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Ham House is a 17th-century house set in formal gardens on the bank of the River Thames in Ham, south of Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The original house was completed in 161
Ham House in 2016, with Coade stone statue of Father Thames, by John Bacon the elder, in the foreground
The main entrance
The north front
The east front
Elizabeth Maitland, Duchess of Lauderdale was a Scottish peeress. She was the eldest daughter of William Murray and his wife Catherine, the Earl and Countess of Dysart. She was raised in English court
Ham House
…the house and much of the estate sequestrated, but Murray's wife Catherine regained them on payment of a fine. During the Protectorate, his daughter Elizabeth Murray, Countess of Dysart, successfully navigated the prevailing anti-royalist sentiment and retained control of the estate on her father's death in 1655. The house achieved its…
1648–49 portrait
Lady Tollemache with a Black servant, c. 1651
The Duke and Duchess of Lauderdale, by Peter Lely
St. Peter's Church, Petersham, where Elizabeth Murray is buried