The Treasure Houses of England is a heritage consortium founded in the early 1970s by ten of the foremost stately homes in England still in private ownership, with the aim of marketing and promoting themselves as tourist venues.
There are now nine houses in the group. Together with their historic owners, these are:
- Beaulieu (Dukes of Montagu) (now owned by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu)
- Blenheim Palace (Dukes of Marlborough)
- Burghley House (The Cecil Family, currently lived in by Lady Victoria Leatham, youngest daughter of the 6th Marquess of Exeter, now owned by Burghley House Preservation Trust).
- Castle Howard (Earls of Carlisle) (now owned by The Hon. Simon Howard)
- Chatsworth House (Dukes of Devonshire)
- Harewood House (Earls of Harewood)
- Leeds Castle
- Warwick Castle (Earls of Warwick) (now owned by Merlin Entertainments)
- Woburn Abbey (Dukes of Bedford)
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