Surrey Archaeological Collections, 1907, Vol. 20

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Excerpt from Surrey Archaeological Collections, 1907, Vol. 20: Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County We may now return to the point in this history when, after the death of his mother in 1772, George III and Queen Charlotte changed their residence from Richmond Lodge to Kew House. The latter house was quite familiar to the King, as in his youthful days it was the country seat of his parents. We must pass rapidly over his long reign with the simple re¿ection that many happy days were spent by the Royal Family at Kew House, which for thirty years served as their nearest retreat from the courtly formalities of St. James's. But there were also evil days, and the saddest were those of the King's first period of mental derangement, which seized him at Windsor in Novem ber, 1788. By advice of the physicians, he was, for the sake of greater quietude, removed to Kew, and the elaborate arrangements made for his reception are described by Miss Burney, the Queen's attendant, in her famous diary. The King suffered five months, and in May, 1789, being fully recovered, rode back to Windsor, accompanied by a joyous cavalcade of gentlemen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.