Queen's House (68 page)

Ferdinand, Prince
130

Festival of Britain
333

Finch, Frederick
209
,
210
,
242

fireplaces
159–60
,
228

chimneypieces
39
,
98
,
108
,
109
,
160

chimneys
97–8
,
160–61

fires
2
,
9
,
16
,
19
,
89
,
104

risk and prevention
158
,
383
,
391

for warmth, Queen's House
47–8

Windsor Castle
380–81

fireworks
183
,
365

Firth (work superintendent)
91

Fischer, Johann Christian
51

Fisher, Sir John (later Lord Fisher)
193

Fitzclarence, Lord Augustus
112

Fitzherbert, Mrs Maria
44
,
67

Fitzroy': reminder of royal blood
353

Fitzroy, Henry, 1st Duke of Grafton
14–15
,
19

Florschutz, Christoph
131

flowers
41
,
47

see also
gardens

food

role of Royal Chef
347

see also
banquets and receptions

food parcels, from wedding of Elizabeth II
327

footmen
346–7

Ford, Edward
351

forecourt
8
,
22–3
,
24
,
102
,
109
,
161

Fort Belvedere
259
,
270
,
272
,
273
,
275
,
277

days of abdication
276–7
,
278–9
,
281

Fortnum, of Fortnum & Mason
69

fountains
94

Fox, Charles James
67

Francis, John
149

Franz Ferdinand, Archduke
207
,
223

Franz Joseph, Emperor
202

Fraser's Magazine,
93

Frederica, Duchess of York
76
,
349

Frederick I, Hereditary Duke of Wurttemberg
77

Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse Homburg
78

Frederick, Prince of Wales
25
,
28–9
,
37
,
43
,
49
,
83

Frederick Albert, attendant on Queen Charlotte
33
,
55
,
59
,
61
,
68
P
₃

Frederick William of Prussia, Prince (later Emperor of Germany)
170–71

French influence n,
15
,
92
,
95
,
109
,
198
,
203
,
389
P1

French Revolution and George III
64
,
66

frescos
133
,
152
,
169–70
CP20

Raphael cartoons
7
,
36
,
41
,
52
,
70
,
170

Frogmore: burial of the Duke of Windsor
369

Frost, W. E.
140

furnishings
84
,
107
,
109
,
213–4
,
389

Arlington House
13
,
15
,
16

Carlton House
83–4

damaged by decorators, radiators
197–8

from Royal Pavilion
107
,
109
,
160

Queen Mary
221–2
,
228
,
229–30
,
348–9

Queen's House
37
,
39
,
42–7
,
50
,
52–3
,
70–2
,
109

CP9
,
CP10
, CPn: from other royal houses
35
, .83

Victoria's attitude
123–4

see also
art(s)

Fuseli, Henry
60

G7 Summit meeting
365

Gainsborough, Thomas
42
,
60
,
71
,
84
CP16

gale (1779)
52

galleries
19
,
23
,
83–4
,
95
,
124

Galli (wife of J. C. Bach)
51
,
61

Galway, James
365

Gandhi, the Mahatma
255–6
,
327
,
330

garden parties
178
,
206
,
265–6
,
342
,
346
,
365–6
,
377
,
394
CP30

gardens
152
,
366
,
367

Arlington House
16
,
17–19

Buckingham House
24
,
35
,
93–5
Pi

Kew Gardens
37
, 94n,
367

Nash's ‘mound'
86–7
,
94
,
152
,
367

Queen's House
93–4

St James's Park
18–19
,
94

trees
17
,
18–19
,
35
,
366

see also
Mulberry Garden

Garrick, Mrs (in Hampton)
54

gates
24
,
93
,
99
,
111
,
162

Gentileschi, Orazio
36

George I, King
28
,
49

George I, King of Greece
183

George II, King
28
,
32
,
33–4
,
39
,
49
,
63
,
135

George III, King
18
,
28–80
,
135
,
141
,
385
,
387
,
388–9
P
₄
,
CP2
,
CP12
,
CP16

25th birthday
XV,JI-2
CP5

Court life
55–62
,
77

death
80–81

mental breakdown and insanity
33
,
51
,
54
,
62
,
68–9
,
74–5
,
77
,
119

purchase of Buckingham House
27

Regency period
70–81

wedding
31–2

George IV, King
34
,
44
,
50
,
82–99
,
382
CP17

art collection
83–4
,
98
,
109
,
382
,
385
,
387

Coronation
89–90
,
102

lifestyle before accession
61
,
66–7
,
74–5
,
76
,
82–4
,
106

marriage to Caroline of Brunswick
67
,
76
,
82–3

marriage to Mrs Fitzherbert
44
,
67

Nash's work
86–7
,
89–98
,
100–102

records of debts and expenditure found
223

Regency period
69–72
,
74–5
,
141
,
366

Royal Pavilion
44–5
,
83
,
89

George V, King
208–63
,
264–5
, 3^8,
383
,
385
,
392–3
CP25
,
CP26

1st World War
224–6
,
233–42

Buckingham Palace rebuilding
216–8
,
219

Coronation
214–15

death
261–3

as Duke of York
185
,
187–8
,
191
,
211

as Prince of Wales
202–3
,
249
,
250
,
256
, PIo

Silver Jubilee
258
,
260–61

George VI, King
281–337
,
356
,
366
,
368

2nd World War
293–310
,
314
P11
,
P13
: Palace

repairs
319–22
,
325

accession
281–3:
: move to Buckingham Palace
284–90

concern for the Commonwealth
331–2
,
361

Coronation
282
,
291
,
311

as Duke of York
242
,
248
,
258
,
289
,
316
: Edward and Mrs Simpson
259
,
261
,
278–9;
; wedding
244–5

illness and death
324–37
,
338
,
368

London home:
145
Piccadilly
267
,
281
,
283
,
285
,
286
,
304

marriage of Elizabeth and Philip
318–9
,
324
,
325–6
,
329–30

as Prince
208–9
,
221

royal tours
294–5
,
321–2
,
323–4
,
330

Silver Wedding
330

stammer
282
,
284
,
296
,
318

George, Duke of Kent
209
,
245
,
258
,
267
,
279

George of Denmark, Prince
29

Germany

1st World War
218
,
223–6
,
243

Hitler and the 2nd World War
245
,
259
,
291
,
293–5
,
314

Gerrard, Lady: Mulberry Garden
9

Gibbons, Grinling
17
,
44
,
231

Giordano, Luca
41

Girl Guides Association
289
,
311

Gladstone, William Ewart
178
,
179

Glamis Castle
253–4
,
290

Glass, Joseph
97

Gloucester, Alice, Duchess of
245
,
309
–10,
380

Gloucester, Henry, Duke of (Harry, brother of George VI)
245
,
309–10
,
380

Gloucester, William, Duke of (nephew of George III)
72

Gloucester, William Henry, Duke of (brother of George III)
68
,
72

Goldsworthy, Colonel,
57

Gordon Riots
63

Gordonstoun
313
Goring, George, 1st Earl of Norwich, and Goring House
5
–11

Goring House owned by Arlington
11
–16

governesses
209
,
339

grace and favour residences
381

Graeme, David
30

Grafton, Duchess of (Isabella Arlington)
14–15
,
19

Grafton, Duchess of (Mistress of the Robes to Elizabeth II)
353

Grafton, Augustus, 3rd Duke of
63

Grafton, Charles, 2nd Duke of (son of Isabella

Arlington)
19
,
21

Grafton, Henry, 1st Duke of (Henry Fitzroy)
14–15
,
19

Gramont, Comte de,
12–13

Grand Hall
36
,
41
,
47
,
53
,
71

Buckingham Palace
95
,
98
,
108
,
196
,
198
: uses
363
,
364
,
366–7

Grand Staircase
36
,
44
,
47
,
53
,
95
,
97
,
108
,
198
CP6

Grant-in-Aid
379
,
381

Great Exhibition
147
,
161
,
163
, 167
n,
168
n

Great Wardrobe
65
,
66

Green Closet
71

Green Drawing Room
95
,
244
,
365
,
372
,
389

Green Park
22
,
53
,
106

Green Room
229

Greenwich Palace 1
n

Grenville, George
63

Greville, Charles,
115
,
116
,
118

Grey, General (Private Secretary)
349

Grey, Charles, 2nd Earl de
100
,
105
,
125

Grey, Henry, 3rd Earl de
157

Griffiths, Tom
252

Grigg, John (formerly Lord Altrincham)
373
,
392

Grosvenor, Lord (C1830)
103

Grosvenor, Sir Thomas, and Grosvenor estate
10

Gruner, Ludwig
133
,
152
,
165
,
169–70
,
203
CP20

Gulf War
355

Gurkhas: on duty at Investitures
364

Haakon, King of Norway
296
,
297
,
298–9
,
310

Haghe, Louis
156
CP20

Hahn, Kurt
313

Hailsham, 1st Viscount (Douglas Hogg)
299

Haines, F. H.
196

Haldane, 1st Viscount (Richard Burdon)
205

hall
see
Grand Hall

Hamilton, William
373
,
378