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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Carlton House
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The palace in which the future *George IV lived in lavish style when prince regent. Originally an early 18C house, overlooking the northeast corner of St James's Park, it was reconstructed with a new magnificence from 1783 by Henry *Holland. Even so the prince considered it inadequate for a king. On inheriting the crown he commissioned John *Nash to improve *Buckingham Palace and to build the present Carlton House Terrace (1827–32), on the site of Carlton House.
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