Their return is "something I have always imagined, " Lord Cholmondeley told the FT.

BBC: BP brings old masters back to Britain after 234 years

This buy marks the first one filed by Cholmondeley in the past year.

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The house is now owned by Walpole's descendent, the 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley, who inherited the Grade I listed building in 1990.

BBC: BP brings old masters back to Britain after 234 years