Sir Humphry Wakefield, 2nd Baronet
English baronet and expert on antiques and architecture / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Edward Humphry Tyrrell Wakefield, 2nd Baronet, FRGS (born 11 July 1936) is an English baronet and expert on antiques and architecture.
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Born | (1936-07-11) 11 July 1936 (age 87) |
Residence | Chillingham Castle |
Noble family | Wakefield of Kendal |
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Father | Sir Edward Wakefield, 1st Baronet |
Mother | Constance Lalage Perronet Thompson |
Occupation | Antiques dealer |
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Wakefield has made his career a study of antique furniture and historic restoration. He worked for Christie's of London, and subsequently became director and chairman of antique-dealing firms.[1]
In 1982 he bought Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, from the Grey family of Northumberland, the family of his third wife Katherine, daughter of Lady Mary Grey. He has since restored the ruined castle to a habitable state to house a wide collection of antiquities.[2]