Stanhill was the former home of Henry Dashwood and his second wife, where they raised their daughters Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret. Sir John Middleton, Mrs. Dashwood's cousin, visited them there too long ago for their daughters to remember him.[1]
Ten years before his death, Henry Dashwood's uncle invited the family to come live with him at Norland Park.[2] They sold their furniture but kept the china, plate, and linen, which upon his own death Henry Dashwood bequeathed to his widow. According to Fanny Dashwood, the breakfast china was twice as handsome as that belonging to Norland Park.[3] She and her husband John Dashwood purchased replacements for the Stanhill legacy at great expense.[4]
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- ↑ Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 6
- ↑ Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 1
- ↑ Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 2
- ↑ Sense and Sensibility, Chapter 33