Hartham House

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Hartham House was a country house at Hartham, Wiltshire, England, standing next to Hartham Park, north-west of the town of Corsham.{{cite web|url=http://www.harthampark.com/hartham_park/history.php|title=Hartham History|access-date=6 April 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203025519/http://www.harthampark.com/hartham_park/history.php|archive-date=3 December 2013}} During the Tudor and Civil War periods it was owned by the Duckett family, among whom were several members of parliament for the rotten borough of Calne.{{Cite web |last=Lancaster |first=Henry |title=DUCKETT, John (c.1580–1648), of Calstone House, Calne, Wilts.; later of Hartham, Corsham, Wilts. |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/duckett-john-1580-1648 |access-date=21 March 2022 |website=History of Parliament Online}}

George Jackson (1725–1822) married into the Duckett family and was described as "of Hartham House" when he was created a baronet in 1791.{{London Gazette |issue=13318 |date=21 June 1791 |page=363}}

The property was eventually sold to the Methuen family, who had also acquired Hartham Park.{{Cite web |website=Wiltshire Community History |title=Corsham |url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Community/Index/71 |publisher=Wiltshire Council |access-date=21 March 2022}} In the mid-1800s,{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} Hartham House was demolished and only the Hartham Park house now stands.

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