COVID-19
COVID-19
In line with Government advice around the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK, the Duchy of Lancaster is now operating a rota system for office-based staff. We are working with our tenants and business partners to ensure that all areas of the business continue to operate normally while safeguarding all parties. Any further updates will be […]
All Aboard HMS Lancaster!
Following a 24-month overhaul, HMS Lancaster is now fully staffed once again with all 129 crew members back on board. The 4,500-ton Type 23 frigate has undergone an extensive upgrade and refit over the past two years including the installation of the new Artisan 3D radar, improved navigational radar and a new generation Sea Ceptor […]
The Reverend Canon Thomas Woodhouse Is Appointed Chaplain Of The Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy
The Reverend Canon Thomas Woodhouse has been appointed Chaplain of the Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy by Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Her Duchy of Lancaster. He will take up his new post from 1st October 2019. Since 2014 Thomas has been Team Rector of Dorchester and The Winterbournes. Prior to that he […]
Duchy Offers Exciting New Farming Opportunity To Market
Later this month the Duchy of Lancaster will bring to market a significant farm holding providing farmers with a rare opportunity to secure a large, well equipped mixed arable and grassland farm in a commanding position overlooking Scarborough Castle and the Yorkshire Coast. Part of the Duchy’s Cloughton Estate, Ripley’s Farm extends to some 631 […]
Snowy ‘Staycations’ Proving Popular
The Duchy of Lancaster’s luxury holiday cottages in Yorkshire and Lancashire have had a record year to March despite – or perhaps because of – the exceptional wintry weather during the last few months. In Yorkshire and Lancashire many well-loved beauty spots were literally transformed into a winter wonderland overnight. Those who dared to brave […]