c 1720

Born

 

1751

Died

Buxted The Beautiful

1741 to 1751

History

Buxted The Beautiful

 

Through the Medleys the [Buxted] estate passed in succession as follows:-

• i. Thomas Medley (from 1722 until he died in 1728) followed by his son:
• ii. Thomas Medley (from 1728 until he died in 1732) followed by his son:
• iii. Thomas Medley (from 1732 until he died in 1735) followed by his three brothers:
• iv. Samuel (1735 until 1741),
• v. Edward (1741 until 1751) and
• vi. George (1741 until 1796)

c 1750

History

Horsfield's Sussex

 

Buxted Place, the seat of the Earl of Liverpool, is a noble mansion built of brick, and displaying the utmost simplicity of architecture. It was begun about the middle of last century [i.e. c 1750], by Edward Medley, Esq., Barrister at Law, and was finished by his nephew, George Medley, Esq., who, as a wine merchant in Portugal, amassed an immense property; a part of which, however, he lost in the ravges occasioned by the memorable earthquake in Lisbon, in the year 1755.
Settling at Buxted, he for many parliaments represented the borough of Seaford, and afterwards East Grinstead.