The History of The Ham House - London's Most Famous 17th Century House

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Ham House is a 17th-century house set in formal gardens on the bank of the River Thames in Ham, south of Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The original house was completed in 1610 by Thomas Vavasour, an Elizabethan courtier and Knight Marshal to James I. It was then leased, and later bought, by William Murray, a close friend and supporter of Charles I. The English Civil War saw the house and much of the estate sequestrated but Murray's wife Katherine regained them on payment of a fine. During the Protectorate, his daughter Elizabeth, Countess of Dysart on her father’s death in 1655, successfully navigated the prevailing anti-royalist sentiment and retained control of the estate. The house achieved its greatest period of prominence following Elizabeth's second marriage to John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, in 1672. The Lauderdales held important roles at the court of the restored Charles II, the duke being a member of the Cabal ministry and holder of major positions in Scotland, while the Duchess exercised significant social and political influence. They began an ambitious program of development and embellishment at Ham. The house was almost doubled in size and equipped with private apartments for the Duke and Duchess, as well as princely accommodation suites for visitors. The house was furnished to the highest standards of courtly taste and decorated with "a lavishness which transcended even what was fitting to their exalted rank".

0:00:00 - intro
0:00:13 - Summary
0:00:53 - Early years
0:01:20 - William Murray, 1st Earl of Dysart (1643–55)
0:02:14 - Elizabeth, Countess of Dysart (1655–98) and Sir Lionel Tollemache Bt. (1640–69)
0:03:13 - Elizabeth and John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale (1645–82)
0:04:16 - Architecture of the house
0:05:00 - Listing designations
0:05:26 - Introduction
0:05:38 - Great Hall
0:06:31 - Chapel
0:06:39 - Great Staircase
0:07:21 - Round Gallery
0:07:30 - North Drawing Room
0:08:19 - Long Gallery
0:09:19 - Green Closet
0:09:31 - Library
0:10:06 - Queen's Apartments
0:10:17 - Antechamber
0:10:36 - Queen's Bedchamber
0:11:20 - Queen's Closet
0:11:31 - Private Closet
0:11:54 - White Closet
0:12:39 - Marble Dining Room
0:13:01 - Withdrawing Room
0:13:27 - Duchess's Bedchamber
0:13:55 - Back Parlour
0:14:25 - Garden and grounds
0:15:20 - Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Earl of Dysart (1698–1727)
0:15:38 - Lionel, 4th Earl (1727–70)
0:16:33 - Lionel, 5th Earl (1770–99)
0:16:45 - Wilbraham, 6th Earl (1799–1821)
0:17:08 - Louisa, 7th Countess (1821–40)
0:17:37 - Lionel, 8th Earl (1840–1878)
0:18:08 - William, 9th Earl (1878–1935)
0:18:47 - Sir Lyonel Tollemache, Bt. (1935–52)
0:19:10 - National Trust (1948–present)
0:19:54 - In film and television
0:20:47 - Access
0:21:02 - outro

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