News · August 2019

News from Boughton

Have you heard what’s happening on the Estate? Here’s where we share the latest news and details of forthcoming events that you might like.

Duchess in the spotlight

2nd August, 2019

A new collaborative exhibition is set to shine a light on a modern Georgian Duchess and her relationship with the era’s operatic culture. Elizabeth Montagu, 3rd Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry (1743-1827), is the focus of A Passion for Opera: The Duchess and the Georgian Stage, which opened at Boughton House in Northamptonshire in August. […]

Earl launches photography exhibition

2nd August, 2019

Walter, the Earl of Dalkeith is mounting a photographic exhibition at his family home in Northamptonshire this summer, celebrating and reimagining the works of naturalist and ornithologist George Edwards (1694 -1774). Born from the original etchings featured in Edwards’ A Natural History of Uncommon Birds and Gleanings of Natural History, which form part of the […]