8 KEW GARDENS 



row of houses, still known as the "Maids of 

 Honour," also the cheesecakes of that ilk, appear 

 to record the later day when Queen Caroline's 

 home at Richmond was so cramped as not to 

 allow of her ladies "living in." 



As Richmond decayed, Hampton Court 

 flourished in royal favour; and Cromwell, in 

 his days of mastery, made bold with its ample 

 accommodations. Its canals and garden took 

 the fancy of Dutch William, who in England 

 felt most at home here. His fatal accident he 

 met with while riding in its park; and in the 

 palace was born the only one of Queen Anne's 

 many children who grew towards any hope of 

 the crown. George I. was a good deal at 

 Hampton Court, it being recorded of him that 

 on his way to London he used to make his 

 carriage drive slowly through Brentford, for 

 which he had an admiration shared by few 

 beholders. 



George II. as Prince of Wales, acquired for 

 his wife another seat in this princely countryside, 

 buying from the Duke of Ormond a house in 

 the Old Deer Park beyond Kew Gardens, which, 

 re-christened Richmond Lodge, made a royal 

 home at intervals for nearly half a century. 



