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Plas Newydd (New Mansion), on the Menai Straits, transformed between 1793 and the 1820s, was the seat of the Griffith, Bagenal and Bayly families and subsequently the Pagets.
After Beaudesart, Staffordshire was abandoned, the 6th Marquess (1885–1947) and his wife, Lady Majorie Manners (1883–1946) brought Plas Newydd to life. They altered the Saloon to take the four enormous pastoral scenes, of 1789, by the Flemish artist Balthazar Paul Ommeganck and commissioned, in 1936, Rex Whistler’s longest mural, a huge architectural capriccio of an Italian seaport, in the dining room.
An adjoining museum, acquired by the National Trust, since the death of Laurence Whistler (1912–2000), displays his brother’s artistic range.
Also of interest are the eight battles scenes by Louis Laguerre. Portraits range from those of 'William Paget (1505/1506–1663), 1st Baron Paget de Beaudesert, KG', through to Sir Thomas Lawrence’s portrait of Field Marshal Sir Henry William Paget (1768–1854) – who lost his leg at the Battle of Waterloo – to a few Hoppners, and those of James Jebusa Shannon.
Violet Lindsay (1856–1937), Duchess of RutlandJames Jebusa Shannon (1862–1923)
National Trust, Plas Newydd
Sir Henry Paget (1797–1869), Earl of Uxbridge, Later 2nd Marquess of AngleseyWilliam Henry Davis (1786–1865)
National Trust, Plas Newydd
The Honourable Berkeley Paget (1780–1842), MPThomas Lawrence (1769–1830)
National Trust, Plas Newydd
A Coastal View with Shipping British (English) School
National Trust, Plas Newydd
A Triptych of Scenes from the Battle of Blenheim, 1704: (1) The Attack of the Village (2) A Brigade of French Foot Cut Down when Abandoned by Their Horse (3) Prince Eugene of Savoy Attacking the Left Wing of the French ArmyLouis Laguerre (1663–1721) (possibly)
National Trust, Plas Newydd
The Duke of Marlborough at the Battle of Blenheim: The Surrender of Maréchal TallardLouis Laguerre (1663–1721) (possibly)
National Trust, Plas Newydd
Sir Brownlow Sherard (1667/1668–1735/1736), 3rd BtGeorge Henry Morland (active c.1675–1708)