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4 unusual facts about Hever Castle


Baron Astor of Hever

Baron Astor of Hever, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Hever Castle

Anne Boleyn, the second queen consort of King Henry VIII of England, spent her early youth there, after her father, Thomas Boleyn had inherited it in 1505.

The second period was when the castle, then in need of repair, was converted into a manor in 1462 by Geoffrey Boleyn, younger brother of Thomas Boleyn, Master of Gonville Hall, Cambridge.

He lived there with his wife Lady Elizabeth Howard and their children George, Mary and Anne (the future wife of Henry VIII).



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