Ham House is a 17th-century house set in formal gardens on the bank of the River Thames in Ham, south of Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The original house was completed in 1610 by Thomas Vavasour, an Elizabethan courtier and Knight Marshal to James I. It was then leased, and later bought, by William Murray, a close friend and supporter of Charles I. The English Civil War saw the house and much of the estate sequestrated, but Murray's wife Katherine regained them on payment of a fine. During the Protectorate his daughter Elizabeth, Countess of Dysart on her father's death in 1655, successfully navigated the prevailing anti-royalist sentiment and retained control of the estate.
The house achieved its greatest period of prominence following Elizabeth's second marriage—to John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, in 1672.
House late Feb.–Oct., daily 10–4. Gardens Nov.–mid-Feb., daily 10–4; mid-Feb.–Oct., daily 10–5
House, gardens, and outbuildings £10; gardens and servants' quarters only £4
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham_House
Official website http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hamhouse
Phone +1 8940–1950
Address Ham St., London, TW10 7RS, England
Coordinates 51°26'39.199" N -0°18'50.671" E
