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2 days ago · Walter Thornbury, 'St Margaret's Westminster', in Old and New London: Volume 3, ... 1820; and the Coronation of George IV. and his visit to Scotland, in 1822. The ...
13 hours ago · George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with George as its king. He was concurrently Duke and Prince-elector of Hanover ...
3 days ago · King George IV initially ordered the crown from Rundell, Bridge, and Rundell in 1820 and wore it on the way to his coronation (as did Elizabeth on her way to hers). It is constructed of gold ...
2 days ago · In 1821, the occasion made George IV sweat so much he used up 19 handkerchiefs. With the Queen robed once more and holding the Coronation regalia, the Archbishop picks up the Crown of St Edward.
2 days ago · The Wars of the Roses, known at the time and in following centuries as the Civil Wars, were a series of civil wars fought over control of the English throne from 1455 to 1487. The wars were fought between supporters of the House of Lancaster and House of York , two rival cadet branches of the royal House of Plantagenet .
2 days ago · On the day after the coronation of George IV., Mr. Hamlet, the jeweller, came to the house, expressing a wish to see the wealthy banker. It was during dinner; but owing, no doubt, to a previous arrangement, he was at once admitted, when he placed before Mr. Coutts a magnificent diamond cross which had been worn the previous day by the Duke of York.
4 days ago · The King exchanged property in Yorkshire for York House by Act of Parliament (21 James I, cap. 30). n9. When in London, Buckingham mainly resided at Wallingford House, Whitehall, where his son, George, was born on 30th January, 1627–8, but part at least of York House was in use for entertainments on a lavish scale. n10.
