This man seems to have been a parody of the arrogant minor aristocrat. He became the resident of the property built here by his father-in-law Philip Stephens, in the third quarter of the 18th century, thereby giving the house its name. On an occasion when a boating party dared to lunch on the bank bordering his 55 acre estate the local historian Barbara Denny tells that 'he pushed their boats into the river, smashed the oars and kicked the party out of his front gates.' Further, he went and horse-whipped the lawyer who then represented the party in court when they sued for assault.

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A History of Fulham