{"id":135630,"date":"2023-12-18T00:05:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T00:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=135630"},"modified":"2023-12-18T00:05:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T00:05:10","slug":"niall-ferguson-backs-calls-to-save-winston-churchills-funeral-barge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/niall-ferguson-backs-calls-to-save-winston-churchills-funeral-barge\/","title":{"rendered":"Niall Ferguson backs calls to save Winston Churchill&apos;s funeral barge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Top historian Niall Ferguson backs calls to save Sir Winston Churchill&#8217;s funeral barge as foreign buyers eye up the national treasure<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Owner Chris Ryland, 75, bought the 85ft vessel for \u00a3780,000 in 2006\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>On sale\u00a018 months ago for \u00a32million, recently knocking it down to \u00a3800,000\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fears it will be bought by international businessman and turned into party ship<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An eminent historian has called for the barge which bore Sir Winston Churchill&#8217;s coffin along the Thames to be saved as foreign buyers eye up the national treasure.<\/p>\n<p>Niall Ferguson, a Mail contributor, today joins former prime minister Boris Johnson and broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby in urging a British buyer to come forward and save the Havengore.<\/p>\n<p>Owner Chris Ryland, 75, bought the 85ft vessel for \u00a3780,000 in 2006 but put it on sale 18 months ago for \u00a32million, recently knocking the price down to \u00a3800,000.<\/p>\n<p>There are fears the barge could be bought by an international businessman and turned into a party ship.<\/p>\n<p>In 1965, the Havengore carried the body of Sir Winston after a state funeral when London&#8217;s dockers lowered their cranes in respect.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/22\/79066109-0-image-a-73_1702853786432.jpg\" height=\"815\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In 1965, the Havengore carried the body of Sir Winston after a state funeral when London&#8217;s dockers lowered their cranes in respect<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/22\/79066167-0-Niall_Ferguson_a_Mail_contributor_today_joins_former_prime_minis-m-75_1702853911216.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Niall Ferguson, a Mail contributor, today joins former prime minister Boris Johnson and broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby in urging a British buyer to come forward and save the Havengore<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/17\/23\/79066335-12874993-image-a-86_1702854165661.jpg\" height=\"407\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Owner Chris Ryland, 75, bought the 85ft vessel for \u00a3780,000 in 2006 but put it on sale 18 months ago for \u00a32million, recently knocking the price down to \u00a3800,000<\/p>\n<p>Professor Ferguson said: &#8216;At a time when Churchill&#8217;s critics receive far too much airtime and column inches, I would welcome an effort to keep Havengore in this country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Churchill was this country&#8217;s greatest leader. And Havengore symbolises the centrality of the River Thames to our national history.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood, a former captain in the Royal Green Jackets, said: &#8216;This is absolutely part of our history and we should be able to celebrate it across the world but crucially from Britain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We do need to be more robust in protecting what is important to us. This has heritage value and it would be a sad day if something as symbolic of our greatest prime minister were to depart our shores.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Historian Hugo Vickers added that the funeral had been of huge importance to the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The Mail&#8217;s Eden Confidential diary first raised the issue of the fate of the Havengore last year.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12874993\/Top-historian-Niall-Ferguson-backs-calls-save-Sir-Winston-Churchills-funeral-barge-foreign-buyers-eye-national-treasure.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top historian Niall Ferguson backs calls to save Sir Winston Churchill&#8217;s funeral barge as foreign buyers eye up the national&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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