Kew Palace Robert Silverwood
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Kew Palace
1631 - Samuel Fortrey builds a house with gables, in the Dutch style, in what is now Kew Gardens.
1728 - Queen Caroline leases 'the Dutch House' while her husband, George II, is extending Richmond Gardens.
1781 - George III makes the 'Dutch house' in Kew Gardens the private home for his family.
1818 - Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, dies and the 'Dutch house' in Kew Gardens is closed.
1896 - The Dutch House is acquired by Kew Gardens and opened to the public a few years later.
2006 - After extensive restoration, what is now called Kew Palace is opened again to the public.
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Kew timeline
Sources
for this page Cloake 1, II, 57-8 et seq.; Kew Gardens
Contributors to this page PF (RLHS)
External links
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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