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| c. 1850 |
| | | Whitton Place is demolished and the grounds are rejoined with Whitton Park. | |
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| 1850 |
| | | The Kneller Hall Training School for the Teaching of Pauper and Criminal Children opens with Dr Frederick Temple as Principal. | |
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| 1855-61 |
| | | Frances restores and enlarges Strawberry Hill including the addition of the Waldegrave Drawing Room, spending in excess of £100,000. | |
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| 1856 |
| | | The Kneller Hall Training School closes. | |
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| 1857 |
| | | Kneller Hall is bought by the War Department and reopened as the Military School of Music, later the Royal Military School of music. | |
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| 1864 |
| | | York House is acquired on behalf of the Comte de Paris, exiled Orleanist claimant to the French throne. | |
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| 1866 |
| | | Elizabeth Twining, who founded St John's Hospital in Oak Lane, Twickenham, occupies Dial House until her death. | |
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| 1876 |
| | | York House is bought by Sir Mounstuart Grant Duff MP, later Governor of Madras. | |
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| 1877 |
| | | John Astley buys Orleans House and converts it to a sports and social club which is unsuccessful. | |
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| 1882 |
| | | Orleans House is bought by the Cunard family who are the last private owners. | |
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