House & Family History: Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and Prince Philip spent their 1947 honeymoon at Broadlands, then the home of Prince Philip's uncle, Earl Mountbatten. The Prince of Wales followed in this tradition, spending part of his honeymoon with the former Lady Diana Spencer at Broadlands.

Collections: The dining room at Broadlands contains three van Dyck paintings, though the artist's famous "Lord John Stuart With His Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart," circa 1639, was sold to the National Gallery, London, in 1987, just a year after it triumphantly returned from the National Gallery of Art's "The Treasure Houses of Britain" exhibition in Washington. In the 17th and 18th centuries the painting hung at Cobham Hall, Kent, as part of the collection of the dukes of Lennox (the brothers pictured were the younger sons of the 3rd Duke of Lennox and brothers of the 4th Duke) and the earls of Darnley. Sir Oliver Millar, writing about the painting in the "Treasure Houses" exhibition catalog: "No picture illustrates more clearly the revolution van Dyck brought about in the development of British portraiture." Gainsborough was obsessed with van Dyck's painting, producing a copy of it (today in the collection of the St. Louis Art Museum) in 1785 for the 4th Earl of Darnley. Joseph Wright of Derby's "An Iron Forge" was sold at Sotheby's in 1992 and purchased by the Tate Gallery for £2,243,000. In the 18th century Lord Palmerston purchased from Piranesi ancient Roman vases as part of a collection of classical sculpture, furniture, and pottery put together by Holland and Palmerston.

John Bernard (J.B.) Burke, published under the title of A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, among other titles: Vol. I, p. 216, 1852.

John Preston (J.P.) Neale, published under the title of Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, among other titles: Vol. II, 1819.

Country Life: LIII, 434, 466, 1923. CLXVIII, 2099, 2246, 2334, 1980. CLXIX, 288 [Furniture], 346 [Furniture], 1981. CLXXI, 224 [Paintings], 296 [Paintings], 1982.

House Listed: Grade I

Park Listed: Grade II

Current Seat / Home of: Penelope Meredith Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten of Burma.

Past Seat / Home of: Sir Francis Fleming, 16th century. Edward St. Barbe, 18th century. Humphrey Sydenham, 18th century. William Francis Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple, 19th century; Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, 19th century. Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 20th century. Lady Pamela Hicks, 20th century. Patricia Edwina Victoria Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, until 2017.

Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home

House Open to Public: Yes

Phone: 01794-505-080

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.broadlandsestates.co.uk

Historic Houses Member: No