Thanks Brian. The intriguing part was the connection between Gulval, Marlborough House and student/artist! Cheers Pat On 29/10/2012 2:37 PM, Brian Millett wrote: > Very interesting and well worth the telling!!! > Brian from Yass nr Canberra, Australia. > > -----Original Message----- > From: cornish-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cornish-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Pat Banks > Sent: Monday, 29 October 2012 2:48 PM > To: cornish@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CORNISH] Marlborough House > > Dear all > > Itching to know more about the connection between John ROWE (married in > Gulval in 1856) who gave his residence as Marlborough House and occupation > as 'student', I looked it up. > > Built by Christopher Wren for the first Duke of Marlborough (country > residence Blenheim Palace, ancestor of Winston Churchill) in 1853 Prince > Albert (consort of Queen Victoria) arranged for the building to be used by > the "National Art Training School" and, later, the Royal College of Art. > Later it became the home of Edward VII, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth > following the deaths of the latters' respective husbands. It is now the > home of the Commonwealth Secretariat. > > Someone might like to have known this!!!! > > Cheers > > Pat > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com > with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, > MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >