Marquess of Downshire
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Marquess of Downshire is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1789 for Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough, a former Secretary of State.
Monument to Arthur, 4th Marquis of Downshire, Hillsborough, County Down
Clifton Castle
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Clifton Castle is a country house in Clifton-on-Yore, a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.
Marquess of Downshire
…County Wicklow, and Easthampstead Park near Bracknell. The Marquesses are also Hereditary Constables of Hillsborough Fort. The present family seat is Clifton Castle, near Masham, North Yorkshire. Sir Moyses Hill, knight (died February 1630) came to Ireland as a soldier under the Earl of Essex…
The building, in 2009
Stable block
East entrance to the estate