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Portrait in a Place

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Great houses and great people A series of five programmes 2: Florence Nightingale at Claydon presented by Sir Hugh Casson , RDI, FRIBA with Flora Robson as Florence Nightingale
BETTY BASKCOMB. GODFREY KENTON Claydon is an 18-century house in Buckinghamshire, famous for its elaborate rococo carvings and for the Verney Papers which record the everyday history of the family during the Civil War. Florence Nightingale's sister married into the family, and for a period in her old age The Lady with The Lamp made it her home for a part of each year.
Producer RICHARD KEEN
(Sir Harry Verney recalls his great-aunt: Woman's Hour, Thursday. Next Sunday: William Morris at Kelmscott)

Contributors

Presented By:
Sir Hugh Casson
Unknown:
Flora Robson
Unknown:
Florence Nightingale
Unknown:
Betty Baskcomb.
Unknown:
Godfrey Kenton
Unknown:
Sir Harry Verney
Source: Radio Times

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