Queen's House (61 page)

Buckingham Palace has come to represent an important part of our history, in which not only kings and queens, but also architects and artists, craftsmen and women, have all had their roles. The knowledge of those deep roots brings a sense of stability and security in a changing world.

Notes

PROLOGUE

1
.
Gentleman's Magazine,
June 1863, vol. xxxiii, p. 311.

2
. Horace Walpole,
Letters,
Clarendon Press, Oxford 1905.

CHAPTER ONE

1
. It was removed by George III. Quoted Clifford Smith,
Buckingham Palace,
Country Life Ltd., 1931.

2
. Walford, Edward,
Old and New London.,
8 vols., Cassell Peter & Galpin, London, 1897.

3
.
ibid
.

4
. See Bruce Graeme,
The Story of Buckingham Palace,
Hutchinson & Co., 1928.

5
.
ibid
.

6
. Quoted Clifford Smith,
Buckingham Palace, from Charles Gatty, Mary Davies and The Manor of Ebury.

7
. See Bruce Graeme,
The Story of Buckingham Palace.

8
. Sir Charles Sedley,
The Mulberry Garden,
1675.

9
. John Evelyn,
Diary,
vol. 2,10 May 1654, ed. William Brag, J. Dent & Sons, 1907.

10
. Samuel Pepys,
Diary,
vol. 2, 5 April 1669, ed. H. Wheatley, 8 vols., G. Bell & Sons Ltd., London, 1924.

11
. Samuel Pepys,
Diary,
vol. 2,10 July 1660.

12
. John Evelyn,
Diary,
vol. 2, 29 March 1665.

13
. Thomas Macaulay,
History of England,
ed. Henderson, Routledge, 1909.

14
. Comte de Gramont,
Memoirs,
transl. Peter Quennell, London, 1930.

15
. Samuel Pepys,
Diary,
vol. 2, 10 July 1666.

16
. Samuel Pepys,
Diary,
vol. 2, 24 June 1667.

17
. John Evelyn,
Diary,
vol. 2,1 August 1672.

18
. John Evelyn,
Diary,
vol. 2, 6 November 1679.

19
. John Evelyn,
Diary,
vol. 2, 26 October 1683.

20
. John Evelyn,
Diary,
vol. 2,17 April 1673.

21
. John Evelyn,
Diary,
vol. 2, 21 September 1674.

22
. See Clifford Smith,
Buckingham Palace.

23
. John Dryden,
The Poems of John Dryden,
ed. James Kinsley, 4 vols., Clarendon Press, 1903–5.

24
. Quoted Clifford Smith,
Buckingham Palace,
from the Surveyor General's Report, 1698.

25
.
Thomas Macaulay, History of England.

26
.
ibid
.

27
. Quoted Clifford Smith,
Buckingham Palace, from A New View of London,
1708.

28
. John Sheffield, letter to Duke of Shrewsbury.
Complete Works,
2 vols., 1740.

29
. Quoted Clifford Smith,
Buckingham Palace,
from vol. 1, p. 117.

30
. Horace Walpole,
Letters,
8 vols., Clarendon Press, Oxford.

31
. Alexander Pope,
The Character of Katherine, late Duchess of Buckingham and Normanby,
M. Cooper 1764.

32
. B. M. Original Papers, vol. 1 1743–84 Folio 9; B. M. Original Papers, General Meeting, vol. 1., 2 April 1754, GM29.

CHAPTER TWO

1
. It was removed by George III. Quoted Clifford Smith,
Buckingham Palace,
Country Life Ltd., 1931.

2
. Horace Walpole,
Letters,
to Sir Horace Mann, British Envoy at Florence.

3
.
ibid
.

4
. Quoted E. S. Turner,
The Court of St James,
Michael Joseph, 1959, from
Court & City Register.

5
.
The Diaries of Mrs Lybbe Powys,
ed. E. J. Climenson, Longman, 1899.

6
. Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann. Quoted Bruce Graeme,
The Story of Buckingham Palace,
Hutchinson & Co., 1928.

7
. Duke of Buckingham, Letter to Duke of Shrewsbury,
Works,
vol. 2,1753.

8
. See John Brooke,
King George III,
Constable, 1972.

9
. Sir Joshua Reynolds, source unknown.

10
. John Thomas Smith,
Nollekens and His Times: the Life of the Sculptor Joseph Nollekens,
Turnstile Press, 1949.

11
. Quoted Clifford Smith,
Buckingham Palace.

12
. Megan Aldrich (ed.),
The Craces,
John Murray and Brighton Pavilion, 1990.

13
. Quoted Clifford Smith,
Buckingham Palace,
from Whitley, ‘Artists and Their Friends in England 1700–1799'.

14
. Quoted Clifford Smith,
Buckingham Palace.

15
. Sophie von la Roche,
Sophie in London,
transl. Clare Williams, Jonathan Cape, 1933.

16
. Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann, 1762. Quoted Clifford Smith,
Buckingham Palace.

16
.
The Diaries of Mrs Lybbe Powys,
March 23 and 27 1767, ed. E. J. Climenson, Longmans, 1899.

18
. E. S. Turner, The Court of St James.

19
. Mrs Charlotte Papendiek,
Court and Private Life in the Time of Queen Charlotte,
ed. Mrs Kernon Delves Broughton, Richard Bentley & Son, 1887.

20
. Sophie von la Roche,
Sophie in London.

21
. J. T. Smith,
Nollekens and His Times,
1949.

22
. Mme D'Arblay,
Diary and Correspondence of Fanny Burney,
ed. G. F. Barrett, 6 vols., 1904.

23
.
Mrs Charlotte Papendiek, Court and Private Life in the Time of Queen Charlotte.

24
. Mme D'Arblay,
Diary and Correspondence of Fanny Burney
.

25
.
London Chronicle,
May 1764.

26
. Journals of the House of Commons, 11 February 1780.

27
. Nathaniel Wraxall,
Historical Memoirs,
ed. H. Wheatley, vol. ii, 1884.

28
. Mrs Charlotte Papendiek,
Court and Private Life in the Time of Queen Charlotte
.

29
. Mme D'Arblay,
Diary and Correspondence of Fanny Burney
.

30
. Mrs Charlotte Papendiek,
Court and Private Life in the Time of Queen Charlotte
.

31
.
Gentleman's Magazine,
1802.

32
. William H. Pyne,
A History of the Royal Residences,
vol. 3, L. P., 1819.

33
. Quoted Bruce Graeme,
The Story of Buckingham Palace,
Hutchinson and Co., 1928, from Holt's
Life of George III.

34
.
Letters of Princess Charlotte
1811–1817, ed. A. Aspinall, Home and van Thal, 1949.

35
.
Memoirs of Baron Stockmar by his Son, Baron E. von Stockmar
, ed. F. Max Müller, 2 vols, Longmans, Green & Co., 1872.

36
. Olwen Hedley,
Queen Charlotte,
John Murray, 1975.

37
. Richard Rush, diary of 17 February 1818,
Memoranda of a Resident at the Court of London
, 1833.

38
. Quoted Olwen Hedley, Queen Charlotte, from Mme D'Arblay (Fanny Burney),
Diary and Correspondence of Fanny Burney
.

39
.
ibid
.

40
. Princess Lieven,
The Private Letters,
John Murray, 1934.

CHAPTER THREE

1
. King George IV to John Nash, quoted Clifford Smith,
Buckingham Palace,
Country Life Ltd, 1931.

2
. Mrs Arbuthnot,
The Journal of Mrs Arbuthnot,
1820–1832, 2 vols. Macmillan & Co., 1950.

3
. Quoted John Summerson,
The Life and Work of John Nash,
Allen & Unwin. 1935

4
.
The Times,
23 January 1826.

5
. Mrs Arbuthnot,
The Journal of Mrs Arbuthnot
.

6
. John Nash to Sir John Soane, 18 September 1822, quoted John Summerson,
The Life and Work of John Nash.

7
.
The Times
, May 1825.

8
.
The Times
, June 1825.

9
. Quoted John Summerson,
The Life and Work of John Nash
.

10
.
The Literary Gazette
, 4 September 1826.

11
.
Fraser's Magazine
, 1830.

12
. John Summerson,
The Life and Work of John Nash
.

13
. Professor Richardson, quoted Clifford Smith,
Buckingham Palace.

14
. John Summerson,
The Life and Work of John Nash
,

15
. Quoted in Alison Kelly,
Mrs Coade s Stone,
Self Publishing Association Limited, 1990.

16
. ‘Obituary of Mrs Coade, Inventor of Coade Stone',
Gentleman's Magazine
, 1821.

17
. Alison Kelly,
Mrs Coade's Stone
.

18
.
The Times,
10 March 1826.

19
.
The Times,
5 November 1827.

CHAPTER FOUR

1
. Lord Holland,
Holland House Diaries,
ed. A. D. Kriegal, Routledge & Paul, 1977.

2
.
Report of House of Commons Select Committee
, October 1831.

3
. John Summerson,
The Life and Work of John Nash,
Allen & Unwin, 1935.

4
. Lord Holland,
Holland House Diaries
.

5
. Robert Huish,
Memoirs of George IV,
ed. Kelly, 2 vols., London, 1831.

6
. Thomas Creevey,
The Creevey Papers,
14 March 1831, ed. Sir Herbert Maxwell, John Murray, 1903.

7
. Philip Ziegler,
King William IV,
Collins, 1971.

8
. John Martin Robinson,
Royal Palaces: Buckingham Palace,
Michael Joseph, 1995.

9
. Thomas Creevey,
The Creevey Papers
.

10
. William Hazlitt, quoted Claire Tomalin,
Mrs Jordan s Profession,
Viking, 1994.

11
. Lord Holland,
Holland House Diaries
.

CHAPTER FIVE

1
. Quoted Bruce Graeme,
The Story of Buckingham Palace,
Hutchinson 8cCo., 1928.

2
.
Leaves from the Greville Diary,
ed. Morrell, Eveleigh Nash & Grayson, 1929.

3
.
Memoirs of Baron Stockmar by his Son, Baron E. von Stockmar
, ed. F. Max Miiller, 2 vols., Longmans, Green & Co., 1872.

4
. Elizabeth Longford,
Victoria R.I.,
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1964.

5
. Princess Lieven,
The Private Letters,
John Murray, 1934.

6
. Lord Holland,
Holland House Diaries,
ed. A. D. Kriegal, Routledge & Paul, 1977.

7
. Lord Holland,
Holland House Diaries
.

8
. Michael Joyce,
My Friend H:the Life of John Hobhouse, Lord Br ought on
, John Murray, 1948.

9
. Queen Victoria,
Queen Victoria's Letters: a Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence
(see Bibliography).

10
. Queen Victoria, 7 May 1839,
Journal
(see Bibliography).

11
. Queen Victoria, 9 May 1839,
Journal.

12
. Queen Victoria,
Letters.

13
. Queen Victoria, 29 May 1839,
The Girlhood,
ed. Viscount Esher, 2 vols., John Murray, 1912.

14
.
ibid
.

15
. Baron Stockmar to Prince Albert, quoted Robert Rhodes-James,
Albert, Prince Consort,
Hamish Hamilton, 1983.

16
. Baron Stockmar to Queen Victoria,
Memoirs of Baron Stockmar by his Son, Baron E. von Stockmar
.

17
.
ibid
.

18
. Dowager Duchess of Gotha, quoted Robert Rhodes-James,
Albert, Prince Consort.

19
. Louise, Duchess of Coburg, Prince Albert's mother, June 1820, quoted Robert Rhodes-James,
Albert, Prince Consort.

20
. Quoted Robert Rhodes-James,
Albert, Prince Consort.

21
. Baron Stockmar to Prince Leopold, quoted
ibid.

22
. Queen Victoria, 18 May 1836,
Journal.

23
. Prince Albert to a friend, 1838, quoted Robert Rhodes-James,
Albert, Prince Consort.

24
. Prince Leopold to Baron Stockmar, quoted Robert Rhodes-James,
Albert, Prince Consort.

25
. Queen Victoria, 11 October 1839,
Journal.

26
. Queen Victoria, 15 October 1839,
Journal.

27
. Prince Albert to Baron Stockmar, 16 October 1839,
Letters,
ed. K. Jagow, John Murray, 1938.

28
. Prince Albert to Baron Stockmar.

29
. Queen Victoria, address to Privy Council, 23 November 1839. Quoted Elizabeth Longford,
Victoria R.L

30
. Queen Victoria to Prince Albert, quoted Elizabeth Longford,
Victoria R.I.

31
. Prince Albert to Duchess Caroline of Saxe-Gotha-Altenberg, 12 February 1841,
Letters.

32
. Quoted Bruce Graeme,
The Story of Buckingham Palace
.

33
. Mendelssohn, Felix Bartholdy, to his mother, 9 July 1842,
Letters 1833
–
1847,
ed. Jacob, 1863.