Thomas Wildman
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Colonel Thomas Wildman was a British Army officer during the Napoleonic Wars, a draftsman, and landowner.
Colonel Thomas Wildman (1787–1859). (Unfinished portrait by Thomas Lawrence, 1831)
Newstead Abbey
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Newstead Abbey, in Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, England, was formerly an Augustinian priory. Converted to a domestic home following the dissolution of the monasteries, it is now best known as the ance
Thomas Wildman
…Jamaica, from William Beckford, who was having financial problems. The wealth generated from this plantation provided Wildman with the means to purchase Newstead Abbey in 1818 for £95,000. The Abbey was owned by his friend and old schoolmate, Lord Byron who, like Beckford, was having financial difficulties. Byron had…
A view of the Abbey from its east side
Newstead Abbey in 1880.
Newstead Abbey in 2012
Newstead Abbey in 2019