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Hampton Court. 1. Interior of the Great Hall, built by Henry VIII, 1530-35. 2. West Front and Great Gatehouse, 

 built by Cardinal Wolsey. 3. Aon BoleyiTs Gateway, in which is the entrance to the Great Hall. 4. Fountain Court, 



designed by Sir Christopher Wren 



Hampton. Urban dist. and 

 village of Middlesex, England. It 

 stands on the Thames, 15 m. S.W. 

 of London, on the L. & S.W.R. 

 Hampton Court (7.'-.), 1 m. to the 

 S.E., and Bushey Park (g.v.) are 

 within its boundaries. The parish 

 church of S. Mary is on the site of an 

 older structure, was built in 1 830, 

 and enlarged .and restored in 1888 

 and 1898 ; in the churchyard lies 

 Huntington Shaw (d. 1710), who 

 wrought the iron gates at Hampton 

 Court. 



At Garrick Villa, formerly Hamp- 

 ton House, E. of the church, David 

 Garrick lived, 1754-79. There is a 

 KHh century grammar school. To 

 the W. of the villag3 are large 

 waterworks under the control of 

 the London Water Board. Near are 

 Kempton Park and Hurst Park 

 racecourses ; Hampton has a ferry 

 to Molesey Hurst. The manor, 

 which belonged in Edward the 

 Confessor's time to Earl Algar, is 

 mentioned in Domesday, and was 

 once held by Wolsey. Pop. 9,220. 



Hampton, WADE (1818-1902). 

 American soldier and politician. 

 Born at Columbia, S. Carolina, 

 March 28, 1818, he studied law but 

 did not practise. Though opposed 



in sentiment to the disintegration 

 of the union, he joined the Con- 

 federate army on the outbreak of 

 the Civil War, and became a briga- 

 dier-general of cavalry and eventu- 

 ally lieutenant-general. He played 

 a notable part in reconstruction 

 in the south. He was governor of 

 S. Carolina, 1876-79, and a member 

 of the U.S. senate, 1879-91. He 

 died at Columbia, April 11, 1902. 



Hampton Court. Palace on the 

 left bank of the Thames, between 

 Hampton and Hampton Wick, 

 Middlesex, 15 m. S.W. of London 

 Bridge. Built by Cardinal Wolsey 

 in 1515, and surrendered by him to 

 Henry VIII in 1526, it remained a 

 royal residence until the time of 

 George III. The red brick buildings, 

 containing more than 1,000 rooms, 

 cover 8, and the gardens 44, acres. 



The E. and S. wings were built 

 by Wren ; the gardens were laid 

 out for Charles II and William and 

 Mary. The state apartments were 

 restored and opened to the public 

 in 1839 ; the Haunted Gallery, 

 made public in J918, is said to be 

 visited by ghosts of Strafford, Jane 

 Seymour, Catherine Howard, and 

 Mrs. Penn. Edward VI 's nurse. 

 The Chapel Royal was opened to the 



public in 1918. Many paintings and 

 tapestries and an astronomical 

 clock are to be seen. Features of the 

 gardens are the grape vine, planted 

 1768, the Maze, and the Long Water. 

 The Home Park covers 600 acres ; 

 adjacent is Bushey Park (1,000 

 acres), famous for its chestnut 

 avenue and tame deer. The old 

 moat was opened up in 1910. 



At Hampton Court, Edward VI 

 was born, Jane Seymour died, 

 Catherine Howard was disgraced, 

 Henry VIII married Catherine 

 Farr, Philip and Mary, also Charles 

 I and Henrietta Maria, spent their 

 honeymoons, Charles I was a pris- 

 oner, James 1 presided over the 

 Prayer Book conference, the 

 authorised version of the Bible was 

 planned, and William III was 

 injured while riding. Present resi- 

 dents are principally royal pension 

 ers. See Hampton Court, E. Law. 

 1891 ; J. Cartwright, 1910. 



Hampton Court Conference. 

 Conference arranged by James I 

 in 1604 at Hampton Court between 

 the bishops and four representa- 

 tives of the Puritan clergj'. James 

 had just ascended the English 

 throne, and the Puritans had pe- 

 titioned him to recognize their 



