Sir Henry and Lady Ethel Meysey-Thompson, later The Lord and Lady Knaresborough

Their daughter, Hon. Helen Winifred Meysey-Thompson, later Lady Newton by 1922.

Her son the 4th Baron Newton, by descent, 1958.

By descent to the present owners.

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Chesire, United Kingdom, National Trust, Lyme Park, on loan.

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