Grimsthorpe Estate, with its Castle, Gardens, and Park, is owned by Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. The Willoughby de Eresby family is one of three in England who still fulfill the hereditary office of Lord Great Chamberlain, the Monarchβs representative at the Palace of Westminster. They also host the notorious Cottesmore Hunt, one of the country’s most violent and which has featured in several posts on Protect the Wild including ‘Cottesmore Hunt masked thugs attack vehicle with hammer’ and ‘Cottesmore Hunt’s masked thugs arrested‘. The Cottesmore was allowed to hold a ‘fun ride’ here in August 2024. They were met by Northants Hunts Sabs and Cottesmore Locals Against the Hunt who informed visitors that “most of the fee they were handing over to ride on the estate was going straight into the Cottesmore hunt coffers”. Oddly enough, there is no mention of the Hunt’s visits on the ‘What’s On’ page of the Grimsthorpe website…
Grimsthorpe Castle & Estate (Lincs)
Links to more information
- Northants Hunt Sabs: Cottesmore Hunt βFun Rideβ demonstration (Aug 2024)
- Protect the Wild: Cottesmore Hunt masked thugs attack vehicle with hammer
- Protect the Wild: Cottesmore Hunt’s masked thugs arrested
- Northants Hunt Sabs: The Cottesmore Hunt have been forced to hire a security firm (Facebook, June 2025)
- Protect the Wild: Two Cottesmore Hunt’s thugs convicted of violence against sabs (May 2025)
- Northants Hunt Sabs: ππ’π« ππ¨π‘π§ππ π§π’ ππ₯π’π¨π‘π ππ‘π π£π¨π‘ππππ¦ π§ππ₯π’πͺπ‘ ππ§ π¦πππ¦ – πͺππππ’π π π§π’ π§ππ ππ₯ππ ππ‘ππ ππ’π§π§ππ¦π π’π₯π!Β (Facebook, March 2025)
- Northants Hunt Sabs: π ππ π ππ«β ππππ‘ππ₯π¬ πππ’πͺπ¦ πππ¦ ππππ πππ¦πππ§ ππ§ π¦πππ¦!(Facebook, December 2024)
- Northants Hunt Sabs:Β πππ₯ππ ππ’π§π§ππ¦π π’π₯π π§ππ¨π πππ©ππ ππππππ¦ π§π’πππ¬ π£πππππ¦ ππ¨πππ§π¬ ππ‘ ππ’π¨π₯π§!Β (Facebook, November 2024)
- Protect the Wild:Β Cottesmore Huntβs hired thugs attack hunt sabsΒ (January 2024)
- Protect the Wild:Β Cottesmore Hunt masked thugs attack vehicle with hammerΒ (January 2024)
- Protect the Wild:Β Cottesmore huntsman Sam Jones charged with assaultΒ (July 2023)
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