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unusual facts about George Cubitt, 1st Baron Ashcombe


Bodiam Castle

Under his auspices, the castle was partially restored before being sold to George Cubitt, 1st Baron Ashcombe, and later to Lord Curzon, both of whom undertook further restoration work.


George Cubitt, 1st Baron Ashcombe

He died on 26 February 1917 and was buried in the churchyard of St Barnabas Church, Ranmore Common, Surrey.

Cubitt purchased his estate in Bodiam, East Sussex, from local farmer Thomas Levett, descendant of an old Sussex family and owner of Court Lodge Farm, for £1,039 on August 4, 1862.


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