Havilland Hall

{{Short description|Privately owned estate on the island of Guernsey}}

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Havilland Hall is the largest privately owned estate on the island of Guernsey, and lies close to Saint Peter Port.{{cite news| first1 = Paul | last1 = Lewis | first2 = Rob | last2 = Evans |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/aug/20/david-rowland-controversy-conservatives |title=David Rowland: Multimillionaire who courted controversy throughout his rise | newspaper = The Guardian |date= 20 August 2010|accessdate=1 December 2019}}

A branch of the de Havilland family resided at Havilland Hall for many years. The current house was built in 1830 for Lt Col Thomas de Havilland.{{cite book|author=Sir Bernard Burke|title=A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-69CAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA64|accessdate=1 December 2019|year=1853|publisher=Colburn|pages=64–65}}{{cite book|author=Bernard Burke|title=A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wmNmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA534|accessdate=1 December 2019|year=1858|publisher=Harrison|page=534}}

It is home to the British property developer David Rowland, and in 2005, Prince Andrew unveiled a life-size bronze statue there of Rowland smoking a cigar in a "vaguely Churchillian pose".

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