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'''Pembroke Lodge''' is a [[Listed building|Grade II listed]]<ref name="Listed">{{cite web | url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-432276-pembroke-lodge-greater-london-authority | title=Pembroke Lodge, Richmond upon Thames | publisher=British Listed Buildings | accessdate=23 September 2013}}</ref> [[Georgian era|Georgian]] mansion in [[Richmond Park]], London. It is located on high ground with views across the [[Thames]] valley to [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] and [[Surrey]]. It has eleven acres (45,000 m²) of beautifully landscaped grounds, including [[Richmond Park#King Henry's Mound|King Henry's Mound]]. |
'''Pembroke Lodge''' is a [[Listed building|Grade II listed]]<ref name="Listed">{{cite web | url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-432276-pembroke-lodge-greater-london-authority | title=Pembroke Lodge, Richmond upon Thames | publisher=British Listed Buildings | accessdate=23 September 2013}}</ref> [[Georgian era|Georgian]] mansion in [[Richmond Park]], London. It is located on high ground with views across the [[Thames]] valley to [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] and [[Surrey]]. It has eleven acres (45,000 m²) of beautifully landscaped grounds, including [[Richmond Park#King Henry's Mound|King Henry's Mound]]. |
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The Lodge began life, sometime prior to 1754, as a cottage of one room, occupied by a [[molecatcher]] whose sole duty was to reduce the peril presented to huntsmen by [[Mole (animal)|moles]]. This cottage was enlarged to form a dwelling with four principal rooms and renamed Hill Lodge |
The Lodge began life, sometime prior to 1754, as a cottage of one room, occupied by a [[molecatcher]] whose sole duty was to reduce the peril presented to huntsmen by [[Mole (animal)|moles]]. This cottage was enlarged to form a dwelling with four principal rooms and renamed Hill Lodge. |
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The Lodge was granted to the [[Lady Elizabeth Spencer|Countess of Pembroke]], a "close friend" of [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]], at her request in 1787. Between 1788 and 1796 she extended the building to form the entire Georgian wing and part of the north wing. She died, aged 93, at Pembroke Lodge in 1831.<ref name="Malden">{{cite book | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43018 | title=A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3 | publisher=Victoria County History | author= Malden, H.E. (editor)| year=1911 | pages=533-546.}}</ref> After the Countess of Pembroke's death the Lodge was occupied by the Earl of Errol.<ref name="Malden"/> |
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In 1847, [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] granted the Lodge to [[John Russell, 1st Earl Russell|Lord John Russell]],<ref name="Fletcher Jones">{{cite book | title=Richmond Park: Portrait of a Royal Playground | author= Pamela Fletcher Jones|year=1972 | page=41}}</ref> then Prime Minister, who conducted much government business there and entertained |
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Queen Victoria, foreign royalty, aristocrats, writers ([[Dickens]], |
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| ⚫ | In 1847, [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] granted the Lodge to [[John Russell, 1st Earl Russell|Lord John Russell]],<ref name="Fletcher Jones">{{cite book | title=Richmond Park: Portrait of a Royal Playground | author= Pamela Fletcher Jones|year=1972 | page=41}}</ref> then Prime Minister, who conducted much government business there and entertained Queen Victoria, foreign royalty, aristocrats, writers ([[Dickens]],[[William Makepeace Thackeray|Thackeray]], [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow|Longfellow]], [[Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson|Tennyson]]) and other notables of the time,including [[Giuseppe Garibaldi|Garibaldi]]. Lord John was much taken with the Lodge – "an asset that could hardly be equalled, certainly not surpassed in England." Earl Russell (as he had become) died there on 28 May 1878; Fanny, his second wife, in 1898. Their daughter [[Lady Agatha Russell]] left a memorial, still standing in the rose garden: "Pembroke Lodge 1847–1902 — In loving memory of my Father and Mother, Lord and Lady Russell and of our supremely happy home at Pembroke Lodge." |
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[[William Makepeace Thackeray|Thackeray]], [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow|Longfellow]], [[Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson|Tennyson]]) and other notables of the time, |
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| ⚫ | including [[Giuseppe Garibaldi|Garibaldi]]. Lord John was much taken with the Lodge – "an asset that could hardly be equalled, certainly not surpassed in England." Earl Russell (as he had become) died there on 28 May 1878; Fanny, his second wife, in 1898. Their daughter [[Lady Agatha Russell]] left a memorial, still standing in the rose garden: "Pembroke Lodge 1847–1902 — In loving memory of my Father and Mother, Lord and Lady Russell and of our supremely happy home at Pembroke Lodge." |
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[[File:Pembrokelodge.JPG|thumb|left|300px| Pembroke Lodge in the 1880s]] |
[[File:Pembrokelodge.JPG|thumb|left|300px| Pembroke Lodge in the 1880s]] |
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Lord John Russell's grandson, [[Bertrand Russell]], the philosopher and mathematician, grew up there between 1876 and 1894. At Pembroke Lodge, he wrote, "I grew accustomed to wide horizons and to an unimpeded view of the sunset."<ref name="Autobiography">{{cite book | title=The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell 1872-1914 | publisher=[[George Allen & Unwin Ltd]] | author=[[Bertrand Russell]] | year=1967 | location=London | page=19}}</ref> |
Lord John Russell's grandson, [[Bertrand Russell]], the philosopher and mathematician, grew up there between 1876 and 1894. At Pembroke Lodge, he wrote, "I grew accustomed to wide horizons and to an unimpeded view of the sunset."<ref name="Autobiography">{{cite book | title=The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell 1872-1914 | publisher=[[George Allen & Unwin Ltd]] | author=[[Bertrand Russell]] | year=1967 | location=London | page=19}}</ref> |
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Pembroke Lodge is a Grade II listed[1] Georgian mansion in Richmond Park, London. It is located on high ground with views across the Thames valley to Windsor and Surrey. It has eleven acres (45,000 m²) of beautifully landscaped grounds, including King Henry's Mound.
The Lodge began life, sometime prior to 1754, as a cottage of one room, occupied by a molecatcher whose sole duty was to reduce the peril presented to huntsmen by moles. This cottage was enlarged to form a dwelling with four principal rooms and renamed Hill Lodge.
The Lodge was granted to the Countess of Pembroke, a "close friend" of King George III, at her request in 1787. Between 1788 and 1796 she extended the building to form the entire Georgian wing and part of the north wing. She died, aged 93, at Pembroke Lodge in 1831.[2] After the Countess of Pembroke's death the Lodge was occupied by the Earl of Errol.[2]
In 1847, Queen Victoria granted the Lodge to Lord John Russell,[3] then Prime Minister, who conducted much government business there and entertained Queen Victoria, foreign royalty, aristocrats, writers (Dickens,Thackeray, Longfellow, Tennyson) and other notables of the time,including Garibaldi. Lord John was much taken with the Lodge – "an asset that could hardly be equalled, certainly not surpassed in England." Earl Russell (as he had become) died there on 28 May 1878; Fanny, his second wife, in 1898. Their daughter Lady Agatha Russell left a memorial, still standing in the rose garden: "Pembroke Lodge 1847–1902 — In loving memory of my Father and Mother, Lord and Lady Russell and of our supremely happy home at Pembroke Lodge."
Lord John Russell's grandson, Bertrand Russell, the philosopher and mathematician, grew up there between 1876 and 1894. At Pembroke Lodge, he wrote, "I grew accustomed to wide horizons and to an unimpeded view of the sunset."[4]
In 1911 Pembroke Lodge was tenanted by the Dowager Duchess of Dudley. During World War II, the GHQ Liaison Regiment (also known as Phantom) established its regimental headquarters at Pembroke Lodge.[5] Some of the members of the squad went on to become privy councillors, law lords, judges, MPs, a commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (Sir Robert Mark)[6] and actors – including David Niven, who remarked in a letter, "these were wonderful days which I would not have missed for anything."[7]
After the Second World War Pembroke Lodge became a government-run tea room. Now in private hands and restored to its former architectural glory,[8] Pembroke Lodge is open to the public for refreshments, weddings and conferences.
References
- ^ "Pembroke Lodge, Richmond upon Thames". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ a b Malden, H.E. (editor) (1911). A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3. Victoria County History. pp. 533-546.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Pamela Fletcher Jones (1972). Richmond Park: Portrait of a Royal Playground. p. 41.
- ^ Bertrand Russell (1967). The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell 1872-1914. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. p. 19.
- ^ Guide to Richmond Park. London: Friends of Richmond Park. 2011. p. 91.
- ^ Duncan Campbell (1 October 2010). "Sir Robert Mark obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- ^ Martyn Day (3 March 2011). "The Phantom in Richmond Park". St Margarets community website. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- ^ Colleen McDonnell (28 October 2005). "Philosophy behind ambitious restoration". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
