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 | | Earl of Malton, latterly 1st Marquess of Rockingham, 1742—50: his son, 2nd Marquess, Prime Minister, 1750—82: the latter's nephew, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, 1782—1833: the latter's son, 5th Earl, 1833—9: the latter's son, Viscount Milton, latterly 6th Earl, 1840—65, 1871—1902: the latter's grandson, 7th Earl, 1902—31. |
 | | In 1883 the first Duke of Westminster refused to renew the lease in reversion from 1903 because that was 'the date fixed in that block as the limit for the old houses to be kept up', but by 1895 had changed his mind, and a lease to 1942 was granted. |
 | | Four additional bedrooms were made for the lessee, Sir Horace Farquhar, by the builders George Jackson and Sons on the Brook Street front at ground-and first-floor level. |
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