Inside The Georgian Era Dream House Of Admiral Anson | Historic Britain | Absolute History

Shugborough Hall was the work of two brothers: swashbuckling sailor George Anson who made his fortune on the high seas, and the artistic traveler, Thomas. Alan uncovers their stories and that of another Shugborough resident: jet-setting earl and photographer to the stars Patrick Lichfield. Meanwhile, Miriam O’Reilly seeks out a photographic pioneer at Lacock in Wiltshire, and actor Louis Emerick follows the ale trail from Shugborough’s on-site brewery to the hop farm at Scotney Castle.
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[@ericreativecuts]

As a Canadian, watching those guys try to paddle a canoe was very funny

[@tdswen1]

I was thinking the same thing. The young guy didn't know the "J" stroke.

[@ericreativecuts]

@@tdswen1 exactly! Or the box stroke. Also the paddles looked wrong but that might be because I've only ever used wooden ones. Canoeing was the only gym class I got an A in in my whole life lmao

[@mydogsareneat]

​@@tdswen1kids trying to get the whole alphabet going

[@JayGideon-7]

Another absolutely fabulous episode. This has to be the best thing -- short of actually going to this incredible site. A thousand thanks! 🥇🏆

[@mattzegarski3831]

He didn't get his money from "Pirate treasure". He was a serving Royal Naval Officer. Things just worked differently back then.

[@KLanio-lr8yv]

Shares as motivation

[@cleverusername9369]

In fairness, the only difference between the prize money system and piracy was legality.

[@gordonfrickers5592]

@@cleverusername9369 incorrect. With respect, pirates attack any ship regardless of nationality. Anson only attacked enemies during wartime. Often during wars, private ships, 'privateers', were issued a commission to attack enemies as the Americans did on many occasions. mostly merchant ships were the preferred prey, victims of privateers. The French speak of corsairs with a lettre de marque and so on with other nations.

[@laurielaurie8280]

Makes me wish for the simpler days.

[@GuruRasaVonWerder]

Like the Inquisition? Work houses? Hanging for minor thefts? Branding the poor - whose land they stole - on the face for begging?💣💣💣🕳🕳🕳💨💨💨💦💦💦🗨🗨🗨 Some of these rich were selfish, cruel demons from Hell - they got their gains by force, pirating, big-time stealing, land grabbing, murder, exploitation of the poor.

[@jilltagmorris]

This was great!

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Amazing. All done by the Admiral without hundreds of servants.

[@davefellhoelter1343]

Perfect Brothers! the sum of their parts? are Greater than their Peices!

[@sallysmith8081]

The original estate was owned by Catholic bishops, until Henry VIII destroyed the monasteries. I wonder if the Catholic Church would have claims on it, and all the other things destroyed during Henry's era. So in a way, the ground it stands on was "pirated" to begin with.

[@davefellhoelter1343]

I'm drinking my whisky, but Now I think I Need to make some Supper Hoppy Beer!

[@lisapop5219]

How long ago was the vr part? I'm asking because I've never seen the backpack part. Was that a battery?

[@mikeskelly2356]

VR headsets are just 3D displays, the video rendering is done with a PC video card. That unit appears to be a dedicated portable computer with internal batteries.

[@mm-yt8sf]

i wonder if other nobles looked down on the "new money" estate 🙂

[@lindenmanmax]

I'm sure some affected to look down on it, to conceal their envy.

[@helengren9349]

☝️You should use gloves while touching old documents❗❗❗☝️

[@therealhellkitty5388]

Im sorry, I don’t understand… I thought Britain had a navy during the Tudor period.

[@Brian1Graves]

I can't quite figure out who was the most pathetic. Those desperate to be admired or those desperate to admire them. Collectively, must have been the most shallow people of all time.

[@GuruRasaVonWerder]

These type estates came out of violence, stealing, murder & war. The game of men; Patriarchy.

[@Ms123kill]

Thats why you should stay in kitchen

[@zico739]

Patriarchy built the world and continues to build its future.

[@GuruRasaVonWerder]

@@zico739 And their nuclear war will blow up half the planet if this continues, great conclusion to patriarchy. And not likely they will continue as they are going extinct. See Dr. Bryan Sykes.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

What, no mention of the weird stuff? The Rosicrusians, The Templars, the Grail, Rennes le Chateau? The code no one has solved? If you buy into the theories, the follies are anything but; they are complex pieces in a jigsaw leading to answers to arcane mysteries. Unfortunately no one left any clues and a lot of it has been discredited. Still a lot more interesting than mushrooms and photos of the Royals!

[@angybear1112]

can yall take out the music jesus christ

[@judithvallembois2744]

Jesus Christ loves you.

[@nesekaba]

I am very annoyed by the photography man. The woman says, "So this is where he invented photography," him, "no, he did it in his head, this is where he did the work." Literally the same thing. Just a man correcting a woman for the sake of correcting a woman and feeling superior.

[@OstblockLatina]

23:00 - nor did they have the modern slavery, that is Eastern-European or Asian laborers - the empoverished people from the most depressed countries of the continent, too poor and too desperate to know their rights or to dare to demand having them respected.

[@miriammaciulis5488]

Somehow they aren't really sorry ever. Like oh, we enslaved these people, let's move on. In all the episodes.

[@sajisnair9354]

Thailand 😮😂

[@sajisnair9354]

😒👉☯️🕵️

[@chucku.farley3927]

I work my ass off just to live from check to check, seeing people live like this makes me want to vomit, I absolutely hate rich people!

[@arslongavitabrevis5136]

According to a special computer program dedicated to working out today's value of the British pound in the past, the equivalent of admiral George Anson's prize money from 1744 would be £77.000.000; a nice sum, particularly when you think that the hateful income tax did not exist in those days.

[@GuruRasaVonWerder]

77 million pounds? Nice work. How many people did he have to kill, slaughter, maim, blind & mutilate?

[@arslongavitabrevis5136]

@@GuruRasaVonWerder Well, I have to say that figure represents the value of the Spanish treasure he captured but let's not forget that all prizes were divided proportionally between the crew. However, he must have walked away with nearly 50% of that. Anyway, he did not murder anyone, he just captured an enemy ship in battle. He was not a criminal as you seem to imply.

[@helengren9349]

@@arslongavitabrevis5136 Didn't murder😲they said in the vid how many dead peeps there were....☹️

[@arslongavitabrevis5136]

@@helengren9349 Hello Helen, you lost me there. What does it mean "dead peeps"?

[@helengren9349]

@@arslongavitabrevis5136 Hallo 👋 Ok, it means "Dead people/ persons"... They mentioned dead and injured..