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1. Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace
Our First stop on your Tour
Buckingham Palace became the London residence of the British monarch on the
accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.
King Edward VII redecorated the interior of the Palace during his reign from 1901-10. The new white and gold decorative scheme can today be seen in a number of the State Rooms, including the Ballroom.
The area immediately outside Buckingham Palace also changed in the early 20th century. Edward VII conceived the idea of the Victoria Memorial and the redevelopment of the surrounding parts as a tribute to his mother Queen Victoria and her reign. The planning of the scheme took nearly ten years and the unveiling, led by the Queen’s grandson King George V, finally took place on 16 May 1911.
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2. Lancaster House
Lancaster House
Commissioned in 1825 by the ‘grand old’ Duke of York, York House – as it was then known – was a hub of social and political life throughout the 19th century.Commissioned in 1825 by the ‘grand old’ Duke of York, York House – as it was then known – was a hub of social and political life throughout the 19th century.
3. Selwyn House
3. Selwyn House
Designed by Norman Shaw, built in 1904.
London office of glass maker Pilkington from the 1980's up to 2010.
The Unlisted Building of Merit was converted into a single residence in 2011.
4. Bridgewater House
4. Bridgewater House
After being occupied by Parliamentarian troops in the English Civil War, used for the Portuguese Embassy, and lived in by Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, the house was lived in by Charles II's mistress Barbara Villiers, who was made Duchess of Cleveland in 1670, following which the house was known as Cleveland House. She refaced the old house and added new wings. After being owned for some years by a speculator, the house was sold in 1700 to John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater, after which it passed by inheritance until 1948.[3
5.Clarence House
5. Clarence House
Clarence House, which stands beside St James's Palace, was built between 1825 and 1827 to the designs of John Nash for Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence.
6. St James's Palace
6. St James's Palace
Just a short walk from the famous Buckingham Palace is the magnificent St James’s Palace. This spectacular working royal palace is used today by the Royal Family for ceremonial occasions and entertaining, but it has also been the setting for some of the most important events in royal history
7. Friary Court
7. Friary Court
Proclamation Gallery overlooking Friary Court at St James's Palace in London, where the proclamation of a new monarch is traditionally first read
8. Queen Alexandra memorial
8. Queen Alexandra Memorial
The Queen Alexandra Memorial on Marlborough Road, London, which commemorates Queen Alexandra, was executed by the sculptor Sir Alfred Gilbert between 1926 and 1932. It consists of a bronze screen incorporating allegorical figures, set into the garden wall of Marlborough House and facing St James's Palace
9. Marlborough House
9. Marlborough House
The house was built in 1711 for Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, the favourite and confidante of Queen Anne. For over a century it served as the London residence of the dukes of Marlborough. It became a royal residence through the 19th century and first half of the 20th. The house was expanded for the Prince of Wales, the future king Edward VII, and became closely associated with the prince and his social circle in the Victorian era. His daughter in law, later Queen Mary, lived there when she was Princess of Wales and took a special, continuing interest in the house; she returned to live there in her widowhood and a memorial to her is on its grounds. The building was leased by Queen Elizabeth II to the Commonwealth Secretariat beginning in 1965.
10. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Memorial
10. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Memorial
The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Memorial, situated between The Mall and Carlton Gardens in central London, is a memorial to King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth.[1] Completed in its present form in 2009, the memorial incorporates an earlier, Grade II listed statue of George VI by William McMillan, unveiled by his daughter Queen Elizabeth II in 1955. The reconfigured memorial, which includes a statue of the Queen Mother by Philip Jackson, relief sculpture by Paul Day and an architectural setting by Donald Buttress and Donald Insall, was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II in 2009.
11. Duke of York Column
11. Duke of York Column .
The Duke of York Column is a monument in London, England, to Prince Frederick, Duke of York, the second son of King George III. The designer was Benjamin Dean Wyatt. It is sited where a purposefully wide endpoint of Regent Street, known as Waterloo Place and Gardens, meets The Mall, between the two terraces of Carlton House Terrace and their tree-lined squares. The three very wide flights of steps down to The Mall adjoining are known as the Duke of York Steps. The column was completed in December 1832, and the statue of the Duke of York, by Sir Richard Westmacott, was raised on 10 April 1834
12. Captain James Cook
12. Captain James Cook
Captain James Cook FRS (7 November [O.S. 27 October] 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular. He made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.
13. Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Statue
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Admiral of the Fleet Albert Victor Nicholas Louis Francis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma[1][2][n 1] (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British statesman, naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family. He was born in the United Kingdom to the prominent Battenberg family. He was a maternal uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a second cousin of King George VI. He joined the Royal Navy during the First World War and was appointed Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command, in the Second World War. He later served as the last Viceroy of India and briefly as the first Governor-General of the Dominion of India.
14. Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener Statue
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (/ˈkɪtʃɪnər/; 24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. Kitchener came to prominence for his imperial campaigns, his involvement in the Second Boer War,[1][2] and his central role in the early part of the First World War.1111
15. Cadiz' Memorial Statue ( Prince Regent's Bomb)
15. The Cadiz' Statue ( Prince Regent's Bomb )
The Cádiz Memorial, also known as the "Prince Regent's Bomb", is an early 19th-century French mortar mounted on a brass monster, located in Horse Guards Parade in Westminster, London.[1] It was first "exposed to public view" on 12 August 1816[2] and has been classified as a Grade II listed building since 1 December 1987.[3] The monument was a feature of many satirical verses and cartoons in the early 19th century, mainly because the word "bomb" – pronounced "bum" – gave it an immediate association with the notoriously profligate Prince Regent's sizeable backside.
16. Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts Statue
16. Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, VD, PC, FRSGS (30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914) was a British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time. Born in India to an Anglo-Irish family, Roberts joined the East India Company Army and served as a young officer in the Indian Rebellion during which he was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry. He was then transferred to the British Army and fought in the Expedition to Abyssinia and the Second Anglo-Afghan War, in which his exploits earned him widespread fame. Roberts would go on to serve as the Commander-in-Chief, India before leading British Forces for a year during the Second Boer War. He also became the last Commander-in-Chief of the Forces before the post was abolished in 1904.
17.Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley Statue
17. 1st Viscount Wolseley
Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, KP, GCB, OM, GCMG, VD, PC (4 June 1833 – 25 March 1913), was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army. He became one of the most influential and admired British generals after a series of successes in Canada, West Africa and Egypt, followed by a central role in modernizing the British Army in promoting efficiency