Who owns the Ilchester Estate?

Much of Holland Park and the surrounding area is owned by the Ilchester Estate, which in turn is owned and controlled by the twice-married keen huntswoman Charlotte Townshend.

Who owns Abbotsbury estate?

Mrs Charlotte Townshend
An estate of some 61 square kilometres (15,000 acres) in Dorset covering Chesil Beach and Abbotsbury is held by the Ilchester Estate, owned by Mrs Charlotte Townshend, the daughter of Viscount Galway, a descendant of the first Countess of Ilchester and owner of the Melbury Estate.

Is Dorset a rich county?

DORSET is the second richest county in the UK for property wealth. This accounts for nearly a third (30 per cent) of the UK’s total property fortune.

Who owns Rushmore Dorset?

Personal life. Gronow-Davis was the partner of Michael Pitt-Rivers, conservationist and owner of the Rushmore Estate, and moved to King John’s House, near the estate at Tollard Royal, Wiltshire in 1961. Their relationship began after Pitt-Rovers’ marriage ended in 1965.

Who lives in Melbury House?

Melbury House is an English country house in the parish of Melbury Sampford near Evershot, Dorset, This Grade I listed mansion is the home of the Honorable Mrs Charlotte Townshend, a major landowner in east Dorset, through her mother, Theresa Fox-Strangways (Viscountess Galway).

What is the biggest town in Dorset?

Bournemouth
Population ranking

#	Settlement	Population
2001
1	Bournemouth	163,444
2	Poole	144,800
3	Weymouth	53,140

How big is the Drax estate in Dorset?

7,000 acres
The Drax estate is thought to consist of nearly 7,000 acres (28 km2), and the private grounds are open to the public once or twice a year, when local villagers sell tea and cakes.

Who owns the Rushmore Estate now?

Last week its current owner, the flamboyant William Gronow-Davis, died and now the future of the estate’s 7,500 acres in Dorset – estimated to be worth more than £50million – hangs in the balance.

Who owns Melbury House?

The Melbury estate has been owned by sixteen generations of the Strangways family, since 1500 when Henry Strangway bought the estate from the Brounings family.

Who owns Melbury Park?

The present owner of the Melbury and Ilchester estates is the Hon. Charlotte Townshend who inherited on the death of her mother, Lady Teresa Fox-Strangways in 1989. She was High Sheriff of Dorset in 2005/2006 and is currently Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset and a Master of the Cattistock Hunt.