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{{about|the British mansion|Benjamin Chew's mansion in Germantown, Pennsylvania|Cliveden (Benjamin Chew House)}}
[[Image:Cliveden-2382.jpg|thumb|400px|View looking north from the Ring in the Parterre showing Terrace Pavilion and Clock Tower to the left with Lower Terrace and Borghese Balustrade below]]

(contracted; show full)s, horse riding, tennis, swimming, [[croquet]] and fishing - made Cliveden a destination for film stars, politicians, world-leaders, writers and artists. The heyday of entertaining at Cliveden was between the two World Wars when the Astors held regular weekend house parties. Guests at the time included: [[Charlie Chaplin]], [[Winston Churchill]], [[Joseph Kennedy]], [[George Bernard Shaw]], [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Amy Johnson]], [[F.D. Roosevelt]], [[H.H. Asquith]], [[T.E. Lawrence]] (Lawrence of Arabia), [[
Arthur Balfour|A.J. Balfour]] and the writers [[Henry James]], [[Rudyard Kipling]], and [[Edith Wharton]]. The tradition of high-profile guests visiting the house continues to this day, largely due to the house's conversion into a hotel.<ref>Crathorne, 1995, p.213.</ref>

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