2-914-047 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Hawkstone House, the seat of Viscount Hill, 1854. Party for Rowland Clegg-Hill's 21st birthday at the family seat of Hawkstone Hall. 'The fine ancestral domain of Hawkstone, in Shropshire. has just been the scene of great festivity in commemoration of the Hon. Rowland Clegg Hill, eldest son of the Right Hon. Viscount Hill, and heir to the family title and estates, attaining his majority....In front of the Hall, the band of the North Shropshire Yeomanry were stationed in a tent, and received the visitors with favourite airs...Its romantic park is well known as one of the most striking in the kingdom. The company in the mansion, who were entertained on the 5th with a very handsome dinner, previously to a grand ball in the evening...', held in the marquee on the right. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.