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| 1844 |
| | | Louis Philippe, now King of France, visits Orleans House during a royal visit to Britain. | |
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| 1845-1885 |
| | | Under Sir William Hooker (director 1845--65) and his son Sir Joseph Hooker (director 1865--85) the botanic gardens are greatly increased in size, prestige and scientific excellence. | |
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| 1846 April |
| | | Work begins on a station at Barnes, which is now the only survivor of the five original stations on the new railway line from Nine Elms to Richmond | |
|  | Barnes railway station, built in 1846-7
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| 1846 July22 |
| | | The first train on the new London and South Western Railway line from Nine Elms passes through Barnes on its way to a rapturous arrival in Richmond, with a brass band and church bells ringing | |
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| 1846/7 |
| | | William Chillingworth, who bought Radnor House in 1842, substantially remodels it in the fashionable Italianate style. | |
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| 1847 |
| | | Frances, Lady Waldegrave, inherits Strawberry Hill on her husband's death in 1846, marries George Granville Harcourt, an elderly Liberal MP, and establishes herself as a leading Liberal hostess. | |
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| 1847 |
| | | Queen Victoria leases Pembroke Lodge, as a country retreat, to her Prime Minister, Lord John Russell | |
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| 1847 |
| | | Kneller Hall is bought by the Committee of the Privy Council for Education. The house is largely demolished and rebuilt with nothing remaining of Kneller's original house. | |
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| 1848 |
| | | The Palm House, today "the world's most important surviving Victorian glass and iron structure" is completed. Although originally told to hide it among trees, Kew's director William Hooker succeeds in placing it in a prominent position, thanks to support from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. | |
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| 1848 |
| | | Metternich and his family leave Vienna, in this year of revolutions, and live in Trumpeters' House until October 1849 | |
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