Harewood House

Harewood House, Leeds, West Yorkshire

Harewood House Trust

Commissioned by Edwin Lascelles in 1759, Harewood House was designed and furnished by a prestigious cast; York architect John Carr, interior designer Robert Adam and furniture-maker Thomas Chippendale.

It was set in a landscape designed by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown. Altered extensively by the Earls of Harewood over its 250 years of use as family home, Harewood’s rich interiors continue to provide an impressive setting for the family’s heirlooms and collections which include Sevres porcelain, 18th-century English masters, and 20th-century art.

Harewood House Trust, Harewood House, Harewood, Leeds, LS17 9LG
Visitor Information: 0113 218 1010
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Harewood House - Gifts 1914

A Gift from a Nation
Harewood House: 3 April – 1 November 2015

At the start of the First World War there was a mass outpouring of sympathy and charity to the men fighting for Britain. The Royal family were not immune to this and in October 1914 the young Princess Mary took it upon herself to provide a small thank you present for the troops serving the country on Christmas Day 1914.

By Christmas 1914, 355,716 gifts had reached members of the British Expeditionary force, 66,168 gift boxes had reached men at home on sick leave, 4,600 had gone to the French Mission, fighting alongside British soldiers in France, and 1,390 boxes had reached nursing staff in the army. This meant that over 426,724 gift boxes had been made and distributed in just two months. Over the next four years another two million boxes would be delivered to people involved in Britain’s war effort.

Harewood has 70 examples of these gift boxes with the best on show in a special display on the State Floor.

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