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5 unusual facts about Berkeley Castle


Charles Lucas

Exchanged for Parliamentary prisoners during the winter, he defended Berkeley Castle for a short time against Thomas Rainsborough, but was soon back in the field.

Christopher Hussey

Hussey's series of monographs on selected houses and a series The Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge collected material drawn from his Country Life articles, offered in more permanent format: Petworth House, Clarence House, London, Ely House, London, Berkeley Castle, Eton College, Shugborough were all given the Hussey treatment, and they demonstrate the range of his competence.

Daisy Dick

In October 2009 she married Charles Berkeley, scion of Berkeley Castle.

HMS Berkeley Castle

Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Berkeley Castle after Berkeley Castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire.

Monmouth Castle

Edward II was briefly held prisoner in the castle before being transferred to Berkeley Castle where he died.



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Grantley Berkeley

Berkeley had brutally assaulted magazine publisher James Fraser over a review William Maginn wrote of Berkeley's novel Berkeley Castle, and Maginn had called him out.