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Dining at Swinley and palace works in St James's Park
The piece notes royal dining at Swinley with the Earl of Takerville, the finish of a grand Garden Pavilion in St James's Park, and a velvet state chair worth 500 as Queen Victoria plans a breakfast there with the Prince of Wales. It lists military moves, marriages, and courtly notices, alongside reports from abroad and local incidents.
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Chace
Earl of Takerville
Swinley
Prince of Wales
St. James’s Park
Queen’s Royal Regiment of Horse
Evans
Essex
Kent
Sussex
Kensington
Saxe-Gotha
Somerset House
Hide Park Corner
London-Stone
Shoeler
Hambourg
Pontack’s
Abchurch Lane
Ryan
Portsmouth
Earl of Peterborough
Southampton
Thomas Martin
Ely
Norfolk-street
Gray’s Inn Lane
York
Brenitswood
Royston Galloway
Mr. Jones
Ostend
Cratroft
Greenland
Howard
Grafton
John Norris
Lisbon
Rome
Cardinal Aquaviva
Spain
Duke de St. Aignan
France
Father d’Evora
Portugal
Cardinal Alberoni
Versailles
Madrid
Paris
Rhine
Marshal de Coigny
Prince Eugene
de Quadt
Philipsbourg
Neustadt
Columbe
Montreul
Hannover
N.S
Lord Harrington
Prince William of
Heffe-Caffell
Adige
Verbaere
Konigsegg
Francfort
Elector Palatine
Poland
Vienna
Newgate