14 July 2020

A Portrait of Maria Teresa Gage, Lady Craufurd, with notes on other portraits of her family

By Georgina Craufurd, Lady Craufurd of Kilbirnie

Amongst the Gage family’s portraits in Firle Place’s extensive painting collection is a striking late 18^th /early 19^th century portrait of Maria Teresa Gage, probably by the emigrée French artist, Sophie de Tott, who exhibited a portrait of ‘Lady Crawford’ (sic) at the Royal Academy in 1803.

3 March 2020

Letters of Jenifer Myrtle Palmer

Letters of Jenifer Myrtle Palmer

From Southover Manor School at Firle Place, Sussex

Aged 14

1940

18 December 2019

FIRLE DURING WW2

By Christoper Arnander

Firle during the Second World War.

10 April 2019

A SHORT HISTORY OF FAWSLEY, NORTHANTS

By Deborah Gage

The picturesque Fawsley Estate has a rich and colourful history and is currently owned by the Gage family. Originally dating from the 7^th century, the estate includes a park laid out by Capability Brown as well as a manor house that is now one of the leading hotels in Northamptonshire. This article traces the colourful history of the estate and families who have lived there.