They were named by Russian officials but the Foreign Office would not confirm their identities until their families were informed. Justin's family money comes from his shipping heiress mother Kirsty Maxwell-Stewart, who died in 2016 leaving 20million in her will. As a result, fans are more interested in learning more about her and her husband's sweet love story. He has years of experience in both national military forces and the startup business sector. Her husband farmed but she did not concentrate on the garden until her children went to school. 'If you didn't live in London, you will think what I spent is a ridiculous amount of money for a house. By Justin Maxwell Stuart Destination: Argentina Holiday: "Dorado are either the Argentineans best kept secret or else travelling anglers, hell bent on pursuing the admittedly excellent Sea Trout fishing, simply miss out on the opportunity." In fairness neither of those statements are quite true. It had already been bought by a developer who had gained planning permission to convert them into a house. In 2015, he noticed a For Sale. He would often venture into the graveyard in south-west London while walking his dog, and found the building utterly fascinating. Then, in 2006, he subsequently set up Where Wise Men Fish which offers ultra-fishing holidays across the globe. Justin and Tania fell in love after a series of meetings. Justin Maxwell-Stuart spent four years and 4.5 million transforming a cemetery into his dream home. But in November 2020, the four-bed home, complete with a huge master suite, dressing room, kitchen-diner, reading room, a large lounge, as well as a cellar, a TV room with a bar and the 13-metre swimming pool, was finished. A recent article in Daily Mail revealed that Maxwell is 50 and is one of the major business tycoons all over the UK. Maxwell Stuart's maternal grandfather was Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders. She is a great-great-granddaughter of William Constable-Maxwell, 10th Lord Herries of Terregles. Catherine Margaret Mary Maxwell Stuart, 21st Lady of Traquair (born 16 November 1964) is a Scottish landowner, politician, hotelier, brewer, and writer. Mr Maxwell's cousin, Catherine Maxwell-Stuart, lives at Traquair, which is even older than Kirkconnell House, whose gates were closed in 1746 when Bonnie Prince Charlie fled Scotland and will not be opened until a Stuart is back on the throne. That was the last time Princess Margaret came to supper.'. His Grand Designs graveyard house adventure was underway. It also gave the basement an extra bedroom, a media room, a larger wine cellar and a sauna. 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However, there were a few disputes and misunderstandings that marred their marital relationship. Scotland's first brick-built house, which has been in the same family for nearly 800 years, is going on sale for less than a three-bedroomed terraced house in Islington. They are trained to drop people off under the arc of the blades to avoid things like this happening. A lifelong socialist, Maxwell Stuart ran for public office four times as a Labour Party candidate, including in the 2003 Scottish Parliament election and the 2007 Scottish Parliament election. Getting to your chosen fishing destination can sometimes be almost as expensive as the trip itself, with enough variables and potential issues to cause even the most experienced traveller to give pause for reflection. 02:03 BST 22 Jul 2013. James Maxwell, once the laird of Kirkconnell, was Bonnie Prince Charlie's aide-de-camp at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, after which he hurriedly left for France. 'It was so romantic,' says Hideko, who shows me the stunning inky sapphire which Justin had commissioned from an ex-girlfriend who happens to be a jeweller. He expected the family ghosts to be very upset when they discovered the sale. The Maxwells are a famous Roman Catholic, Jacobite family. [1][4][5] Her father was an officer in the British Indian Army and a managing director at Vickers. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. Off we go, down to the 13-metre pool, where he has a daily swim of 100 laps before tea and toast with homemade raspberry jam; then into the wine cellar with its 'everyday bottles' on the racks and more serious grand cru clarets still being unpacked from their cases. The MyLondon app gives you all the stories you need to help you keep on top of what's happening in the best city ever. We admire the ginger jars decorated with blue marlin, the paintings by his uncle, the photographs of Mustique discreetly displayed. But soon after he started the project in October 2016, he ran into difficulties, with one of the most challenging being getting planning permission to build an entrance to the graveyard from his garden. He was going to have lots of neighbours, as presenter Kevin McCloud pointed out, but they were all going to be dead, The final bill for the five-bedroom home, designed by architect Simon Gill, was 4.2m, making it one of the most expensive projects in Grand Designs' two-decade history. But, I have watched enough, The already-stretched budget was in jeopardy when the contractors began to dig beneath a section of the lodge ready for the pool installation. Justin Maxwell Stuart is an ex-military man and a well-known businessman. into a majestic modern home with a mega man-cave playboy basement, complete with outdoor moat, indoor chainmail waterfall, subterranean swimming pool, wine cellar and all mod cons including underfloor heating and a pair of forged steel chandeliers shaped like bursting seed pods. I now own a house in London thats steeped in history and has 13 acres of green space around it, he said. Gretchen Trusted of Shake the Sky, is responsible for the stunning scheme. , updated 192.com has records on millions of UK people and addresses. This amazing home was transformed on Grand Designs. and adjacent 1960's toilet block ('just hideous!') I just imagined the show would slip onto daytime TV with no fuss, but the opposite has happened. The actual net worth of Justin Maxwell, a business owner, is unclear. See Photos. "Obviously I am pig sick about it. They asked why we were only excavating beneath part of the building when digging under the whole thing would add a huge amount of extra room, Justin explains. Grand Designs (Channel 4) returned for its 21st series with a glorious episode. Justin Maxwell Stuart, a relative of Mary Queen of Scots and whose family home is the magnificent Traquair house in Scotland, creates his very own stately home in central London in a gripping episode of 'Grand Designs' By Annabel Sampson 21 January 2021 Fulham Lodge Channel 4 Grand Designs is often good but rarely this good. Justin Maxwell Stuart About Work Owner-Operator at Salar Flies 2011 - Present Owner-operator at WhereWiseMenFish January 1, 2007 - Present Owner/Director at WhereWiseMenFish 2007 - Present Travel Company -specialising in worldwide fly-fishing holidays College Studied at Ampleforth College High school Went to Ampleforth College Photos See all photos Kellen Moore And His Wife Julie Wilson Journey From Prosser City, Top 10 Full Length Disney Movies To Watch On YouTube For Free, Top 10 Adventure Documentaries On Netflix Right Now, 10 Movies Like Cruel Instruction To Watch. He said: It is some of the finest if not the finest salmon fishing on the planet. She became a recognised authority on the subject and was district organiser for Lanarkshire with the charity group Scotland's Gardens Scheme (SGS). After some time, they got married and became lifelong partners. The fishing is phenomenal. These include a kitchen/dining area, snug, living room, and a basement with a subterranean swimming pool. Michael Joseph Edmund Maxwell-Stuart was born on 17 April 1932. Maxwell has been sharing many suggestions for business success after receiving a lot of attention. When the for-sale sign appeared in late 2014, he had to find out more. We are in touch with the local authorities and we stand ready to provide consular assistance.. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. And there are certainly twittish moments when striding around his building site in his padded gilet or counting up the mounting cost of his project, when Justin gives off an unmistakably upper class, full-on Rupert, Tim-Nice-But-Dim vibe. 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[14][11] In 1999 she married Mark Muller, a human rights attorney. 'Inside was a giant oyster shell I recovered from the Seychelles, and inside was the ring,' he says. The peak season runs from June to August, when the area north of the Arctic Circle enjoys 24-hour daylight. I think it would be fair to say he had grave misgivings about the whole thing. She doesn't look to be a social person, or she may consider social media a waste of time. After dinner they had a cocktail in the downstairs bar and he gave Hideko a key to the safe he'd built into one of the York stone walls. 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Work was also forced to stop for a full three months as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Justin bought the property for 2.2m in February 2015 when he was a single dad living nearby with his son George, now aged nine. The couple met at a party three years ago and have been together ever since. He has years of experience in both national military forces and the startup business sector. Justin was going to have lots of neighbours, as presenter Kevin McCloud pointed out, but they were all going to be dead. And when it comes to posh, they don't come much posher than 47-year-old Ampleforth-educated Justin a former captain in the Scots Guards who now runs a company specialising in adventure fishing expeditions in Russia, Iceland and elsewhere. But, some clashes and misunderstandings led to tarnish their conjugal life. Kirsty Marion Forbes Salveson is the daughter of Captain Harold Keith Salvesen. I worked hard to meld the two parts of the house together, adding colourful fabrics and traditional upholstery to the new rooms, making them feel warm and lived-in. Justin describes the result as being unique but not ostentatious. Outside the season, the rivers are frozen for three or four months a year. It might seem a folly too far, but perhaps not when one considers that a nearby terraced house is on the market for 3.9 million, tragically sans media room, cupola, private courtyard, swimming pool, sauna and bar unlike Justin's ring-a-ding-bling palace. This allows WhereWiseMenFish to offer an unequalled range of 3,500 patterns, supplied to distributors, shops and fishing lodges. Justin Maxwell Stuart (above, with fiancee Hideko Kawa) had misgivings about appearing on Grand Designs, the Channel 4 show which features people pursuing their vision of a dream home by building it themselves. However, various disagreements and misunderstandings ruined their relationship. His wide-eyed vision, his pursuit of the unlikely and his absolute failure to be brought down by the ever mounting costs (by the million). He is also a well-known businessman in the United Kingdom. [9][10] Maxwell Stuart grew up at Traquair House, her family's estate in the Scottish Borders. The pilots are all very good. Hideko Maxwell Stuart is 42-years-old; however, her exact death of birth is yet to be revealed. It wasn't just that his development was situated inside a West London cemetery. I think it would be fair to say that he had grave misgivings about the whole thing. What do you think of the revamped London pad? Mr Evans, who is based in Kent, said he had spent countless hours in helicopters since he first travelled there in 1994 and praised the standards and safety records. Justins father is Joseph Edmund, and his mother is Marion Forbes Salveson. Well, ahem. Don't stint on the cushions, Morag! 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