5K views 4 months ago Just outside Uckfield, in East Sussex is Hamilton Palace, often named "The Devil's Palace", because of the person that owns it. Nicholas van Hoogstraten (born Nicholas Marcel Hoogstraten on 25 February 1945) is a British businessman and real estate magnate. Producer: Private Sessions. Many borrowers were unable to maintain his unreasonable payment terms and defaulted on their loans, losing their properties to him and enabling him to build up a substantial property portfolio along the south coast and in London. Locals have previously vented about the large area being left unused and there was a row over a public footpath that ran through it that van Hoogstraten did not want to be used. 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Once described by a judge as a self-styled "emissary of Beelzebub",. Nicholas Adolf von Hessen's son was arrested during a row over clamping at a car park in Hove last August. The residents had eventually gained the right to the deal, which enabled them to buy the property, after a three-year legal case. Few have been inside, but one reporter who did, in 2000, when it was said to be two years off completion, described a grand central staircase and reception hall, with lift shafts already installed and expensive stone balustrades and pillars. "Likewise, my offering accommodation to these Muslim 'migrants' and to encourage their besiegement of our country and the unwarranted plundering of its resources is ridiculous. Van Hoogstraten, a convicted criminal who is now 76 and goes by the name of Nicholas von Hessen, is a Sussex native born in Shoreham who owns dozens of properties in the area. [3] In 2002, he was sentenced to 10 years for the manslaughter of a business rival; the verdict was overturned on appeal and he was subsequently released, but in 2005 he was ordered to pay the victim's family 6million in a civil case. Hoogstraten was born in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, to Charles, a violent man who worked as a shipping agent importing meat from Argentina who was absent for long periods in South America, [5] [3] [7] [a] and Edna, a housewife. It couldn't be simpler and it takes seconds - simply press here, enter your email address and follow the instructions. expensive private house built in Britain for a century and it is bigger than Buckingham Palace. Whilst theres sympathy for complainants in these kinds of proceedings, theres a background to this case and theres already a mass of members of the public knowing about these proceedings. [11], He was sentenced to a four-year prison sentence in May 1968, and sentenced to a further four-year sentence the following August, to run concurrently, after an appeal. It is hidden away off of an unassuming junction on the A22 south of Uckfield in East Sussex and the house, bigger than Buckingham Palace, is completely obscured by a thick wooded area. Low-level lighting had been installed on the roof, where there was to be a garden, and there was space for a fountain below. He began his property business in the Bahamas with an initial investment of 1,000 realised from the sale of his stamp collection. But there is a definite sense of unease. He was convicted and jailed 20 years ago for manslaughter, after a business rival was murdered by two men on his doorstep in Sutton, Surrey (he was shot and stabbed in the chest five times) but that conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal in July 2003 and he was freed five months later. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. This is Hamilton Palace, designed for British multi-millionaire Nicholas van Hoogstraten. Born in Shoreham, West Sussex, in 1945, he dealt stamps as a profession in school and by the age of 22 was a millionaire, the youngest in the country, and reported to own around 350 properties in Sussex alone. Nicholas van Hoogstratens Hamilton Palace in Sussex is a folly a colossal country house begun in 1985. Van Hoogstraten would be far too corny a villain for a John le Carr drama. Even basic checks would reveal that Hoogstraten, was first jailed in 1968 for paying a gang to throw a grenade into the home of Rabbi Bernard Braunstein, in Brighton. 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Referring to people he says have crossed him during a spell in prison, because they believed he was not going to be released, he says: "What they don't seem to appreciate is if I wasn't coming out they were in far more personal danger from what I was likely to do, from what I would do. The scaffolding only remains as a part of ongoing routine maintenance such a property would require until completion.". In an interview earlier this year, he said: "I own nearly everything around here (in Sussex), and by own it, I mean own it - there's no mortgage on anything. 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[5][6], Hoogstraten was born in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, to Charles, a violent man who worked as a shipping agent importing meat from Argentina who was absent for long periods in South America,[5][3][7][a] and Edna, a housewife. Van Hoogstraten, a convicted criminal who is now 76 and goes by the name of Nicholas von Hessen, is a Sussex native born in Shoreham who owns dozens of properties in the area. In 1968, he was convicted and sent to prison for four years after paying a gang to attack a business *ociate. ", He adds with a smile: "As long as it's entertaining for the public, that's all that matters.". You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Government has a 42 percent stake in the coal miner and in terms of . Rarebargain, a company registered as owners of the land and connected to Van Hoogstraten, had earlier been fined 86,350 for neglecting to restore the right of way. [5], He was a close associate of the country's former leader Robert Mugabe, whom he described as "100 per cent decent and incorruptible"; van Hoogstraten has said he "[does not] believe in democracy, I believe in rule by the fittest". One entire floor was due to house van Hoogstraten's art collection. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. It's his reply to a documentary maker who has just asked what could happen to him if his subject, the multi-millionaire property owner from Sussex, doesn't like the film. He later sold the majority of his housing to invest outside Britain, chiefly in mining and farming interests in Nigeria and, later, Zimbabwe. "Obviously they mind but with me it's not much good minding, is it? Before the hearing began, Mr Hamilton had requested a reporting restriction banning the publication of his name, on the basis it could damage his reputation. It wont ever get featured in design magazines. Van Hoogstraten's main concern is money, and the accumulation of wealth. Local residents complained it was a disgrace Hamilton Palace was being left to rot. One entire floor was due to house van Hoogstraten's art collection. It is hidden away off of an unassuming junction on the A22 south of Uckfield in East Sussex and the house, bigger than Buckingham Palace, is completely obscured by a thick wooded area. Raja failed to foresee the drop in prices and kept buying, which eventually put him in financial trouble. And don't forget to sign up to our email newsletter, bringing you the week's biggest stories every Thursday. During the 1980s, he was cleared of harassing tenants, but fined 1,500 for contempt of court after saying of a judge, "Ill get him in ten years time. Doesnt the fact that one man who enriched himself at the expense of tenants can afford to carry out such a wasteful project of architectural self-glorification while so many are locked out of the property market say something about the times in which we live? [37], In 2005, he announced plans to take over NMB, a major Zimbabwe bank, though he sold his stake in the bank for over 1million in late 2007. Locals have previously vented about the large area being left unused and there was a row over a public footpath that ran through it that van Hoogstraten did not want to be used. He is said to have started making money selling stamps as a teenager before moving into property and, by the age of 22, had 350 properties in Sussex alone. I know a lot of very wealthy people, they're certainly not happy, they're snorting cocaine up their noses so they can't be happy.". Nicholas van Hoogstraten has something of a history with law enforcement: he was given a four-year prison sentence in 1968 for criminal damage, after arranging for a hand grenade to be thrown into . Nicholas van Hoogstraten is no stranger. I'm not interested in spending money, never have been. [10] The enormous edifice is intended to house his private collection of art, currently stored in Switzerland, and includes a marble mausoleum he intends for himself. Nicholas Adolf Von Hessen, more commonly. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. [13] At a further appeal in 1970, the Lord Justice Wynn described Hoogstraten as "a sort of self-imagined devil who likes to think of himself as an emissary of Beelzebub". ", The vast Hamilton Palace near Uckfield in Sussex is the largest home built in Britain for a century. [5] The structure of the mansion and ancillary buildings was largely in place, but van Hoogstraten fell out with architect Anthony Browne in 2000[21] and the site remained unfinished. [4] He was held in custody for five nights but released on bail. The family also contained two younger daughters. It couldn't be simpler and it takes seconds - simply click here OR here, enter your email address and follow the instructions. He is said to have started making money selling stamps as a teenager before moving into property and, by the age of 22, had 350 properties in Sussex alone. His vast yet unused palace has now become a symbol of Britains housing crisis. I dont have to be nice to anybody". Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Now the Mail can reveal Nicholas Van Hoogstraten's astonishing new life But a psychiatrist that assessed him during his manslaughter trial reportedly said it would take years to understand him. [32][33], Van Hoogstraten was not held guilty of Raja's murder or manslaughter under English criminal law, which requires a jury to be "certain so as to be sure of guilt" rather than operating on balance of probabilities. Nicholas Van Hoogstraten - Life Life He was born Nicholas Marcel Hoogstraten in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, the working-class son of a shipping agent. Uppermost in my mind is saving money, of course. Lynn Barber meets Nicholas van Hoogstraten, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. His father was a shipping agent and his mother a housewife. Signing up to the SussexLive newsletter means you'll get the latest news direct to your inbox each day. Those photos show an an eerie building, shrouded in scaffolding and overgrowing foliage, with discarded containers, construction equipment and other items littered throughout the grounds. Brutal slum landlord, long-term best friend of Robert Mugabe and now facing multi-million pound damages after a judge ruled he had hired hitmen . "[36], Hoogstraten first bought an estate in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) in 1964, aged 19. He was convicted Rajas manslaughter in 2002 and sentenced to ten years, but this conviction was quashed and he was acquitted at a retrial and freed from prison, having spent a year behind bars. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Better to laugh at its absurdity than take it seriously as yet another object of hate and rage in a world that needs more kindness. Why should I put up with it? He is the scourge of ramblers, a ruthless property baron who regards his tenants as "filth" and his women as chattels. These cookies do not store any personal information. Why should anybody put up with it?". Read more: The story of Nicholas Van Hoogstraten, the man behind the vast, crumbling Sussex mansion. In the 1960s, a judge at his trial for arranging a hand grenade to be thrown through the window of someone said to owe him money called him "a sort of self-imagined devil who thinks he is an emissary of Beelzebub". Nicholas van Hoogstraten produced the new musical The Fields of Ambrosia (Aldwych Theatre) and the benefit concert John Raitt - Broadway Legend (Prince of Wales Theatre), both in London's West End. On the morning of 2 July 1999, two of Hoogstraten's hired thugs, disguised as handymen, arrived at Raja's residence. He is reported to have acquired more than 2,000 properties during the 1980s housing boom, and had sold 90% of them by the 1990s. Reflecting on what his vast wealth, and accompanying power, brings with it, his first thoughts are "a headache" and "a pain in the arse", adding: "I don't believe money brings happiness. Van Hoogstraten has been infamous in England for decades. Twice-married Mr Van Hoogstraten - who has changed his name to NicholasAdolf von Hessen - handed over many of his UK businesses to his children in 2002 after he was jailed for hiring a hitman to kill former business partner Mohammed Sabir Raja. By the age of 22, adding the "van" to his name at this stage,[8] he owned 350 properties in Sussex[10] and was reputedly Britain's youngest millionaire, although The Times in 1967 and 1972 referred to this status as being "self-styled".[11][12]. If we restrict aspects of the hearing that goes to the question of transparency of proceedings. It was even dubbed "The Ghost House of Sussex", our sister site SussexLive reports. Something went wrong, please try again later. Is it a mansion or a tomb? Let us introduce you to Hamilton Place, the jaw-dropping, 40 million mansion which started to come to life in 1985. [35], In February 2018, a judge accepted van Hoogstraten's claim that he did not have the money or assets to pay the family. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. It's a disgrace that it's just going to ruin. Nicholas van Hoogstraten. Marten, 35, and Gordon, 48, have been travelling around the UK by taxi since their car was found on fire on January 5. '," he said. It doesn't look like anything has happened here for a long time. Hoogstraten could then fill in the name of any of Raja's properties on these forms and thereby transfer ownership to himself, which he promised to do if Raja defaulted on his loans (this was not the first time Raja had done this with Hoogstraten). [16], Residents of 2-6 Palmeira Square in Hove took van Hoogstraten to court in September 1999 alleging he had used multiple aliases as a shadow director of Saga Properties (which owned the freehold in 1991) to indicate interests in the flats to block a property deal on the freehold. [15] Frequently interviewed in the Courtlands Hotel in Hove, it is a property with which he has "close connections", but which is legally owned by his children. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. When Raja answered the door to them, a fight broke out. Complete with garish golden domes, the house near. I don't have to be nice to anybody.". In 1990, he had the public paths blocked with razor wire and a pile of discarded refrigerators. Its one of the reasons why nobody can tell me what to do. Hoogstraten had become dissatisfied with a repayment arrangement the two men had made. THE police officer at the centre of a high profile case involving property tycoon Nicholas van Hoogstraten has been dismissed from the force. In April 1998, Raja sued Hoogstraten for conspiracy and fraud.[28]. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. The huge space inside is almost empty apart from some building materials and the odd chair (Image: Lisa Powell) [3] On his return to the UK, he moved to Notting Hill Gate and bought houses very cheaply because of rent controls, but specialised in "persuading" tenants to move out, using threatening practices associated with Peter Rachman,[5] someone he has defended. It is a clear message: do not try and come in. I don't have to be nice to anybody. Today, the domed roof of the main building still rises over the top of the treeline and remains visible from a distance from the nearest set of houses in the hamlet of Palehouse Common. And I've had properties registered in that name."[16]. Van Hoogstraten, a convicted criminal who is now 75 and goes by the name of Nicholas von Hessen, is a Sussex native born in Shoreham who owns dozens of properties in the area. It is a singularly macabre structure, with a golden domed mausoleum for Van Hoogstraten at its centre. When you come to me, you're going to deal with me on my terms and I want my money.". Hamilton Palace is now owned by a holding company with four of his adult children as directors. By 1980, aged 35, he owned more than 2,000 properties. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. In desperation, Raja raised a building society mortgage on a property for which he already owed money to Hoogstraten. [34] He explained to The Sunday Times that he had "no assets at all now in the UK", having placed those assets in the names of five children he has reportedly fathered with a series of African girlfriends. Designed for British multi-millionaire Nicholas van Hoogstraten, one of the wealthiest people in Sussex, Hamilton Place is something else. The original multi-millionaire owner Van Hoogstraten, a convicted criminal who is now 75 and goes by the name of Nicholas von Hessen, is a Sussex native born in Shoreham and owns dozens of properties in the area. he says. Responding to suggestions that the house - now dubbed the "ghost house of Sussex" - should be used for the homeless, he added: "The 'homeless' - the majority of whom are so by their own volition or sheer laziness - are one of the filthiest burdens on the public purse today. In answer to those complaints, he is quoted as saying "even the most moronic of peasants would be able to see that we have been busy landscaping the grounds of the palace so as to prepare for scheduled works". [30], In the early part of 2005, Hoogstraten's strategy of dispensing with his own legal Counsel and inexplicably mounting his own defence by acting in person, ignoring the Judge's advice to abandon such behaviour, led to the judgement on the 19 December 2005 in favour and for the family of Raja, in their civil action against van Hoogstraten and were awarded 6 million by Mr Justice Lightman, after the court found that on the balance of probabilities "that the recruitment of the two thugs was for the purpose of murdering Mr Raja and not merely to frighten, threaten or hurt him". Yet photos show the 40million mansion in East Sussex lying empty and unfinished 35 years after work began. The closest glimpse you can get on foot is of a gated entrance onto the estate that gives nothing away, aside from a bricked unit and a large, white container. In 2002, he was sentenced to 10 years for the manslaughter of a business . They're not only stealing my money, they're stealing my kids' money. Van Hoogstraten told Lynn Barber, writing for The Observer in 2006, that he pays for the education of three children in every school in Zimbabwe: "Actually, it doesn't cost a lot of money in real terms, but I've set up things like that that will continue". If I wanted, I could pay 50 to men in London to get every Jew in Brighton bumped off". Raja was stabbed five times in the heart and neck and was shot in the head twice at point blank range, dying as a consequence. Aged 22, he was convicted for paying a gang to throw a grenade[3] into the house of Rabbi Bernard Braunstein, a Brighton cantor on 12 November 1967. [12] He was freed on appeal. And I'm an expert in arranging things by remote control. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. He then moved to Zimbabwe where he became a close associate of its dictator president Robert Mugabe. The British landscape is marked with grandiose architectural indulgences, from the ruins of gothic towers built by slave owners to columns that commemorate long-ago battles. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. We should only depart from those norms in exceptional circumstances and we are not satisfied that this request has met those. It doesnt hurt me or you that one man has spent his money on a golden-domed folly. All the follies up and down the British Isles, from his lordships castle to that bungalow with a garden full of gnomes and a wishing well, are expressions of personality and flights of fancy. But Brighton and Hove News objected, saying this reason was not enough to justify overriding the importance of openness and transparency in proceedings. He was once Zimbabwe's largest private landowner and says he ruled his million acres as a "benevolent dictator" who built schools for his workers' children. In July 2002, van Hoogstraten was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for the manslaughter of Raja, after being found not guilty of murder: a jury at the Old Bailey decided that "although he clearly wanted Mr Raja harmed, there is no evidence that he had intended Mr Raja to be murdered". The half-built Hamilton Place is owned by Nicholas Van Hoogstraten. "They all know so I'm not hiding anything," he says of his girlfriends. It is thought the estate is now owned by his children through the company Messina Investments. It's one of the reasons why nobody can tell me what to do. At the time of the documentary, he had four girlfriends and lived a "secret location" in Hove while spending his evenings working at the hotel. Marten, 35, and Gordon, 48, have been travelling around the UK by taxi since their car was found on fire on January 5. [18] In May 2000, van Hoogstraten was fined 1,500 in Hove Crown Court for contempt of court for his reference the previous September to barrister Graham Campbell during the case: "You dirty bastard. Braunstein's son David owed a debt to Hoogstraten over a failed textile business they had jointly owned. It's been the subject of immense investment despite the fact that no one has ever lived in it and there is little sign that anyone ever will. whilst i applaud your heroic victory to name the son , the quality of the analysis of your rationale to name is poor = mentioning a dead dictator and the notorious slum landlord is not what the reason why Miss Ogheneruona Mercy IGUYOVWE Senior Specialist Prosecutor, International Justice and Organised Crime Division, Crown Prosecution Service allowed the naming.. Roy, I believe the story would have baffled readers without the context information telling us who these people are & why they are even newsworthy. Nicholas Van Hoogstraten in 1967, when he was Britain's youngest millionaire, Nicholas van Hoogstraten at court in Brighton in January 1968, Van Hoogstraten (now known as Nicholas Von Hessen) leaves Brighton Magistrates Court in March 2020 he was cleared of behaviour causing harassment, alarm or distress after a row with a police officer over clamping at a car park he owns, Nicholas van Hoogstraten in 1967, when he was 22 years old and described as Britain's youngest millionaire, during an interview for the Sunday Mirror, Hamilton Palace in 2000, when work was still ongoing, The impressive structure from a distance, with a dome seen above trees, A second building on the estate a short distance away from the main house, The stern words of warning at the gates to the estate today. On my terms and I 'm not hiding anything, '' he of! 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