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4 days ago · It was bought in 1762 by George III for his wife, Queen Charlotte, and became known as the queen’s house. By order of George IV, John Nash initiated the conversion of the house into a palace in the 1820s.
2 days ago · The general appearance of Downing Street as it was in the reign of George IV. or William IV. is thus hit off by Theodore Hook: "There is a fascination in that little cul de sac; an hour's inhalation of its atmosphere affects some men with giddiness, others with blindness, and very frequently with the most oblivious boast fulness." And possibly ...
1 day ago · Sister of King Edward IV 218 Ferdinand II, King of Aragon and Castile: 1452–1516 1480 219 Hercules d'Este, Duke of Modena and Ferrara: 1431–1505 1480 F62 Cecily of York: 1469 – 1507 1480 Daughter of Edward IV, later Viscountess Welles F63 Mary of York: 1467 – 1482 1480 Daughter of Edward IV 220 John II, King of Portugal: 1455–1495 1482
4 days ago · It was at No. 29 in this square, then, as now, the house of the Earl of Harrowby, that the Cabinet Ministers of George IV. had arranged to dine on the 23rd of February, 1820, when they were prevented by a preconcerted plan for their assassination, which is known to history as the Cato Street conspiracy, from the place between Marylebone and the ...
3 days ago · Later, during the controversy caused by the return to London of Queen Caroline for the coronation of George IV in 1820, he urged his son, then a co-editor of the magazine, to 'Take particular care that nothing escapes or issues from [the magazine's printing office in] Parliament Street.' He suggested that any reports they included should give ...
2 days ago · John Jacob Astor IV left behind a fortune estimated at over $150 million (equivalent to over $4 billion today). The bulk of his wealth and business interests passed to his eldest son Vincent. The 20-year-old Vincent Astor suddenly found himself one of the richest men in America, inheriting an estate that included The Waldorf-Astoria and St. Regis.
3 days ago · Leicester Square: Fanum House. The Automobile Association was founded in 1905, its first offices being in Fleet Street. In 1909 it removed to Nos. 66 and 68 Whitcomb Street, within the island site which it still occupies. Rebuilding of the northern end of the block began in 1923 to the designs of Andrew Mather.
