In the Doomsday Book Neuhusum is described as the property of llbert de Lacy, formerly owned by Dunstan and Glunier, Anglo-Saxon thanes.

 

Neuhusum is given to the Knights Templar. It becomes known as Temple Newsam.

 

Suppression of the Templars.

 

By Royal decree the estates revert to Sir Philip Darcy.

 

A new mansion built on the present site by Thomas Lord Darcy.

 

Darcy's execution for leading the Pilgrimage of Grace. The properties seized by the Crown.

 

Temple Newsam given by Henry VIII to his niece Margaret Countess of Lennox and her husband Matthew Stuart Earl of Lennox.

 

Their son Henry Lord Darnley born at Temple Newsam.

 

Temple Newsam again seized by the crown following Darnley's marriage to Mary, Queen of Scots.

 

James I grants Temple Newsam to his kinsman Ludovic, Duke of Lennox.

 

The estate is bought by Sir Arthur Ingram of London for £12,000.

 

The mansion re-built incorporating some of the Darcy house in the west wing.

 

Sir Arthur's grandson Henry Ingram, created Viscount Irwin, inherits Temple Newsam and marries Lady Essex Montagu, daughter of the Earl of Manchester.

 

Arthur, third Viscount Irwin, inherits Temple Newsam from his brother. His wife, the heiress Isabella Machel, brings two parliamentary seats into the family's control and produces nine sons, five of whom succeed to the title and estates.

 

Edward, forth Viscount Irwin, having inherited from his father at the age of 15 travels on the Grand Tour of Europe and acquires many works of art.

 

His brother Rich, the fifth Viscount Irwin, dies having lost a fortune in the South Sea Bubble.

 

The forth brother Henry, seventh Viscount Irwin, remodels the west and north wings creating new bedrooms and dressing rooms and the fine Picture Gallery.

 

Charles, ninth and last Viscount Irwin, marries the heiress Frances Shepherd and retrieves the family fortunes. They have five daughters. Major improvements in the house and the park is re-landscaped by Capability Brown.

 

Visit of the Prince of Wales who presents his friend, the eldest daughter Lady Hertford, with Chinese wallpaper and the Moses tapestries.

 

The estates are inherited in turn by the two eldest sisters, Lady Hertford and Lady William Gordon, who create new interiors in the south wing.

 

Temple Newsam is inherited by the son of third sister Elizabeth Meynell, Hugo Charles Meynell Ingram. The house is used only occasionally for autumn shooting parties.

 

Hugo Francis's widow, nee Emily Charlotte Wood the Hon Mrs Meynell Ingram, inherits and greatly develops the estates.

 

Visit of the Duke and Duchess of York. Improvements to the interiors include the Dining Room, the Oak Staircase and Passage and the Darnley Room.

 

At her death Mrs Meynell Ingram leaves Temple Newsam and her Yorkshire estates to her nephew the Hon Edward Wood, later first Earl Halifax.

 

The 917 acre park is bought by Leeds Corporation for £35,000; the house is made over as a gift.

 

Paintings from the city Art gallery are evacuated to Temple Newsam. Major exhibitions are held on contemporary artists.

 

Lord Halifax returns over 100 family pictures. The house is developed as a museum of fine and decorative art with major collections.

 

The Picture gallery is restored for its 250th anniversary. Many heirloom paintings and works of art are returned.

 

The house is closed to visitors for major repairs and restoration, largely financed by the Heritage Lottery Fund.