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History - The House And Its Owners
List of Owners

 

c.1066

 

Dunstan and Glunier, two Anglo Saxon thanes.
c.1070 - c.1087
Ilbert de Lacy, Lord of the Honour of Pontefract, a Norman baron.

 

c.1087 - 1130
Robert de Lacy, his son.

 

1130 - c.1141
Ilbert de Lacy, eldest son of Robert.

 

c.1141 - 1155
Henry de Lacy, second son of Robert.

 

c.1155 - 1308
The Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, commonly called the Knights Templars.

 

1308 - 1314
The Crown (Edward II).

 

1314 - 1323
Robert de Holland, a soldier of fortune.

 

1323 - 1324
The Manor seized by the Hospitallers who failed to make good their claim.

 

1224 - 1327
The Crown (Edward II).

 

1327 - 1377
Marie, Countess of Pembroke, widow of Aylmer de Valence (life tenant).

 

1377 - 1399
Philip, 4th Lord Darcy of Knaith (to whose grandfather, John, 1st Lord Darcy of Knaith, the reversion of the manor had been granted by Edward II in 1337).

 

1399 - 1411
John, 5th Lord Darcy of Knaith and 4th Lord Meynell; son of Philip, 4th Lord Darcy.

 

1411 - 1418
Philip, 6th Lord Darcy of Knaith and 5th Lord Meynell; son of John, 5th Lord Darcy.

 

1418 - c.1456
Sir John Darcy, son of the 5th and younger brother of the 6th Lord Darcy of Knaith.

 

c.1456 - c.1470
Richard Darcy, son of Sir John Darcy.

 

c.1470 - 1488
Sir William Darcy, son of Richard Darcy.

 

1488 - 1537
Thomas Darcy, 1st Lord Darcy of Temple Hurst and Temple Newsam KG and son of Sir William Darcy; beheaded on Tower Hill.

 

1537 - 1544
The Crown (Henry VIII).

 

1544 - 1565
The Earl and Countess of Lennox, parents of Lord Darnley.

 

1565 - 1603
The Crown (Elizabeth I and James I).

 

1603 - 1622
Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox.

 

1622 - 1642
Sir Arthur Ingram, the elder.

 

1642 - 1655
Sir Arthur Ingram, the younger.

 

1655 - 1660
Thomas Ingram; eldest son of Sir Arthur Ingram, the younger.

 

1660 - 1666
Henry Ingram, 1st Baron Ingram and Viscount Irwin; younger son of Sir Arthur Ingram, the younger.

 

1666 - 1688
Edward Ingram, 2nd Viscount Irwin; elder son of Henry, 1st Viscount Irwin.

 

1688 - 1702
Arthur Ingram, 3rd Viscount Irwin; younger son of Henry, 1st Viscount Irwin.

 

1702 - 1714
Edward Machel Ingram, 4th Viscount Irwin; eldest of the nine sons of Arthur, 3rd Viscount Irwin.

 

1714 - 1721
Rich Ingram, 5th Viscount Irwin; second son of Arthur, 3rd Viscount Irwin.

 

1721 - 1736
Arthur Ingram, 6th Viscount Irwin; third son of Arthur, 3rd Viscount Irwin.

 

1736 - 1761
Henry Ingram, 7th Viscount Irwin; fourth son of Arthur, 3rd Viscount Irwin.

 

1736 - 1761
George Ingram, 8th Viscount Irwin; sixth son of Arthur, 3rd Viscount Irwin.

 

1763 - 1778
Charles Ingram, 9th Viscount Irwin; only son of Charles Ingram, the seventh son of Arthur, 3rd Viscount Irwin.

 

1778 - 1807
Frances Shepheard; relict of Charles, 9th Viscount Irwin.

 

1807 - 1834
Isabella Anne Ingram Shepheard; Machioness of Hertford; eldest of the five daughters and co-heiress of Charles, 9th Viscount Irwin.

 

1834 - 1841
Frances Ingram Shepheard; Lady William Gordon; second daughter and co-heiress of Charles, 9th Viscount Irwin.

 

1841 - 1869
Hugo Charles Meynell Ingram; eldest son of Elizabeth Ingram Shepheard; third daughter and co-heiress of Charles, 9th Viscount Irwin.

 

1869 - 1871
Hugo Francis Meynell Ingram; son of Hugo Charles Meynell Ingram.

 

1871 - 1904
Emily Charlotte Wood, the Honorable Mrs Meynell Ingram; daughter of Charles, 1st Viscount Halifax and widow of Hugo Francis Meynell Ingram.

 

1904 - 1922
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, son of Charles, 2nd Viscount Halifax and nephew of Mrs Meynell Ingram. Created a peer of the United Kingdom in December 1925 as 1st Baron Irwin of Kirby Underdale in the County of York. Viceroy of India 1926.

 

1922 - present
Leeds City Council.