York House is a historic wing of St James's Palace, London

London

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, built for Frederick, Prince of Wales

Frederick, Prince of Wales

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 on his marriage in 1736. It is in the north-western part of the palace on the site of a former suttling-house (canteen) for the Guards; it overlooks Ambassadors' Court and Cleveland Row to the west of the old Chapel Royal

Chapel Royal

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. Prince Frederick occupied it for about a year, until his quarrel with the his father

George II of Great Britain

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 drove him from Court.

In 1795 Princess Caroline

Caroline of Brunswick

Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was the Queen consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom from 29 January 1820 until her death...

 resided here before her marriage with the Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV

George IV of the United Kingdom

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. Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland

Ernest Augustus I of Hanover

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, subsequently King of Hanover

Hanover

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, lived here for a great many years; and the Duchess of Cambridge was identified with it from 1851 until her death in 1889. Later occupants included the future George V

George V of the United Kingdom

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 and Princes Charles

Charles, Prince of Wales

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, William

Prince William of Wales

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 and Harry, who used it before moving to Clarence House

Clarence House

Clarence House is a royal home in London, situated on The Mall, in the City of Westminster. It is attached to St. James's Palace and shares the palace's garden. For nearly 50 years, from 1953 to 2002, it was home to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, but is since then the official residence of The...

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The plan of the building is as follows: a suite of somewhat low-pitched rooms on the ground-floor, several drawing-rooms on the first floor, a corridor in the rear, and the servants' rooms on the top story; all facing Cleveland Row. The ceilings of the top floor are low; height having been sacrificed to that of the drawing-room floor, during the nineteenth century a common practice in London mansions.

The appellation York House

York House

-Royal residences:York House was traditionally the name given, often temporarily, to houses in London, England occupied by holders of the title of Duke of York:*The Albany in Piccadilly*Cumberland House in Pall Mall*Dover House in Whitehall...

 has been applied at various times to other houses occupied by various Dukes of York, including those now known as Cumberland House

Cumberland House

Cumberland House was a mansion on the south side of Pall Mall in London, England. It was built in the 1760s by Matthew Brettingham for Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany and was originally called York House...

, Dover House

Dover House

Dover House is a Grade I-listed mansion in Whitehall, and the London headquarters of the Scotland Office. It is on the western side of the street immediately south of Admiralty House...

, Lancaster House

Lancaster House

Lancaster House is a mansion in the St. James's district in the West End of London. It is close to St. James's Palace and much of the site was once part of the palace complex...

 and The Albany

The Albany

The Albany or Albany is an apartment complex in Piccadilly, London.-Building:...

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External links

for York House, St. James's Palace