Temple Newsam-Emily Meynell Ingram

Who was Emily Meynell Ingram?

Second richest woman in the UK (after Queen Victoria)

• Lived a life of absolute luxury

• Loved history

• Was a smart businesswoman

Physical changes

• Built things to show the houses history e.g oak staircase/Darnley room.Emily wanted to ‘show off’ the history the house.Made changes to make the house more Tudor-Jacobean.This is called antiquarianism.

• Started coal mining-made the site more profitable through farming as well.However,she wanted to maintain the appearance of the site so banned any mining equipment to be visible from the house itself.

• Turned the picture gallery into her living space.Changed the colour scheme from green to red to reflect the fashions of Victorian Britain

• Added electricity to the site for one day to impress the royal family

More physical changes

• Built a chapel next to the picture gallery so she could pray in the morning

Everyday life

• Emily living as an old woman in the picture gallery

• Emily praying in the chapel

• Many servants working in the kitchens and house.Extended the size of her domestic staff

• A ‘personal reader’ reading to her

• Coal miners

• Builders working on the staircase

Local and national importance

Local:

-Coal mining brings jobs and a new resource to Yorkshire

National:

-Her massive wealth

-She was visited by the Prince of Wales (later king George v)