| |
Great Events
|
Bramham's Events
|
|
1666
|
Great Fire of London
|
|
|
1675
|
|
Robert Benson Born, Wrenthorpe, Nr Wakefield
|
|
1685
|
Monmouth's Rebellion
|
|
|
1688
|
Flight of James II and accession of William & Mary the 'Glorious Revolution'
|
|
|
1697
|
|
Benson's Grand Tour of Europe
|
|
1698
|
|
Building work begins on the House
|
|
1702
|
Accession of Queen Anne
|
|
|
1704
|
Duke of Marlborough beats French at Blenheim
|
|
|
1705
|
|
Benson elected MP for York
|
|
1707
|
Act of Union between England & Scotland
|
|
|
1709
|
|
Benson supervising work at Wentworth Castle for Lord Raby
|
|
1710
|
|
Benson appointed Commissioner of the Treasury
A Map of Bramham Park the seat of the R Honble Robert Benson Esq: Containing 611=1=0
Colen Campbell notes in Vitruvius Britannicus '...that all the other additional improvements were happily finished by the noble Patron, Anno 1710'
|
|
1713
|
Spain cedes Gibraltar to Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht
|
Benson appointed ambassador to Spain and created Lord Bingley
|
|
1715
|
The 15 Jacobite Rebellion |
|
|
1720
|
South Sea Bubble
|
|
|
1727
|
George I dies
|
Terrace walks planted
|
|
1728
|
|
John Wood draws a plan of the garden. The T-Pond is under construction and is shown
|
|
1730
|
|
Benson appointed Treasurer to George II's household
|
|
1731
|
|
Benson dies, Harriet Benson inherits Bramham and marries George Fox
|
|
1733
|
Walpole's Excise Crisis
|
|
|
1734
|
|
Fox elected Tory MP for Hendon
|
|
1742
|
Walpole resigns as Prime Minister
|
Fox elected Tory MP for York
|
|
1745
|
The 45 Jacobite Rebellion
|
Round House Rotunda built
|
|
1750
|
|
Dr Pococke visits Bramham and notes the Gothic Temple under construction
Ionic Temple (Chapel) built by James Paine
|
|
1757
|
Battle of Plassy begins British rule in India
|
|
|
1763
|
|
George Fox Lane created Lord Bingley
|
|
1768
|
Capt James Cook leaves on his first expedition to the Pacific
|
Robert Benson, son of Harriet & George, dies: Obelisk erected in Black Fen to his memory
|
|
1773
|
Boston Tea Party
|
Mary Goodricke (illegitimate daughter of George Fox Lane) inherits
|
|
1789
|
Storming of the Bastille
|
James Fox Lane marries Marcia Pitt
|
|
1792
|
France declares war on Austria, Prussia, and Sardinia, marking the start of the French Revolutionary wars
|
James Fox Lane inherits
|
|
1815
|
Battle of Waterloo
|
|
| 1817 |
|
Map of Bramham Park drawn by William Parker
|
|
1821
|
Spain gives Florida to the US and grants Mexico independence
|
George Lane Fox 'the Gambler' inherits
|
|
1825
|
George Stephenson's Stockton & Darlington Railway opens
|
Watercolours of Bramham painted by Ziegler
|
|
1828
|
Duke of Wellington becomes Prime Minister
|
Fire destroys much of the House
|
|
1832
|
Great Reform Act
|
|
|
1845
|
Irish Potato Famine begins
|
Museum Temple built
Black Fen replanted (map drawn by Augustus Lane Fox, later Pitt-Rivers)
Map of Bramham by Surveyor General of Ordnance
|
|
1848
|
California Gold Rush
|
George Lane Fox 'the Squire' inherits
|
| 1849 |
|
Ordnance Survey first Edition 1:6 of Bramham Park
|
|
1857
|
Indian Mutiny
|
|
|
1893
|
|
Ordnance Survey second Edition 1:25 of Bramham Park
|
|
1896
|
First Modern Olympic Games
|
James Lane Fox 'the Soldier' inherits
|
|
1901
|
Queen Victoria dies
|
|
|
1903
|
|
George Lane Fox marries Agnes Wood daughter of second Viscount Halifax
|
|
1906
|
Labour party founded
|
George Lane Fox 'the Politician' inherits
Rebuilding of the House by Detmar Blow begins
|
|
1914 1918
|
First World War
|
|
|
1933
|
|
George Lane Fox created Lord Bingley
|
|
1939 1945
|
Second World War
|
|
|
1947
|
British Coal Industry Nationalised
|
Marcia Lane Fox inherits
|
|
1952
|
|
Bramham Park opens to the public
|
|
1962
|
|
Great Gale devastates Bramham's old trees
|
|
1963
|
Sir Alec Douglas-Home becomes Prime Minister
|
|
|
1974
|
|
First running of Bramham Horse Trials
|
|
1980
|
|
George Lane Fox inherits
|
|
1988
|
|
Hall ceiling restored 160 years after the Fire
Archaeological dig discovers lost cascades below Obelisk Ponds
|
|
1997
|
|
Victoria Lane Fox dies
|
|
1999
|
Britain decides not to join European Single Currency
|
English Heritage grant aids Landscape Conservation & Management Plan
|
|
2003
|
Second Iraq War
|
Leeds Festival moves to Bramham Park
Southern Parkland restored
|
|
2004
|
|
Lord Bingley's Walk restored
|
| 2009 |
|
Broadwalk Avenue Replanted
Museum Temple restoration completed
|