Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . cil, and most of thesummonses were not received till after the earlyhour fixed for its meeting. The Queen was, upon 15° OLD AND NEW LONDON. [Kensington Palace. the opening of the doors, found sitting at the headof the table. She received first the homage of theDuke of Cumberland, who, I suppose, was not kingof Hanover when he knelt to her; the Duke ofSussex rose to perform the same ceremony, butthe Queen, with admirable grace, stood up, andpreventing him from kneeling, kissed him on theforehead. The crowd was so grea
Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . cil, and most of thesummonses were not received till after the earlyhour fixed for its meeting. The Queen was, upon 15° OLD AND NEW LONDON. [Kensington Palace. the opening of the doors, found sitting at the headof the table. She received first the homage of theDuke of Cumberland, who, I suppose, was not kingof Hanover when he knelt to her; the Duke ofSussex rose to perform the same ceremony, butthe Queen, with admirable grace, stood up, andpreventing him from kneeling, kissed him on theforehead. The crowd was so great, the arrange-ments were so ill-made, that my brothers told me Here, on the 21st of April, 1843, died, at the ageof seventy, Augustus Frederick, Duke of T. Raikes, in his Journal, says of him : Hewas a stout, coarse-looking man, of a free habit,plethoric, and subject to asthma. He lived atKensington Palace, and was married to LadyCecilia Gore, who had been made Duchess ofInverness by the Whigs. He had married pre-viously, in 1793, Lady Augusta Murray; but that. THE ROUND POND, KENSINGTON GARDENS. the scene of swearing allegiance to their youngsovereign was more like that of the bidding at anauction than anything else. The state document signed by the youthfulsovereign is to be seen in the Record Office. SirDavid ^Vilkie has painted the scene, but with adifference. The picture, it may be added, is wellknown to the public, thanks to the engraversart. It may be a matter of wonder that the LordMayor of London (Alderman Kelly), should havefigured in this picture; but on the sovereignsdeath the Lord Mayor is the only officer in thekingdom whose commission still holds good; andas such he takes his place, by virtue of his office,at the Privy Council board until the new sovereignis proclaimed. marriage had been dissolved on the plea of theduke not obtaining his fathers consent. He wasalways on bad terms with George IV., and underthe weak government of William IV. he took th
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