The French in London by Isabelle Janvrin

Author:Isabelle Janvrin
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781908524669
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
Published: 2016-07-03T16:00:00+00:00

Places to visit

THE LAST KINGS OF FRANCE

Apsley House. Magnificent set of Sèvres porcelain with an Egyptian theme, given to the Duke of Wellington by Louis XVIII to thank him for his victory over Napoleon. On the first floor, portraits by Gérard of Louis XVIII and Charles X.

Travellers Club

106 Pall Mall SW1

Talleyrand, when he returned to London as French ambassador under Louis-Philippe, was a member of the Travellers Club; they raised the bannister on the staircase so that he could hold on, as he had a club foot. The bannister is still there.

Blue plaque

21 Hanover Square W1

See Talleyrand, page 116, col. 2.

Moncorvo Close SW7. This street name is the only trace of Moncorvo House, built in 1879 in Ennismore Gardens and demolished in 1964. The Duke d’Aumale, Louis-Philippe’s son, lived there from 1886 until 1890.

Wallace Collection. Miniatures of Louis XVIII, Charles X and their families, by French artists.

Hartwell House. See page 114, col. 1.

Orleans House

Riverside, Twickenham TW1

The Duke d’Orleans, the future Louis-Philippe, back in exile in London in 1815, settled in Twickenham with his wife and children. His house became known as Orleans House. His son the Duke d’Aumale transformed it into a prestigious art gallery, which he agreed to open to the public during the Great Exhibition of 1862. When he returned to France in 1871, he moved the collection to the Chateau de Chantilly, which had been returned to him. Later Orleans House was partially demolished but since 1972 it has again been an art gallery. The stables and wings escaped demolition, as well as the Octagon Room in the grounds, where there is a medallion portrait of Louis-Philippe placed there by his son.

Claremont House

Claremont Drive, Esher, Surrey

King Leopold of Belgium, Queen Victoria’s uncle and owner of this house, placed it at the disposal of Louis-Philippe and his family when they went into exile in 1848. They remained there until 1866. The house is now a school.

Windsor Castle

•St George’s Chapel

Coats of arms of members of the Order of the Garter on choir stalls. Close to that of Charles the Bold are those of the nineteenth-century French kings: Louis XVIII (1814), Charles X (1825) and Louis-Philippe (1844).

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