Kensington Palace

by Impey, Edward

• ISBN13: 9781858942056
• ISBN10: 1858942055
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Merrell Pub Ltd

Summary

Edward Impey provides a highly illustrated history of Kensington Palace from its foundation early in the 17th century, its early ownership when William and Mary bought it right through to its association with Diana, Princess of Wales and its current status in the 21st century.

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(4)
Kensington before the Palace	11	(12)
The Middle Ages
The creation of the house and its estate
Walter Cope and the assembly of the Kensington estate
George Coppin and his house at Kensington
The Finches at Kensington
Heneage Finch I
Heneage Finch II, 1st Earl of Nottingham
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham
The Glorious Revolution
The Royal Residence: Kensington under William and Mary 1689--1702	23	(22)
The search for a new house
The royal houses in 1689
Nottingham House
``Very noble, tho' not greate'': the creation of Kensington House, 1689-94
Sir Christopher Wren
The first phase of building
The King's Apartments and their layout
The Royal Household and court life at Kensington
Courtiers' accommodation and service areas
The Queen's Apartments
Queen Mary's Far Eastern collection
The fire of 1692
The gardens at Kensington
The King alone, 1694--1702
The death of Queen Mary
The King's Gallery and the King's Stair
Apartments for a new queen?
The last days of King William
Kensington under Queen Anne 1702--14	45	(10)
Queen Anne and her reign
The Queen and Kensington
The Queen's use of Kensington
Building works and decoration
``A Palace Royal suitable to so great a Queen''?
Kensington Gardens and the Orangery
The south gardens
The Orangery
The Wilderness
The Royal Palace: Kensington in the reign of George I 1714--27	55	(20)
The new king
From house to palace: the building works of George I
The first stages of the programme
A new architecture
The new State Apartments
William Kent and the decoration of the King's Apartments
Other works at Kensington
Kensington Gardens, 1714--27
George I at Kensington
George II and Queen Caroline 1727--60	75	(10)
The King and Queen at Kensington
Royal residence and residents
Buildings and interiors
The court at Kensington, 1727--60
Kensington Gardens transformed
Kensington Palace 1760--1837	85	(14)
The palace neglected, 1760--1805
George III
The State Apartments
Royal residence again, 1805--37
The palace and its upkeep
The Kents and their daughter
The Duke of Sussex
The accession of Queen Victoria
Victorian Kensington 1837--98	99	(12)
The palace community, 1837--98
The Duke and Duchess of Teck
Princess Louise
The State Apartments: towards a new use
The restoration of 1898
Kensington Gardens, 1837--98
The Palace in the Twentieth Century	111	(10)
The London Museum, 1911--13
Royal residents and others, 1901--75
The State Apartments, 1913--75
Between the wars
New uncertainties and a new direction, 1939--75
The London Museum returns, 1951--75
Kensington since the 1970s	121	(5)
Royal residents
The State Apartments
Management and administration, 1975--2003
The display of the State Apartments since 1975
The Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection
Further Reading and Index	126	(2)
Picture Credits and Acknowledgements	128