Syon House, with its 200-acre (80 hectare/800,000 m²) park, is situated in West London, England. It belongs to the Duke of Northumberland and is now his family's London residence. The family's traditional central London residence was Northumberland House.
Syon House shares its name with Syon Abbey, a medieval monastery of the Bridgettine Order, founded in 1426 at the current Syon Park site, by King Henry V and completed by his son, Henry VI. In 1...
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Syon House, with its 200-acre (80 hectare/800,000 m²) park, is situated in West London, England. It belongs to the Duke of Northumberland and is now his family's London residence. The family's traditional central London residence was Northumberland House.
Syon House shares its name with Syon Abbey, a medieval monastery of the Bridgettine Order, founded in 1426 at the current Syon Park site, by King Henry V and completed by his son, Henry VI. In 1539, the abbey was surrendered to the English crown during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and the monastic community was expelled.
In 1541 and part of the following year, Henry VIII's fifth wife, Catherine Howard, was brought to Syon for her long imprisonment. In February 1542, she was taken to the Tower of London and executed on charges of adultery.
In the late 17th century, Syon was in the possession of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, through his wife, Elizabeth Seymour (née Percy). After the future Queen Anne had a disagreement...
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