The Will and the Missing Earl

…2nd Baronet Maude on the death of their father Robert, 1st Baronet Maude, in 1750 and been made Baron de Montalt on 8 June 1776. However, when he died without… Read More …

Movers and shakers, the ‘big wig’ gentry of Combe Down

Baron de Montalt, 6th Baronet Maude who was the grandson of Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden who was married to Mary Allen, Lady Maude. Thus the Falkner family links to the Allen, Maude,… Read More …

On Combe Down in 50 year tranches

…1762 The original workmen’s cottages opposite Holy Trinity Church (De Montalt Place in Church Road) that he built between about 1729 and 1732, along with buildings in The Avenue where… Read More …

Ralph Allen and Prior Park

…1764 Elizabeth Holder – Inheritance 1766 Gertrude Tucker – Inheritance 1770 Lord Kerry – Tenant 1780 Gertrude Tucker – Inheritance 1796 Cornwallis Maude, 1st Viscount Hawarden – Inheritance 1803 Thomas… Read More …