Bushy House
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 East view of Bushy House 1992 |
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| place | Teddington , London |
| architect | William Samwell |
| Client | Edward Proger , later George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax |
| Construction year | 1663 and 1714/1715 |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 25 '13 " N , 0 ° 20' 21" W |
Bushy House is an English Grade II listed former royal residence of William IV and, after his death, of his widow Adelaide , the former Queen in Teddington , London . It was rated as a Class II * monument. It was built by George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax between 1714 and 1715 on the site of the former Upper Lodge, Bushy Park.
In 1900 the building and the 120,000 m² Bushy Park were given to the National Physical Laboratory as a location.
Laboratories were housed in the basement and on the ground floor. Another part of the building was used by Richard Glazebrook , the first director of the NPL, and his successors as their official residence. Today there is a laboratory, two small museums exhibiting older scientific equipment and conference rooms.
history
The first Bushy House was built in 1663 by William Samwell for Edward Proger for £ 4,000 (now £ 611,000) to house the Bushy Park rangers. Proger was appointed ranger of Bushy Park by Charles II for his loyalty during the time of Charles II's exile .
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax bought the three parks from Barbara Villiers, 1st Duchess of Cleveland , was appointed ranger and he rebuilt the house from 1714 to 1715. The house and office went to his cousin George Montague (1715-1737) and then to his son George Montague-Dunk (1737-1771). From 1771 to 1792 both were held by Lord North , son of the 1st Earl's eldest daughter. But he had other houses in Epsom and in the center of Westminster and London .
Upon the death of Lord North and his wife in 1797, King George III appointed his son William, Duke of Clarence as Ranger of Bushy Park. He also resides in the Bushy House. The future King William IV and his long-time mistress Dorothy Jordan lived there with their ten children until the relationship ended in 1811. He then lived there with his wife Adelaide and the FitzClarence children. On June 26, 1830, a messenger arrived at six in the morning, telling him that the king was dead and that he was his successor. William allegedly replied that he had always wanted to sleep with a queen and went back to bed. After William named Adelaide as his successor as ranger, Bushy House was her official residence after Williams' death until her own death.
In 1865, Queen Victoria offered the Bushy House to the Duc de Nemours and other members of the French royal family who were in exile in England as a residence. Even after his return to France in 1871 he kept the Bushy House until 1896 in order to have accommodation in case he had to leave France again. When Louis died without children, the house was empty in 1897.
In March 1902, the National Physical Laboratory of Prince of Wales, later King George V, opened in Bushy House.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bushy House [1080870] ( English ) In: National Heritage List for England . Historic England . Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ↑ a b c Spelthorne Hundred: Hampton Court Palace, parks. In: William Page (Ed.): A History of the County of Middlesex. Volume 2, London 1911, pp. 386-388. (British History Online)
- ↑ a b c Clare Armstrong Bridgman Jerrold: The Story of Dorothy Jordan. Ayer Publishing, 1969, ISBN 0-405-08672-5 . (Google Books)
- ^ The National Physical Laboratory. In: The Times. (36720). London, March 20, 1902, p. 6.
swell
- Eileen Magnello: A Century of Measurement . 2000, ISBN 0-9537868-1-1 .
- The Story of Bushy House