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Hughenden

a parish of Buckinghamshire, England, among the Chiltern HUGHES Hills, 2 miles N. of High Wycombe. the nomination Justice Hughes refused Hughenden Manor, a large brick threestory mansion, mostly modern, was purchased before 1847 by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. The ancient parish church, much restored in 1874, contains a monument to the earl, erected by the queen; and in its vault he lies buried by the side of Lady Beaconsfield.

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