Lord Armstrong, the Victorian industrialist who gifted Jesmond Dene to the people of Newcastle, built Cragside, near Rothbury.
There will be a Heritage Open Day at Cragside on 10th September, to which anyone with an Armstrong connection is invited to attend.
More info http://www.journallive.co.uk/lifestyle-news/newcastle-features/2011/07/25/victorian-children-revealed-61634-29111652/
In this issue of the Friends of Jesmond Dene Newsletter we have articles from Henrietta Heald, who is the author of Magician of the North, a biography of William Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Cragside (1810–1900). She writes about the missing painting of Prince Hal (more below). We also have an article on Lord Armstrong’s environmentalism, written by Keaton Bailey who’s dissertation was based on Jesmond Dene and Lord Armstrong.
You will also find updates from FOJD, what we’ve been up to and recent events, plus how you can help support the Dene.
In this issue with have an article from our Patron John Grundy on the Garden of Jesmond Dene as well a look at a newspaper advert from 1907 for the rent of Jesmond Dene house. John Telfer also writes his third and concluding article regarding the hydraulic organ at The Banqueting Hall.
