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than business or watchfulness. The Park was also used 
as a camp for six regiments of militia at the time of the 
Gordon Riots in 1780. All through George III.’s long 
reign reviews were frequent, and one of the most popular 
was that held by the Prince Regent before the allied 
sovereigns, the Emperor of Russia and King of Prussia, 
in June 1814. Blilcher was the popular hero on the 
occasion, and when he afterwards appeared in the Park 
he was so mobbed by the crowd, enthusiastic to see 
something of “ Forwarts,” as he was familiarly named, 
that he had to defend himself against their rough 
treatment. 
When the Park was again in the King’s hands after 
the Restoration, a Keeper was once more appointed, who 
was responsible for its maintenance. From the time of 
Henry VIII. various well-known people had filled the 
office of Keeper. The first in Henry VIII.’s time was 
George Roper, succeeded in 1553 by Francis Nevill, and 
in 1574 by Henry Carey, first Lord Hunsdon, while in 
1607 Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, was appointed, and 
Sir Walter Cope held the office conjointly with him from 
1610. The name of the first Keeper after the Restora¬ 
tion, James Hamilton, is well remembered by the site of 
his house and ground, which are still known as Hamilton 
Place and Gardens. He was allowed to enclose 55 acres 
of park, and to use it as an orchard on the condition that 
he sent a certain quantity of the cider produced from it 
to the King. In his time a brick wall was built round 
the Park, and it was re-stocked with deer. The wall was 
rebuilt in 1726, and not replaced by railings until a 
hundred years later. These iron railings were pulled 
down by the mob in 1866, after which the present ones 
were set up. The deer, which formerly ranged all over 
