Bushy House (Peter Denton)
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Teddington - Bushy House
1663 - Bushy House is built by Edward Proger, in the royal enclosure now known as Bushy Park, by order of Charles II
1713 - Edward Proger dies in Bushy House at the age of 96
1797 - The king's son, William, Duke of Clarence, becomes Keeper (or Ranger) of Bushy Park and establishes his mistress, the actress Dora Jordan, in Bushy House
1798 - Dora gives birth in Bushy House to Mary, the first of seven children of the royal duke born in the house in the following nine years
1811 - Dora Jordan has to leave Bushy Park, after being abandoned by the duke
1900 - Queen Victoria gives permission for the newly founded National Physical Laboratory to move into Bushy House and its grounds
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Sources for this page RUTLS, Tomalin 173, 257
Contributors to this page BG
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