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tazzie
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Tring Park was rented by Nathan Mayer Rothschild in the 1830's . It was then bought byBaron Lionel de Rothschild in May 1872. In the grounds the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum was started to house the large collection of stuffed animals . These are on show today and can still amuse my two as much as they did me when I was their age, big cases full of dusty animals and birds. It is now part of the Natural History Museum and the park is now a public space owned by Dacorum Council. The House is now a school.
Tazzie
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If you find it is Ascott, I hope you have better luck than I getting info. The national trust have ignored six emails so far !
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When my grandmother got married in 1906, she was working for Baron de Rothschild,
as a kitchen maid.
The story has come down the family that she "worked at his place in Tring," which place would this be ? Waddesden ? Mentmore ?
Have you located her in the 1901 census ? If so, where is she living, and what is her occupation, please ? This may well give a clue as to which Rothschild property she worked at.
As has been said, the Rothschilds having been some of the richest folks in the land, owned many properties. But if the family story is "in Tring", then there is a very good chance that it's Tring Park, as Tazzie has described.
It wasn't just stuffed animals that the Rothschilds brought to the town. There are many surviving photos of Baron de Rothschild out and about in the town in a carriage drawn by Zebras.
Incidentally, although posted under Buckinghamshire, Tring, and hence Tring Park, were (and still are) part of Hertfordshire.
Stef.
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tazzie
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Stef ....and Foz....
As Stef has had no luck with e-mail to Ascott, I wonder if The Rothschild Trust that administers Waddesden may hold the staffing records. The National Trust own the Houses...but a lot of the contants are still held ny the family trust that was set up. Maybe a letter to Rothschilds administrators c/o Waddesden may work .
Both are near me and I am a trust member so will be out and about visiting at some point.
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If you come across anything on the childrens Nanny, I would be most interested as my aunt was her housekeeper.
, if not, I'll get in touch with