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Tone Dale House (or Tonedale House) was built by Thomas Fox, in 1801, is an historic Grade II listed country house located in Wellington, Somerset, England. Wellington lies west of Taunton in the vale of Taunton Deane, from the Devon border. Tone Dale House, also known as House of Fox, offers views of Somerset with the Quantock hills to the North, and Blackdown Hills to the south, upon which sits the Wellington monument, built in commemoration of the Duke of Wellington. ==History== In 1786, Thomas Fox the son of Edward Fox became a partner in the family’s long established textile manufacturing business Fox Brothers in Wellington, Somerset and Coldharbour Mill Working Wool Museum, Uffculme, Devon. "It was the practice...for many well-to-do manufacturers and merchants to build fine houses in the country, becoming country gentlemen themselves, their ladies priding themselves on their idleness. " Thomas Fox and his wife Sarah, however, built their Palladian Villa house from 1801 beside their woollen mill. thumb Thomas Fox was married to Anna Were, whose family had long been established as textile manufacturers in Wellington in the county of Somerset. Their son, Thomas (17 January 1747–29 April 1821) became a partner in the firm and married Sarah Smith, the daughter of Thomas Smith, a London banker. They had 15 children, of whom seven sons and three daughters survived to adulthood. The sons who participated in the family business were * Thomas (1786–1862) * Edward (1789–1845) * Sylvanus (1791–1851) * Samuel (1794–1874) * Henry (1800–1876) * Charles (1801–1860) 〔Edward H Milligan ''The Biographical Dictionary of British Quakers in Commerce and Industry 1775-1920'', Sessions of York (2007) ISBN 978-1-85072-367-7. His source for this item is Hubert Fox ''Quaker Homespun'' (1958).〕 The Wellington Fox family is descended from Francis Fox of St Germans by way of Edward Fox of Wadebridge. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tone Dale House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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