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Between April and November 2024 visitors to Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire were invited to stitch names of women they felt should be celebrated on to a textile display called Virtuous Woman.

So in the case of 16th century Hardwick Hall, that means no wind turbines.

They resolved to save Chatsworth by selling a second 16th-century palace, Hardwick Hall, along with many works of art.

It took 17 years to clear the debt, with failed appeals to the high court and the sale of Rembrandts, a Poussin and superfluous ancestral accommodation, including Hardwick Hall, also in Derbyshire.

Against all the odds, the Devonshire estates remained remarkably intact, though Hardwick Hall was given to the National Trust.