Kneller Hall is a stately home in the
Twickenham area of west
London, and takes its name from Sir
Godfrey Kneller, court painter to
British monarchs from
Charles II to
George I. Today it houses the
Royal Military School of Music, training musicians for the
British Army’s 23 military bands, having been acquired by the Army in the mid-
19th century.
The current building is the third house constructed on this site. The first was built by Edmund Cooke between 1635 and 1646 and in 1664 was the fourth largest house in Twickenham.
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After being purchased by Sir Godfrey Kneller in 1709, the first house was demolished and replaced by a new building (reputedly designed by Sir
Christopher Wren). Originally known as
Whitton Hall, it was renamed Kneller Hall by Kneller’s widow after his death.
In 1757, Kneller Hall was sold to Sir Samuel Prime, a prominent London lawyer, who, with his son (also named Samuel), extended the house significantly and landscaped the surrounding grounds. After Samuel Prime junior died in 1813, the hall was sold to
Charles Calvert,
Whig Member of Parliament for
Southwark from 1812-1832. He further expanded the house (to designs by
architect Philip Hardwick), adding drawing rooms at the east and west ends of the building.
Calvert died of
cholera in 1832, but his widow continued to live at the Hall until her death around 1845. The hall was then acquired by the UK government as a teacher training college, but needed substantial reconstruction work. Between 1847 and 1850, much of the original Kneller house was found to be dilapidated and was demolished. The Calvert additions formed the wings of the new house, designed by George Mair.
The teacher training college, headed by
Frederick Temple, was not a success – it closed in 1856, after which it was taken over by the
War Office as the base for a school for army bandsmen, being officially opened on
3 March 1857.
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Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (August 8,1646 – October 19, 1723) was the leading portrait painter in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to British monarchs from Charles II to George I.
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British monarchy is a system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of the United Kingdom and its overseas territories, and holds the now constitutional position of head of state.
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Charles II (Charles Stuart; 29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
According to royalists, Charles II became king when his father Charles I was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, the climax of the English Civil War.
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George I (George Louis; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727)<ref name="dates" /> was King of Great Britain and Ireland, from 1 August 1714 until his death. He was also a Prince Elector of the Holy Roman Empire.
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The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with unification of the governments and armed forces of England and Scotland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707.
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19th Century (also written XIX century) lasted from 1801 through 1900 in the Gregorian calendar. It is often referred to as the "1800s.
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Sir Christopher Wren in Godfrey Kneller's 1711 portrait
Born 20 September 1632(1632--)
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Whitton..... Click the link for more information. Charles Calvert (30 August 1768 – 8 September 1832) was a wealthy English brewer and Member of Parliament in the early 19th century.
Calvert was the third son of Southwark brewer Felix Calvert, and was educated at Tonbridge and Harrow Schools.
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Whigs (with the Tories) are often described as one of two political parties in England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid 19th centuries.
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Southwark was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Southwark district of South London. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the English Parliament from 1295 to 1707, to the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and to the Parliament of
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An architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a building's construction. The word "architect" (Latin: architectus) derives from the Greek arkhitekton (arkhi (chief) + tekton (builder))")[1]
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Philip Hardwick (1792-1870) was an eminent English architect (son of architect Thomas Hardwick (junior) (1752-1829), and grandson of Thomas Hardwick Senior (1725-1798)). He is particularly associated with transport-related buildings (eg: railway stations, warehouses) in London and
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Cholera
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Vibrio cholerae: The bacterium that causes cholera (SEM image)
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ICD-9 001
DiseasesDB 2546
MedlinePlus 000303
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MeSH C01.252.400.
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Frederick Temple (30 November 1821 – 23 December 1902) was one of the best-loved holders of the title of Archbishop of Canterbury, which he held from 1896 until his death.
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War Office was a former department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1963, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence.
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