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4 unusual facts about Luton Hoo


Klang Box

Klang Box was a special-edition boxed set compilation of music by Kraftwerk, issued in the UK in May 1997 as a promotional item ahead of Kraftwerk's 24 May appearance at the Tribal Gathering Festival, held at Luton Hoo, England.

Luton Hoo

At the centre of the house the massive Blue hall displayed further tapestries, Louis XV furniture, and Sèvres porcelain.

In 1903 the house was bought by Sir Julius Wernher, who had made his fortune from the diamond mines of South Africa.

The Leigh family continued to own Luton Hoo until 1903, when on the death of John Leigh's daughter-in-law, who had late in life married Christian de Falbe, the Danish ambassador to England, the estate was sold to the diamond magnate, Sir Julius Wernher.



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