devon. Although in the works of French farce – and in Mr Sheridan’s The …

A description of life at Passford House by Dorothy My father, Bill, was the Groom and broke in all the horses for the coach and pairs to take them to …

Lord Arthur Cecil (1851 – 1913) Lord Arthur was descended from William Cecil (1520-1598) Lord Burghley, Elizabeth I’s closest advisor from her accession in 1558 to his death forty years …