Doughty House was a country house on Richmond Hill in Surrey

Surrey

Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...

, England. It was the residence of the Cook Baronets

Cook Baronets

There has been one Cook Baronetcy, created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in the 19th century, and still extant.-Cook Baronets of Doughty House, Richmond, Surrey :...

. It was bought in 1849 by the first baronet. A 125 feet (38.1 m) was added in 1885 for the family art collection. The house was bomb-damaged in the Second World War and the 4th baronet moved to Jersey with 30 paintings from the collection.

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