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| − | [[Image:Wollaton_Hall.jpg|right|thumb|800px|Wollaton Hall, as depicted in "Morris's Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen", published 1880.]] | + | An estate in Nottinghamshire, as of 1805, Wollaton Hall was the family seat of [[Lord Allendale]], the eleventh Earl of Allendale. [[George Laurence]], his oldest son, was in line to inherit the title and estate. |
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| − | Wollaton Hall is an estate in Nottinghamshire. Built in the late sixteenth century, it was the family seat to the Earls of Allendale. From as late as 1786, [[Lord Allendale]] was the eleventh such Earl, but following a sickness in 1807, his duties had largely been assumed by his eldest son, and the future 12th Earl of Allendale, [[George Laurence]].
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| − | [[William Laurence]], the third son of the eleventh Earl, briefly stopped here in 1805 on his way to the [[Loch Laggan Covert]] after harnessing the [[Celestial]] dragon [[Temeraire]].
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| − | When [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] successfully invaded England in 1807 and began attacking various towns, Wollaton Hall was spared; an order made to repay the actions of William Laurence, who had not long before brought France the antidote to the [[Dragon Plague]] in an attempt to prevent the spread of the disease further into Europe and Asia.
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| − | == Regarding Wollaton Hall and The Earls of Allendale ==
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| − | Historically, Wollaton Hall was commissioned by Sir Francis Willoughby in the 1580s, and in 1711, his descendant Thomas Willoughby was made "Baron Middleton", and Wollaton Hall remaining the Middleton seat until the building was sold to the Nottingham Corporation in 1925.
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| − | The Earldom of Allendale is fictional, but possibly refers to the town of Allendale, Northumberland. Further evidence that the Earldom of Allendale could have formerly been situated there is that the family owns estates there.
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| − | With this in mind, it is likely that in the "Temeraire canon", a previous Earl of Allendale bought Wollaton Hall from the Willoughbys, and over time the family seat was moved from Northumberland to Nottinghamshire, with the Earls of Allendale continuing to represent Allendale, while the Willougbys went on representing Nottinghamshire from their seat at "Middleton Hall"; another mansion belonging to their family.
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