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![This month marks 150 years of Waddesdon. In August 1874 Ferdinand de Rothschild writes to his Father in Law: '[…] Of course you know that James has purchased the Marlborough estate for me.' On the 22nd August the Bucks Herald reported the estate was bought for £200,000.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GV-96qqXEAAydQM.jpg "Waddesdon Curators (@wmcurators) on Twitter photo This month marks 150 years of Waddesdon. In August 1874 Ferdinand de Rothschild writes to his Father in Law: '[…] Of course you know that James has purchased the Marlborough estate for me.' On the 22nd August the Bucks Herald reported the estate was bought for £200,000.")