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Local name Marlborough House. Location London, UK. Marlborough House, a Grade I listed mansion in St James's, City of Westminster, London, is the headquarters of the Commonwealth of Nations and the seat of the Commonwealth Secretariat. It was built in 1711 for Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, the favourite and confidante of Queen Anne.
Marlborough House was built for the Duke of Marlborough in 1709–11 on the site of the St James’s Palace pheasantry. Sir Christopher Wren designed the house, though plans were drawn by his son, Christopher Wren the younger. The red Dutch bricks of the walls were ballast returning on vessels which transported soldiers to Holland to fight ...
He became the 2nd baronet Hamililton of Trebinshun on his father's death in 1784. [1] From 1818 to 1823 he served as resident governor for the colony of Newfoundland. During this period, he oversaw the reconstruction of St. John's following fires in 1818 and 1819. Although he was charged with promoting agriculture, he was soon discouraged by ...
Marlborough House. Marlborough House is a mansion in Pall Mall, built in 1709-11 for the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, on part of the site of the St James’s Palace pheasantry. The duchess commissioned Sir Christopher Wren to design the house, though the plans were drawn up by his son, Christopher Wren the younger. She super ...
Escutcheon of the Hamilton baronets, of Marlborough House Funerary monument to Sir Charles Hamilton, 3rd Baronet, at Brompton Cemetery, London The Hamilton baronetcy , of Marlborough House, Portsmouth in the County of Southampton , was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 26 August 1776 for John Hamilton , [2] [3] He was a captain in the Royal Navy who distinguished himself at the ...
Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone. Tyrone House is a Georgian mansion townhouse built for Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone in 1740. It was constructed on lands bordering Marlborough Street (formerly Tyrone Street) in what was to become a fashionable part of North Dublin city off Sackville Street. It was one of the first substantial ...
Sir Charles Hamilton. Sir Edward Hamilton. Captain Sir John Hamilton, 1st Baronet (21 February 1726 – 24 January 1784) was a Royal Navy officer of the eighteenth century. He joined as a captain's servant in HMS Rippon in 1740. Hamilton fought in the War of Jenkins' Ear at the Battle of Cartagena de Indias in 1741 and then transferred to HMS ...
