We often think of the Gilded Age in terms of grandeur: the marble staircases, chandelier-lit ballrooms, and glittering soirées that played out in the drawing rooms of America’s and Britain’s wealthiest families. But beneath the gilt and glamour were the…
Built into the rolling hills of South Oxfordshire just an hour’s drive from London, Stonor Park’s magnificent Georgian red brick manor dominates the surrounding English countryside. Now home to Lord and Lady Camoys, William and Ailsa Stonor, their three children, and Lady Elisabeth…
Brimming with money, self-made millionaires and booming commerce, 18th century America was run by a handful of powerful family dynasties. On the contrary, aristocratic families in England faced immense financial pressure after the renaissance, with costs of running their magnificent estates…