Queen's House (66 page)

Bevan, Aneurin
318
,
326

Bevin, Ernest
318

Bigge, Sir Arthur
see
Stamfordham

Birch, Henry
172–3

Birdcage Walk
11–12
,
22

birds
see
animals and birds

Blair, Tony
355
,
358–9

Blake, William (man of business)
4–5

Blake House
5
,
6

Blomfield, Mary
219

Blore, William
103–5
,
153
,
157–61
,
169

Blücher, Prince, of Prussia
108

Blue Closet
127

Blue Drawing Room
109

Blue Velvet Room
71

Blunt, Anthony
385–6

Blunt, Bishop of Bradford
276

Boer War
188–9
,
204
,
340

Bonar Law, Andrew
238
,
246

Bondfield, Margaret
256

Boswell, James
148
Boudoir
229

Bow Drawing Room
109

Bow Room
45
,
315
,
318
,
363
,
365
,
366–7
Pn,
CP12

Bowes-Lyon
see
Elizabeth, the Queen Mother;

Strathmore

Boyd, Harry
253

boys' clubs
289
,
316

Brabourne, Countess of
392
CP27

Bradburn, John
40
,
43

Breteuil, Marquis de
241

Bright, John
182
,
251

Brighton Pavilion
see
Royal Pavilion, Brighton

British Institution
85

British Museum
26–7
,
39

Broadlands
330

Brock, Thomas
216

Brodrick, St John
204–5

Brooke, Lady (Countess of Warwick)
191

Brooke, Peter
380–81

Brown, James, and Mrs Brown
255

Brown, John
177
,
183–4
,
197

Brown, Lancelot ‘Capability'
93–4

Browne, Joseph
92
,
101
,
108

Brunswick, Augusta, Duchess of
67
,
389

Buccleuch, 7th Duke of
245

Buchanan, James
182

Buckingham, 1st Duke of (Sheffield; Mulgrave; Marquess of Normanby)
19
,
20–27
,
35–7
CP1

Buckingham, 2nd Duke of (previous creation),
12

Buckingham, Katherine, Duchess of
22
,
23
,
24
,
25–6
,
35
,
388

Buckingham House
22–7
,
34–7
CP6

Arlington House renamed
22

named Queen's House
34

proposal to demolish and rebuild
84–6

see also
Queen's House (for period of George III)
and later
Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace additional storey
107–8

conversion from Buckingham House (Queen's House)
91–9
,
100–11

Duke of Windsor
212
,
220
: after accession
266
,
273–4
,
276–8;
; Duchess's visit (1972)
369

Edward VII and Alexandra
190
,
199–200
,
206–7
,
212
: modernized
194
,
195–6;
; art works
194–5
,
197–9

first called The Palace…'
86–7

George IV
84–7
,
90–98
,
101–2

George V and Mary
209–23
,
247–8:1st
World War
238
,
239
,
240
; Mary after George's death
266–7
,
271–2;
; Palace repairs and alterations
208
,
213–4
,
216–8
,
219
,
227–32

George VI and Elizabeth
284–5
,
287
,
326
,
329
Pn,
P12
,
P14
: 2nd World War
295
,
296
,
297
,
300–304
,
306
,
309–10
,
314–6;
; post-war repairs
319–22
,
325
; visit of Eleanor Roosevelt
307–9

number of rooms
393

open to the public
381
,
385–6
,
387–8

Parliament's role
354–9

site
1–5
,
7–8
,
16
,
22–3
,
37
,
86–7
,
91–2
,
101
Pl

surgical operations
201
,
248–9
,
331
,
333–4

Victoria
122–4
,
203
P6
,
P7
: after death of Albert
176
,
178
,
183
,
184–5
,
9
,
191–2;
; repairs and alterations
153–4
,
165–70

William IV
102–15

see also
Buckingham House
and
Queen's House;
entry under
Elizabeth II

Buckingham Palace Press Office
383

Builder, The,
159
,
161
,
169–70

Burdett, Sir Francis
49
,
127

Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina, Baroness
144
,
234

Burdon, Richard (1st Viscount Haldane)
205

Burke, Edmund, ‘Plan of Economic Reform'
64–6
,
69

Burney, Charles
57

Burney, Edward Frances
CP13

Burney, Fanny (Madame d'Arblay)
55–9
,
60–61
,
68
,
77
CP13

Burton, Decimus
161

Bushey House
111

Bute, 3rd Earl of (John Stuart)
29
,
30
,
33
,
37–8
,
40
,
49
,
62–3

Buxton, Noel
252

Caen stone
159
,
216–17

Callaghan, James
358

Cambridge, Adolphus, Duke of (son of George III)
72
,
76
,
78
,
152
,
186
,
301

Cambridge, Adolphus, Marquess of (formerly Duke of Teck; brother of Queen Mary)
185
,
222
,
226

Cambridge, Augusta, Duchess of
76
,
78
,
154
,
301

Campbell, Kenneth, of Campbell Smith &. Co
289–90

Canada and the Royal Family
294
,
334
,
352
,
361

Canaletto
7
,
40
,
71

canals
xv,
11
,
23
,
33
,
35
,
93
,
367

candelabra
84
,
109
,
169
,
231–2

Canterbury, Archbishops of
70
,
115
, 202W,
292
,
360

Cardigan, James, 7th Earl of
155

Carlisle, George, 7th Earl of (Lord Morpeth)
157–8
,
161

Carlton House
33
,
37
,
83
,
231

George IV
86
,
87
,
109
: as Prince of Wales; Prince Regent
44
,
67
,
70
,
74
,
82–3
,
89
; House demolished
85
,
86
,
92
,
93
,
107

Caroline, Princess (sister of George III)
67–8

Caroline of Anspach, Queen
28–9
,
34
,
135

Caroline of Brunswick, Queen
67
,
74
,
82
,
83
,
89–90

Caroline Matilda, Princess
CP4

Cassel, Sir Ernest
193

Castlemaine, Countess of
14

Catherine of Braganza
29

ceilings

Buckingham House
36
CP6

Buckingham Palace
95
,
102
,
108
,
109
,
160
,
169–70
,
389–90

Queen's House
38–9
,
52

Central Committee for Women's Training and Employment
235–6
,
237

Centre Room
231–2

Chamberlain, Neville
293
,
295
,
296

Chambers, Sir William
38–9
,
40
,
46–7
,
51
,
83
,
95
,
96
,
CP9

chandeliers
84
,
109
,
169
,
196
,
230

Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace
369–70
,
383

Channon, Chips
232
,
244
,
258
,
269
,
274
,
279
,
280

Chantrey, Sir Francis
92–3
,
112
CP15

chapels

Buckingham Palace
94
,
153
,
297
,
302–3
,
304
,
320
,
348

Chapel Royal, St James's Palace: weddings
74
,
135
,
171

St George's Chapel, Windsor, monarchs' death
79
,
99
,
175
,
94
,
208
,
336
,
369

Charles I, King
3
,
4
,
5–10
,
22
,
385
,
387
,
388
CP32

Charles II, King
9–19
,
20–21
,
44
,
385
,
388
CP32

Charles, Prince of Wales
331
,
339
,
363
,
371
,
382
,
384
CP29

income from the Duchy of Cornwall
380
,
381

Charlotte, Princess (daughter of George IV; wife of Leopold I of Belgium)
73–5
,
7J,
79
,
112
,
135

Charlotte, the Princess Royal (daughter of George III; wife of Frederick I of Württemberg)
76–7

Charlotte, Queen
1–2n
,
28–81
,
135
,
152
,
154–5
,
222
,
388
CP3
,
CP11
,
CP14

children
37
,
50
,
52
,
54
,
71
,
75–7
CP3
,
CP16

during Regency period
70–80

George Ill's birthday, xv,
72
CP5

given ‘Queen's House', xvi

Charteris, Martin
335
,
351
,
369

Chartists
162

Chatham, 1st Earl of (Pitt the Elder)
63

Chatsworth
106

Cheam school, Surrey
313

chimneys
see
fireplaces china
45
, 45n,
47
,
84
,
346–7
,
367

Chelsea service
44–5
,
367
CP12

see also
art(s)

Chinese Chippendale Room
223
,
230

Chinese influence
38
,
44
,
83
,
98–9
,
160
,
230

Chinese Room
183
,
268
,
301

Chipp, Mr: owner of Mulberry Garden
9
,
10
,
11

Chippendale Room
222

Christian IX, King of Denmark
183

Christian VII, King of Denmark
67–8

Christie family: sale
45

Church of England: monarch as Head
342

Churchill, Sir Winston
247–8
,
316
,
318

2nd World War
295
,
296
,
300
,
303
,
308–9
,
314

and the Duke of Windsor
270
,
272
,
275
,
276–7
,
278
,
292
,
296

Elizabeth II
326
,
335
,
340

George VI
292
,
296
,
333–4
,
335–6

Cipriani, G. B.
46–7
CP6

cistern
35

Civil List
48

Elizabeth II and family
325–6
,
373
,
374
,
377–81
,
383

George III
49–50
,
64–6
,
69
,
70

George V
257

George VI
325–6
,
328

Civil War
4
,
5
,
7
,
8–10
,
12
,
16

Claremont, nr Esher
74
,
80