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Osborne House, the Glossary

Osborne House is a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.^[1]

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East Cowes
English Heritage sites in the Isle of Wight
Gardens on the Isle of Wight
Grade I listed buildings on the Isle of Wight
Grade II* listed parks and gardens
Historic house museums on the Isle of Wight
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Royal residences in England

A. A. Milne

Alan Alexander Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English writer best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as for children's poetry.

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Agra

Agra is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow.

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Alexander Graham Bell (born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone.

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Bathing machine

The bathing machine was a device, popular from the 18th century until the early 20th century, to allow people at beaches to change out of their usual clothes, change into swimwear, and wade in the ocean.

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Belvedere (structure)

A belvedere or belvidere (from Italian for "beautiful view") is an architectural structure sited to take advantage of a fine or scenic view.

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Bhai Ram Singh

Bhai Ram Singh (1858–1916) was one of pre-partition Punjab's foremost architects, dominating the scene for nearly two decades from the 1890s.

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Britannia Royal Naval College

Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC), is the naval academy of the United Kingdom and the initial officer training establishment of the Royal Navy.

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Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is a royal residence in London, and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom.

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Commissioners of Woods and Forests

The Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues were established in the United Kingdom in 1810 by merging the former offices of Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases and Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown into a three-man commission.

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Coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra

The coronation of Edward VII and his wife, Alexandra, as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on 9 August 1902.

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Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria

Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India, died on 22 January 1901 at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, at the age of 81. Osborne House and Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria are queen Victoria.

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Durbar (court)

Durbar is a Persian-derived term (from darbār) referring to the noble court of a king or ruler or a formal meeting where the king held all discussions regarding the state.

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East Cowes

East Cowes is a town and civil parish in the north of the Isle of Wight, on the east bank of the River Medina, next to its west bank neighbour Cowes.

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Edward VII

Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

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Edward VIII

Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places.

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George Archer-Shee

George Archer-Shee (6 May 1895 – 31 October 1914) was a Royal Navy cadet whose case of whether he stole a five shilling postal order was decided in the High Court of Justice in 1910.

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George VI

George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952.

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Government House, Melbourne

Government House is the official residence of the Governor of Victoria, currently Margaret Gardner.

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Gulf of Naples

The Gulf of Naples, also called the Bay of Naples, is a roughly 15-kilometer-wide (9.3 mi) gulf located along the south-western coast of Italy (province of Naples, Campania region).

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Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight (/waɪt/ ''WYTE'') is an island, English county and unitary authority in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, across the Solent.

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Isle of Wight County Press

The Isle of Wight County Press is a local, compact newspaper published every Friday on the Isle of Wight.

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Italian Renaissance

The Italian Renaissance (Rinascimento) was a period in Italian history covering the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Italianate architecture

The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture.

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J. M. Barrie

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, (9 May 1860 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan.

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Jack Llewelyn Davies

John Llewelyn Davies (11 September 1894 – 17 September 1959) was the second eldest of the Llewelyn Davies boys befriended by Peter Pan creator J. M. Barrie, and one of the inspirations for the boy characters in the story of Peter Pan.

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Llewelyn Davies boys

The Davies boys were the inspiration for the stories of Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie, in which several of the characters were named after them.

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National Heritage List for England

The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England's official database of protected heritage assets.

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Norris Castle

Norris Castle is located on the Isle of Wight. Osborne House and Norris Castle are country houses on the Isle of Wight, east Cowes and Grade I listed buildings on the Isle of Wight.

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Osborne Bay

Osborne Bay is a bay on the north-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England, in the eastern arm of the Solent.

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Osborne Stable Block

Osborne Stable Block was built in 1859 on the old cricket ground in the grounds of Osborne House, the former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England.

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Peter Pan

Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie.

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Postal order

A postal order or postal note is a type of money order usually intended for sending money through the mail.

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Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria. Osborne House and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha are queen Victoria.

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Prince George, Duke of Kent

Prince George, Duke of Kent (George Edward Alexander Edmund; 20 December 1902 – 25 August 1942) was a member of the British royal family, the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary.

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Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom

Princess Beatrice (Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore; 14 April 1857 – 26 October 1944), later Princess Henry of Battenberg, was the fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

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Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll

Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (Louisa Caroline Alberta; 18 March 1848 – 3 December 1939) was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

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Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Marie Louise Victoire; 17 August 1786 – 16 March 1861), later Princess of Leiningen and subsequently Duchess of Kent and Strathearn, was a German princess and the mother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901.

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Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England

The Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England provides a listing and classification system for historic parks and gardens similar to that used for listed buildings.

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Robert Graves

Captain Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was an English poet, soldier, historical novelist and critic.

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Royal Naval College, Osborne

The Royal Naval College, Osborne, was a training college for Royal Navy officer cadets on the Osborne House estate, Isle of Wight, established in 1903 and closed in 1921.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Royal Pavilion

The Royal Pavilion, and surrounding gardens, also known as the Brighton Pavilion, is a Grade I listed former royal residence located in Brighton, England. Osborne House and royal Pavilion are Grade I listed houses and royal residences in England.

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Rudolf Swoboda

Rudolf Swoboda (1859–1914) was a 19th-century Austrian Orientalist painter.

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Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)The Times, (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12.

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Sarah, Duchess of York

Sarah, Duchess of York (born Sarah Margaret Ferguson; 15 October 1959), also known by the nickname Fergie, is a British author, philanthropist, television personality, and member of the extended British royal family.

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Shilling

The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British Commonwealth countries and Ireland, where they were generally equivalent to 12 pence or one-twentieth of a pound before being phased out during the 1960s and 1970s.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_House

Also known as Osborne Castle, Osborne, Isle of Wight, Osbourne House.

, The Solent, The Winslow Boy, Thomas Cubitt, Tsar, United Kingdom, Victoria (state), Windsor Castle.

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East Cowes

English Heritage sites in the Isle of Wight

Gardens on the Isle of Wight

Grade I listed buildings on the Isle of Wight

Grade II* listed parks and gardens

Historic house museums on the Isle of Wight

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Royal residences in England

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