Norman Hudson OBE is an Englishpublisher, founder of annual guidebook, and advisor to owners of historic houses on management, development of tourism and location filming.
Career
Norman Hudson OBE, a management and development consultant, advising on Historic Houses and tourism management, is Chairman of the , a grant giving charitable body. He has had wide involvement in the Built Heritage sector including having been a member of the National Trust Council 1973-1988, a member of the British Tourism Development Committee, and since 1977 retained as Adviser to Historic Houses whose 1,600 members are the private owners of the most important historic houses and gardens in Great Britain. Hudson also serves as a Council member of Historic Houses and , and is Patron of the Sulgrave Manor Trust, that looks after Sulgrave Manor the UK ancestral home of George Washington. From 1987 until 2007, Hudson published, via his publishing company Norman Hudson & Co, 20 annual editions of guidebook, then the principal annual guide to UK heritage property open to the public. In September 2007 Hudson sold the Hudson's Historic Houses and Gardens title to the Heritage House Group Ltd. now rebranded as . His involvement continued as Chairman of the judging panel for the annual Hudson's Heritage Awards, now known as the UK Heritage Awards. In the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours list, Hudson received an OBE for services to the heritage tourism industry. He is married to Jane, founder of M&G Presents, and lives in Upper Wardington, Oxfordshire. Hudson, prior to its sale in 2016, was Chairman of M&G Presents Ltd, one of the principal UK mail order gift catalogue businesses.
Books – Author/Editor
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Norman Hudson & Co, annually, totalling 20 editions, starting with title dates 1987-8, then 1989 and so on annually. There are also identical USA editions, but with a different cover highlighting Great Britain and Ireland, and a separate ISBN through . See the section below for further details.
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Books – Editions of Hudson's Historic Houses and Gardens
The year listed below is that shown on the book cover, not the date published, which is usually at the end of the year before the cover year. The property name is of that featured on the front cover. For each year, the UK edition is listed first, then the separate US edition.
