‘Deene Park is one of the best-shown houses in England, because visitors see it as it is lived in, and lived in fully as any house in England, with all the main rooms and all the gardens regularly in use.
John Cornforth

Deene Park Story

1086 – Deene Park is mentioned in the Doomsday Book.
1514 – Sir Robert Brudenell acquires the lease for Deene Park.
1566 – Queen Elizabeth I is entertained at Deene for one night.
1587 – John Brudenell witnesses the execution of Mary Queen of Scots at Fotheringhay.
1643 – Cromwell’s troops sack the house.
1661 – Thomas Brudenell created the 1st Earl of Cardigan by Charles II.
1730 – George Brudenell marries Lady Mary Montagu.
1780 – Regency rooms are added to the south side of the house.
1854 – 7th Earl of Cardigan leads the Charge of the Light Brigade.
1864 – Adeline, Countess of Cardigan, inherits Deene Park.
1917 – Ernest Brudenell-Bruce is killed at the Battle of Arras.
1937 – Queen Mary visits Deene Park.
1941 – Troops are billeted at Deene and occupy the House.

HRH Princess Henry, Duchess of Gloucester (later Princess Alice) stands in the middle of the front row.  The lady standing at the rear on the right-hand side is Mary Brudenell, the Grandmother of the current owner, Mr Robert Brudenell.

1943 – The Great Hall stained glass windows are damaged by an American bomber crashing nearby.
1954 – Balaklava centenary dinner is held in the Victorian Ballroom.
2014 – Robert Brudenell inherits Deene Park from his father Edmund.