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While he is a great-grandson of Maurice Ruffer (1857-1935), a French-born British banker, she is a descendant of Isaac Henrique Sequeira (1738-1816), a Portuguese Jewish doctor, who was painted by Thomas Gainsborough, one of his patients, and that oil painting now hangs in Madrid's Museo del Prado.
Nov 7, 2014 · What a place! In Cromwellian times, the palace had fallen into disrepair but, in 1660, John Cosin became Bishop of Durham and transformed what had briefly been a dining hall into his private...
More dramatically, he initiated an awesome son et lumiére-type night production ‘Kynren’ – which, with a cast of a thousand locals, tells the epic historical narratives of England. It is now one of the top tourist attractions in England.
Mar 4, 2020 · Former stockbroker Jonathan Ruffer's interest in Bishop Auckland isn't immediately clear - the 68-year-old had no connection to Bishop Auckland until a decade ago.
Nov 29, 2017 · The man behind this massive undertaking is Jonathan Ruffer. Originally from the neighbouring town of Stokesley, he trained as a stockbroker and barrister before transitioning to private client investment in the City of London in 1980.
Mar 15, 2022 · Jonathan Ruffer, who bought Auckland Castle in Bishop Auckland in 2012, said he had pulled the plug on backing The Auckland Project (TAP) because of a dispute with Durham County Council.
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Aug 1, 2015 · In 2010 he emerged as the white knight riding to the rescue of the castle’s extraordinary series of paintings of Jacob and his sons by Francisco de Zurbarán, after the Church Commissioners announced their intention to sell them to raise funds.
