William was only 17 years old when he became the 4th Earl and owner of Clandon Park in 1870. He began immediately repairing and redecorating, selling land to pay for works on the house and estate.

Hall-Swadley, Janita R. (2011). The Collected Writings of Franz Liszt: F. Chopin. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1-4616-6409-3. Thomas and Charlotte had three children who survived to adulthood: two sons and a daughter. The relationship with his heir, Arthur, was sadly unhappy and fraught. William was a keen gardener and did a lot to improve the garden at Clandon. He created an iris walk, a pergola, a bulb park and a Dutch Garden. We know about his plans thanks to his garden notebook and diary, where he recorded his ideas and ambitions as well as his successes and failures.Richard Onslow improved the existing house. However, it was his son Thomas, 2nd Lord of Onslow, who demolished and then rebuilt Clandon as the fashionable Palladian mansion that we see today. In 2022, in the United Kingdom the entire series was made available on the BBC iPlayer for one year. [46] Books [ edit ]

However, as with many of the Onslow women, we don’t know enough about Elizabeth to be able to tell her story with any surety. The Palladian transformation Cast [ edit ] The cast in 1991. Standing from left to right, Jeremy Gittins, David Griffin, Judy Cornwell, Geoffrey Hughes, and Mary Millar. Clandon house was built partly with this money, which Elizabeth had inherited from her uncle, who profited from the transatlantic slave trade. Geoffrey Hughes: Versatile actor who was happy to be cast as the lovable scouser". Independent.co.uk. 30 July 2012 . Retrieved 13 August 2018. Burbridge, Steve. "Theatre review: Keeping Up Appearances at Darlington Civic Theatre and touring". British Theatre Guide . Retrieved 4 July 2013.Arthur was the third member of the family to hold this position and served for a record-breaking 33 years in five successive parliaments, for which he was given the name the ‘Great Speaker’. He remains the longest-serving Speaker in British history. George Earl of Onslow Todd, R. Larry (2003). Mendelssohn: A Life in Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195110432. Barr, Gordon (12 June 2010). "Preview: Keeping Up Appearances, Playhouse Whitley Bay". The Chronicle. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015 . Retrieved 4 July 2013.

Although she lives to impress others, Hyacinth regularly competes with the middle-class neighbours (whom she considers snobbish show-offs) such as Sonia Barker-Finch, Delia Wheelwright and Lydia Hawksworth (who alone of Hyacinth's rivals seems to be an actual snob, as she disdains kiwifruit as "lower middle class"). Hyacinth sometimes says things like "I haven't a snobbish bone in my body" or "I can't abide such snobbery like that" when talking about those she considers her competition. Sir Richard also entered politics, becoming MP for Guildford, the family’s second Speaker of the House of Commons and Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Clandon estate and Earldom had passed to William’s son Richard by the time the First World War broke out in 1914. The new Lord Onslow and his wife Violet Onslow (née Bampfylde) were keen to support the war effort and so converted Clandon into a military hospital. Violet Onslow His son, the second Earl, represented Rye and Guildford in the House of Commons. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the third Earl. He died without surviving male issue and was succeeded by his great-nephew, the fourth Earl. He was the son of George Augustus Cranley Onslow, son of Thomas Cranley Onslow, second son of the second Earl. Lord Onslow was a prominent Conservative politician and served as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, as Under-Secretary of State for India and as President of the Board of Agriculture and was also Governor of New Zealand. His eldest son, the fifth Earl, was also a Conservative politician. He notably held office as Under-Secretary of State for War and as Paymaster General during the 1920s. In March 1997, Geoffrey Hughes and Judy Cornwell reprised their roles as Onslow and Daisy for a special compilation episode, recorded for broadcast in the United States on PBS. The show sees the pair introduce clips from the series using Hyacinth personal diary. The special was also released on VHS and DVD.

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Richard was called the ‘Red Fox of Surrey’ by Oliver Cromwell after his cunning behaviour during the English Civil War. His son, Sir Arthur Onslow, went on to become MP for Surrey like his father. Elizabeth also inherited a large working plantation from her uncle, which the Onslow family continued to own and manage remotely until just before the abolition of slavery in around 1832. The Great Speaker Warner, Sam (11 April 2016). "Keeping Up Appearances remake casts Kerry Howard as a young Hyacinth". Digital Spy . Retrieved 12 April 2016. Berry, Kevin (3 June 2010). "Keeping Up Appearances". thestage.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014 . Retrieved 4 July 2013. This adaptation, directed by playwright Johnny Culver, made its American premiere in New York City in March 2015, at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church Theater Fellowship/Jones Auditorium. [53] Culver directed an additional production of this adaptation with performances on 5 August 2017 and 6 August 2017 at Saint Luke's Episcopal Church in Forest Hills, Queens.