The first biography of Ralph Dutton, collector, connoisseur, writer, philanthropist, who created one of the National Trust’s most popular houses and gardens, Hinton Ampner. <\/p>\n
“Ralph Dutton grows on you as John Holden engagingly unpeels the layers of this complicated traveller, connoisseur, philanthropist and friend.” – <\/em> Dame Rosalind Savill, former Director of the Wallace Collection<\/p>\n “Ralph Dutton is someone most of us have never heard of, yet he created a place of exceptional grace and beauty in Hinton Ampner. John Holden unravels the mystery of the man for us, and gives us a compelling account of why and how it all happened. It’s an enchanting read.”<\/em> – Lord Smith of Finsbury, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge and Chairman of The Art Fund<\/p>\n “This is a real discovery. The story of a modest gentleman who nonetheless played an important role in 20th-century English culture. He put his life into his house, and his house into his life. Both are an engaging case study in heritage history.”<\/em> – Professor Robert Hewison, Cultural Historian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The first biography of Ralph Dutton, collector, connoisseur, writer, philanthropist, who created one of the National Trust’s most popular houses and gardens, Hinton Ampner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":70303,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[21061],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-68728","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-reference","7":"author-by-author-john-holden","8":"publisher-pallas-athene","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n