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Regrets unable to dine with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the East India Company, 8 July. [In 3rd person].
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The Great Houses of London is an account of extraordinary buildings, most of which no longer exist, of such great designers as Robert Adam, and of the enormously rich English aristocratic grandees who commissioned these houses. When Queen Victoria remarked to her neighbor, the Duchess of Sutherland, I have come from my house to your palace, she was by no means exaggerating. The palaces of the nobility were second only to churches in architectural and aesthetic significance, and defied comparison with the chateaux of France or the palazzi of Venice. Filled with astonishing French and English furniture, generally equipped with a large private picture gallery to display priceless paintings boug...
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This title takes a fresh look at a familiar building type - the town house in 18th century London - and investigates the circumstances in which individuals made decisions about living in London, and particularly about their West End house.
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: 25 Park Lane, Arundel House, Carlisle House, Soho, Carlton House, London, Cecil House, Chesterfield House, Westminster, Clarendon House, Cumberland House, Devonshire House, Dorchester House, Durham House (London), Essex House (London), Gore House, Grosvenor House, Londonderry House, Montagu House, Portman Square, Montagu House, Whitehall, Norfolk House, Northumberland House, Pembroke House, Savoy Palace, Townhouse, York House, Strand. Excerpt: Devonshire House in Piccadilly was the London residence of the Dukes of Devonshire in the 18th and 19th...