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Name Arthur Francis Basset Birth 29 Jan 1873 London 
Gender Male Occupation 1888 (14 years) - Tehidy House, Tehidy Park, Tehidy, Illogan, near Camborne, Cornwall - By 1888 Arthur Francis Basset had inherited the estate but because of diminished income from the mining industry it was difficult to finance the estate [1]24 Jul 1888 (15 years) - Tehidy Estate, Tehidy, Camborne, Cornwall [1]Oct 1915 (42 years) - Tehidy House, Tehidy Park, Tehidy, Illogan, near Camborne, Cornwall - In 1915 the mansion was vacated and after 700 years of Basset ownership, the estate was sold in 1916 [1, 2, 3]Oct 1915 (42 years) - Tehidy Estate, Tehidy, Camborne, Cornwall - The buyers turned out to be Mr Hamilton Edwards, a financier, formerly connected with Lord Northcliffe as managing Director of the Amalgamated Press, and Mr Arthur H. Bond, a land expert. Between them they secured the Tehidy landed estates, royalties of the mines, tin streams, Portreath harbour, and Arthur Basset’s other interests. The sale, believed to be upwards of £300,000, was regarded as one of the most sensational transfers of landed property since the Duke of Bedford had parted with his Covent Garden estate. [4]Jul 1916 (43 years) - Tehidy House, Tehidy Park, Tehidy, Illogan, near Camborne, Cornwall [4]Jun 1917 (44 years) - Tehidy House, Tehidy Park, Tehidy, Illogan, near Camborne, Cornwall [4]Sep 1917 (44 years) - Tehidy House, Tehidy Park, Tehidy, Illogan, near Camborne, Cornwall - History books tell us that the Basset family left Cornwall for good in 1915. However, with Arthur Francis Basset regaining ownership on some parts of the estate, it was likely that he had remained at Tehidy since the spectacular land sale of that year. In September 1917, The Cornishman was once again on hand to report on developments. The mansion was up for sale again, plants and flowers in pots had been sold at auction, and it was known that some of the Basset heirlooms had left the district, and that other personal furniture was stored in Camborne. [5]17 Sep 1917 (44 years) - Tehidy House, Tehidy Park, Tehidy, Illogan, near Camborne, Cornwall - It was announced that Messrs. William Rowe and Co had been instructed to hold a five day auction of the furniture of Tehidy, including an automatic organ, fire engine, antique and modern goods of all kinds, from grandfather clocks to four-poster beds. Admission to the house was by catalogue costing two shillings, and on the morning of Monday 17th September the dining-room was full to overflowing, and bids followed each other in rapid succession.Person ID I5037 AHP Last Modified 21 Jan 2025
Father Gustavus Lambert Basset, b. 17 Sep 1834 d. 24 Jul 1888 (Age 53 years) Relationship Birth Mother Charlotte Mary Elmhirst/BASSETT, b. Abt 1835 Relationship Birth Marriage 2 Sep 1860 Age at Marriage He : 26 years - She : ~ 25 years and 9 months. Family ID F1403 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 29 Jan 1873 - London 
Occupation - By 1888 Arthur Francis Basset had inherited the estate but because of diminished income from the mining industry it was difficult to finance the estate - 1888 (14 years) - Tehidy House, Tehidy Park, Tehidy, Illogan, near Camborne, Cornwall 
Occupation - 24 Jul 1888 (15 years) - Tehidy Estate, Tehidy, Camborne, Cornwall Occupation - In 1915 the mansion was vacated and after 700 years of Basset ownership, the estate was sold in 1916 - Oct 1915 (42 years) - Tehidy House, Tehidy Park, Tehidy, Illogan, near Camborne, Cornwall Occupation - The buyers turned out to be Mr Hamilton Edwards, a financier, formerly connected with Lord Northcliffe as managing Director of the Amalgamated Press, and Mr Arthur H. Bond, a land expert. Between them they secured the Tehidy landed estates, royalties of the mines, tin streams, Portreath harbour, and Arthur Basset’s other interests. The sale, believed to be upwards of £300,000, was regarded as one of the most sensational transfers of landed property since the Duke of Bedford had parted with his Covent Garden estate. - Oct 1915 (42 years) - Tehidy Estate, Tehidy, Camborne, Cornwall Occupation - Jul 1916 (43 years) - Tehidy House, Tehidy Park, Tehidy, Illogan, near Camborne, Cornwall Occupation - Jun 1917 (44 years) - Tehidy House, Tehidy Park, Tehidy, Illogan, near Camborne, Cornwall Occupation - History books tell us that the Basset family left Cornwall for good in 1915. However, with Arthur Francis Basset regaining ownership on some parts of the estate, it was likely that he had remained at Tehidy since the spectacular land sale of that year. In September 1917, The Cornishman was once again on hand to report on developments. The mansion was up for sale again, plants and flowers in pots had been sold at auction, and it was known that some of the Basset heirlooms had left the district, and that other personal furniture was stored in Camborne. - Sep 1917 (44 years) - Tehidy House, Tehidy Park, Tehidy, Illogan, near Camborne, Cornwall Occupation - It was announced that Messrs. William Rowe and Co had been instructed to hold a five day auction of the furniture of Tehidy, including an automatic organ, fire engine, antique and modern goods of all kinds, from grandfather clocks to four-poster beds. Admission to the house was by catalogue costing two shillings, and on the morning of Monday 17th September the dining-room was full to overflowing, and bids followed each other in rapid succession. - 17 Sep 1917 (44 years) - Tehidy House, Tehidy Park, Tehidy, Illogan, near Camborne, Cornwall = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Mining licence, West Roskear, Camborne; Endorsed in pencil as 'Cancelled Never granted . ; TEM/201/2/14; Arthur Francis Basset, esq, of Tehidy Park, grantor; Charles Bawden, esq, of Poldice House, St Day, grantee; 16 May 1906
Mining licence, West Roskear, Camborne Parties: 1) Arthur Francis Basset, esquire, of Tehidy Park, in the County of Cornwall, grantor 2) Charles Bawden, esquire, of Poldice House, St Day, grantee Rent: Five pounds in advance Dues: One twentieth until such time as may be required for the erection of an engine of sufficient power for pumping…
Histories 
Regrettable incidents connected with great Dolcoath fine on the renewal of the lease
YOUNG Mr. Basset’s father, late Mr. Gustavus Lambert Basset, was very popular with Camborne notwithstanding the regrettable incidents connected with the great Dolcoath "fine" on the renewal of the lease
The Cornish Telegraph - Thursday 18 January 1894Death of Mrs. A.F. Basset | Formerly Miss Rebecca Trelawny | 4 Dec 1947 Polstrong House was believed to have been built in the mid 1800's | Polstrong House, Camborne, Cornwall 
CORNWALL, LOST HOUSES TEHIDY | written APRIL 5,2019
TEHIDY | HOUSE AND HERITAGE
The hospital shut in April 1988 and was converted into luxury apartments in the mid-1990s, while several houses were built around the former hospital buildings. An aerial view of Tehidy today
CORNWALL, LOST HOUSES
TEHIDY
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Notes - http://www.bassettbranches.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I640&tree=58B
Arthur Francis Basset b. 29 Jan 1873 London, England: Bassett Family Association
58B Ancient Bassetts of England http://www.bassettbranches.org/tng/showtree.php?tree=58B - "Following Sir Francis Basset's death on 14 Feb 1835, Tehidy passed to his spinster daughter Frances Basset. The Basset barony died with her (22 Jan 1855). Tehidy was inherited in succession by three grandsons of Francis Basset's younger brother John Basset - John Francis Basset (died 9 Feb 1869), Arthur Basset (died 7 May 1870), Gustavus Lambart Bassett (died 24 Jul 1888) - then passed to the son of this last, Arthur Francis Basset. It was he who had to sell the estate to pay his gambling debts, and then took all the papers out of the estate and burnt them."
According to John Collins - The Indianapolis Star
Saturday, November 13, 1915
A sensation has been created in Cornwall by the announcement of the private sale of Tehidy estates, which have been owned by the Bassett family for 700 years. The Bassetts established themselves in Cornwall shortly after the Norman conquest. About a century later they obtained Tehidy by marriage with the heiress of the noted family of DeDunstanville. They were lucky in marrying a succession of heiresses in Devon and Cornwall after they had almost lost their fortune in the war of the roses. Francis Bassett was created a baronet in 1779, and in 1796 he was raised to the peerage by Mr. Pitt as Baron DeDunstanville. Like so many other peers, he followed the family tradition by marrying an heiress and left a daughter, who succeeded under a special remainder to the barony of Bassett, which had been created in 1797. On her death the estates passed to a collateral branch, and they have been owned for many years by A.F. Bassett.
Tehidy Park, near Camborne, comprises about 900 acres. The place was greatly improved about half a century ago by F.A. Bassett, who rebuilt the house, which contains a gallery of fine pictures, old masters and portraits. In the grounds is a striking memorial to Susannah, first wife of Lord DeDunstanville, who died in 1823. The estates include valuable mineral rights, notably the famous Dolcoath mine. The mines for years produced about $85,000 a year for the owner, but the return now is much smaller. The sale has excited a feeling of consternation in the district, when most of the farmers on the estates at Michaelmas received notices to terminate their tenancies within twelve months. FLANEUR
- http://www.bassettbranches.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I640&tree=58B
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Sources - [S164] House and Heritage (Reliability: 3).
John Francis Basset died without issue and the Tehidy estate passed to his two brothers, namely, Arthur Basset (1833-1870) in 1869, and Gustavus Lambert Basset (1834-1888) in 1870. By this time, income from the tin mines was diminishing, but the Bassets found it difficult to live their lives any other way than had been the norm. After the death of Gustavus Lambert Basset the estate passed to his son, Arthur Francis Basset (1873-1950), who turned out to be the last member of the family to live at Tehidy.
Extract TEHIDY | HOUSE AND HERITAGE
https://houseandheritage.org/2019/04/05/tehidy/
https://web.archive.org/web/20250114234446/https://houseandheritage.org/2019/04/05/tehidy/ - [S164] House and Heritage, Oct 1915 (Reliability: 3).
John Francis Basset died without issue and the Tehidy estate passed to his two brothers, namely, Arthur Basset (1833-1870) in 1869, and Gustavus Lambert Basset (1834-1888) in 1870. By this time, income from the tin mines was diminishing, but the Bassets found it difficult to live their lives any other way than had been the norm. After the death of Gustavus Lambert Basset the estate passed to his son, Arthur Francis Basset (1873-1950), who turned out to be the last member of the family to live at Tehidy.
He found it extremely difficult to finance the estate, not helped by his costly pursuit of horse-racing and the gambling debts that often came with it. In 1915, there were rumours that the Prince of Wales was going to buy Tehidy, but little importance was attached to the gossip. However, in October newspapers confirmed that the estate had indeed been sold.
Extract TEHIDY | HOUSE AND HERITAGE
https://houseandheritage.org/2019/04/05/tehidy/
https://web.archive.org/web/20250114234446/https://houseandheritage.org/2019/04/05/tehidy/ - [S164] House and Heritage, Oct 1915 (Reliability: 3).
The buyers turned out to be Mr Hamilton Edwards, a financier, formerly connected with Lord Northcliffe as managing Director of the Amalgamated Press, and Mr Arthur H. Bond, a land expert. Between them they secured the Tehidy landed estates, royalties of the mines, tin streams, Portreath harbour, and Arthur Basset’s other interests. The sale, believed to be upwards of £300,000, was regarded as one of the most sensational transfers of landed property since the Duke of Bedford had parted with his Covent Garden estate.
Extract TEHIDY | HOUSE AND HERITAGE
https://houseandheritage.org/2019/04/05/tehidy/
https://web.archive.org/web/20250114234446/https://houseandheritage.org/2019/04/05/tehidy/ - [S164] House and Heritage, Oct 1915 (Reliability: 3).
The bulk of the estate, including its tin mines, was duly sold-off, but there was still the problem of what to do with the mansion and its surrounding parkland. In July 1916, it was reported that Arthur Francis Basset was not leaving the county, having purchased back farms at Illogan and Godrevy, and had secured an option on Tehidy for twelve months.
Arthur Basset didn’t take up the option on Tehidy. In June 1917, The Cornishman sounded an ominous note: – “We can state authoritatively that there is a danger that this Cornish landmark may actually be ‘scrapped’ for building material, unless some Cornish philanthropist comes forward at once and acquires it at an almost nominal price as a convalescent home for Cornish miners injured in the war, or perhaps for sailors and marine engineers.”
Extract TEHIDY | HOUSE AND HERITAGE
https://houseandheritage.org/2019/04/05/tehidy/
https://web.archive.org/web/20250114234446/https://houseandheritage.org/2019/04/05/tehidy/ - [S164] House and Heritage, Oct 1915 (Reliability: 3).
History books tell us that the Basset family left Cornwall for good in 1915. However, with Arthur Francis Basset regaining ownership on some parts of the estate, it was likely that he had remained at Tehidy since the spectacular land sale of that year. In September 1917, The Cornishman was once again on hand to report on developments. The mansion was up for sale again, plants and flowers in pots had been sold at auction, and it was known that some of the Basset heirlooms had left the district, and that other personal furniture was stored in Camborne.
Extract TEHIDY | HOUSE AND HERITAGE
https://houseandheritage.org/2019/04/05/tehidy/
https://web.archive.org/web/20250114234446/https://houseandheritage.org/2019/04/05/tehidy/
- [S164] House and Heritage (Reliability: 3).