The private palaces of London past and present (1908)
Chancellor, E. Beresford (Edwin Beresford), 1868-1937 · London : K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd. · leaf 151
ofits early interest has become merged in the lustre shed on it by its morerecent occupiers. Marlborough House was erected during the years 1709 and 1710,for the great Duke of Marlborough, Queen Anne having leased theground on which it stands to her friend the Duchess who, to mortifyVanbrugh,… … MARLBOROUGH HOUSE 109 of the ground on which Marlborough House stands, with its gardens,appears to have been laid out in pleasure-grounds, there being a longlow building at its north end, where the entrance gates are now. Queen Anne had leased to the Duchess of Marlborough certain groundknown as…
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