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Hace 4 días · A Royal Acquisition. In 1792, Queen Charlotte, the devoted wife of King George III, purchased Frogmore House as a much-needed retreat for herself and her unmarried daughters. The tranquil surroundings provided a welcome respite from the formalities of court life and allowed the royal ladies to indulge in their artistic and intellectual pursuits.
Hace 5 días · Since the 18th century, sovereigns and their spouses have been buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, with the exception of Queen Victoria and Edward VIII, who are interred with other members of the Royal family at Frogmore. Victoria and Albert are interred in the Royal Mausoleum there.
Hace 4 días · On 7 June 1753, King George II gave his royal assent to the Act of Parliament which established the British Museum. [b] The British Museum Act 1753 also added two other libraries to the Sloane collection, namely the Cottonian Library , assembled by Sir Robert Cotton , dating back to Elizabethan times, and the Harleian Library , the collection of the Earls of Oxford .
Hace 2 días · The final resting place of British monarch Queen Victoria (1819–1901) is the Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore, near Windsor Castle. Her husband, Prince Albert, is also interred here.
Hace 5 días · Until 1900, when it was all incorporated into the Borough of Kensington, the estate was situated in three separate administrative parishes—those of Kensington, Paddington and St. Margaret's, West-minster. Most of the area described in this chapter was constituted Crown Estate in 1841, when, by an Act of Parliament, some twenty-eight acres ...
Hace 5 días · Tomb of Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort, Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire. Illustration for Windsor and Eton, An Illustrated Invitation, c 1905. Creator: English Photographer (20th century) Artwork medium: black and white photograph: Credit: Look and Learn: Search stock images by keyword
Hace 5 días · Grant's Tomb, officially the General Grant National Memorial, is the final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, and of his wife Julia. It is a classical domed mausoleum in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States.
