Temple Newsam- Emily Meynell-Ingram

Question 1

How did Emily Meynell-Ingram get Temple Newsam House

Answer 1

Inherited from her dead husband

Question 2

Context to Victorian England

Answer 2

Royal family was symbolic and lost the power
Britain was richest and powerful country in the world
Industrial Revolution added factories, railways and coal mines
Coal mines opened and fuelled machines
Unemployment increased due to machines replacing people
Domestic staff left due to low wages

Question 3

Context to Emily Meynell-Ingram

Answer 3

Born in 1840
Childhood friends with Queen Victoria
Married Hugo Meynell-Ingram at 24
Hugo was killed in a hunting accident when she was 32 so inherited everything
Renovated the house the house into a Tudor Style
Expanded coal mining
Spent the remainder of the as a widow holding parties, travelling and collecting art
Second richest woman in England

Question 4

Reasons and attitudes for Expanding Coal mines

Answer 4

Increasing the wealth
Out of sight of the house (didn’t want to see it)

Question 5

Changed to coal mines

Answer 5

Expanded coal mines and made £150,000
Income rose from £45,000-£150,000
Banned mining in sight of Temple Newsam

Question 6

Changed for Royal Family visit

Answer 6

Installed electricity for one day for when the royals visited
Redesigned the oak staircase and oak passage to impress visitor
Royals stayed in the Princes room

Question 7

Reasons and attitudes for Royal visit

Answer 7

Impress royals
Flaunt wealth
Likes impressing people
Close connection to Royals

Question 8

Changes to Darnley Room

Answer 8

Created the Darnley Room (after Lord Darnley the father of King James I)
Decorated on Tudor style with portraits of Queen Mary and James I

Question 9

Reasons and attitudes for Darnley room

Answer 9

Impress visitors
Show history of house
Values the legacy
Shows the connection with the royals

Question 10

Changes to the Oak Staircase

Answer 10

Redecorated to the Tudor style
Used wooden paneling and Tudor Rose
Paintings from Tudor time

Question 11

Reasons and attitudes for Oak staircase

Answer 11

Shows the history of the house
Antiquarianism (using the house to display the history)

Question 12

Changes to Picture Gallery

Answer 12

Changed the picture gallery to red (match the empire)
Converted library to chapel (organ)
Installed a balloon and bathroom

Question 13

Reasons and attitudes for Picture Gallery

Answer 13

Keep up with fashions
Deteriorating health
Values fashion
Values religion