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William Herbert, third Earl of Pembroke, next purchased the 
estate; he was appointed Lord Chamberlain and Chancellor of 
Oxford University in 1626, and was a large contributor to Bodley’s 
Library. Pembroke College (formerly Broadgates Hall) was named 
after him. He died in 1630, and was succeeded by his brother 
Philip, who alienated the Manor from the park. In 1631 the 
house and park were sold to Kobert Carey, Earl of Monmouth, 
who died in 1639. The estate was purchased in 1663 by James 
Butler, first Duke of Ormond, a descendant of Balph de Boteler 
mentioned before; he sold the park in 1670 and died in 1688. 
The purchaser was another Duke of Monmouth, a natural son of 
Charles II by Lucy Walters ; he married the heiress of the Earl of 
Buccleuch and built the present mansion. He joined the Bye 
House plot, fled the country, conspired to invade England while 
Argyll attacked Scotland, landed at Lyme Begis or Totness, was 
defeated at Sedgemoor, captured, and sent to the Tower with his 
wife and children, and beheaded at the age of 36. It being proved 
to the King that the Duchess had always opposed her husband’s 
disloyalty, he in 1686 made a full grant of Moor Park to her and 
her heirs for ever. It is said that in resentment of the treatment 
accorded to her husband, the Duchess had all the oak-trees in the 
park beheaded to unfit them for use in the Navy; colour is given 
to this statement by the great number of pollard oaks in the park. 
The Duchess sold the estate to Mr. II. B. Styles, the son of a 
London citizen, who amassed a large fortune by the South Sea 
Bubble. He set himself to improve the mansion, the front of 
which, under the hands of Leoni, an Italian architect, almost 
disappeared, for he encased it in Portland stone and added the 
west portico and two wings. In 1754 the estate was sold to Lord 
Anson, the celebrated Admiral and author of ‘A Voyage round 
the World.’ He employed “ Capability Brown” to lay out the 
gardens, spending a very large sum on them. Lord Anson should 
be venerated by all Aldermen for being the first person to introduce 
turtle into England; he died very suddenly in 1762. Sir L. Dundas 
purchased the estate from Lord Anson’s brother, and employed 
Cypriani to decorate the ceiling of the gallery; he also fitted up the 
celebrated lapis lazuli mantelpiece. George IV, when Prince of 
Wales, was sumptuously entertained by Sir L. Dundas here. 
Sir L. Dundas bequeathed the estate to his son, who sold it in 
1785 to Mr. ltous, who pulled down the wings, colonnades, etc., 
and generally did the work of a vandal; he died in 1799. 
Bobert Williams, a partner in the banking firm of Williams, 
Deacon, & Co., purchased the estate in 1801; he died in 1814 
and was succeeded by his son, who laid out “the Cottage Gardens.” 
In 1828 Bobert, second Earl Grosvenor, afterwards created 
Marquis of Westminster, purchased the estate; he made great 
alterations in the park, and on 16th June, 1833, entertained 
William IV and Queen Adelaide. The Marquis died in 1845, and 
the Marchioness the year after, and Moor Park came by inheritance 
to their youngest son, Lord Bobert Grosvenor, who in 1847 was 
