Some, notably Paul Murray Kendall, regard Buckingham as the likeliest suspect: his execution, after he had rebelled against Richard in October 1483, might signify that he and the king had fallen out because Buckingham had taken it on himself for whatever reason to dispose of Richard's rival claimants ; alternatively, he could have been acting on behalf of Henry Tudor ( later to become King Henry VII ).

As a descendant of Edward III, through John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, Buckingham may have hoped to accede to the throne himself in due course.

However neither document states whether Buckingham acted for himself, on Richard's orders, or in collusion with the Tudor party.

Prince Albert designed the house himself in conjunction with builder Thomas Cubitt, the London architect and builder whose company also built the main façade of Buckingham Palace.

Several times he found himself opposed to the schemes of the Duke of Buckingham, and he was keenly interested in the colonization of America.

On the other hand, Buckingham himself had motivation to kill the Princes, having a claim of his own to the throne equivalent to that of Henry Tudor, depending on one's view of the legitimacy of the Beaufort line.

Assisted by his cousin Buckingham, Richard mounts a campaign to present himself as the true heir to the throne, pretending to be a modest, devout man with no pretensions to greatness.

Buckingham himself escaped after an heroic stand against six Roundhead opponents, his back against an oak tree, which became the stuff of Cavalier legend.

In opposition to Hyde, Buckingham supported the alliance with the Scottish Presbyterians, accompanied Charles to Scotland in June, and allied himself with the Marquess of Argyll, dissuading Charles from joining the Royalist plot of October 1650, and being suspected of betraying the plan to the covenanting leaders.

Arlington, next to Buckingham himself the most powerful member of the cabal and a favourite of the king, was less easy to overcome ; and he derived considerable influence from the control of foreign affairs entrusted to him.

On the complete volte-face and surrender made by Charles to France in 1670, Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, a Roman Catholic, was entrusted with the first Treaty of Dover of 20 May — which besides providing for the united attack on Holland, included Charles's undertaking to proclaim himself a Catholic and to reintroduce the Roman Catholic faith into England, — while Buckingham was sent to France to carry on the sham negotiations which led to the public treaties of 31 December 1670 and 2 February 1672.

He defended himself chiefly by endeavouring to blame Arlington ; but the house approved a petition to the king to remove Buckingham from his councils, presence and from employment forever.

He died on 16 April 1687, from a chill caught while hunting, in the house of a tenant in Kirkbymoorside in Yorkshire ( it is known as Buckingham House and it is located in the town centre ), expressing great repentance and feeling himself " despised by my country and I fear forsaken by my God ".

He was given leave to rejoin his garrison with a reward of a hundred francs by the earl of Buckingham, who stated that he had acquitted himself much to his satisfaction.

The last of these was originally commissioned, on the express instructions of the king himself, to stand on top of the Marble Arch, in front of Buckingham Palace.

Buckingham himself was wounded and captured with the king when the Earl of Warwick scored a remarkable success.

Buckingham himself enters in custody after his conviction, and makes his farewells to his followers and to the public.

Mary's longtime suitor the Duke of Buckingham takes a dislike to Charles as he is a commoner and the Duke wants Mary for himself.

When she goes to him for help, the Duke of Buckingham tells Lady Margaret that Brandon is dead and decides to go " rescue " Mary himself.

In later life he frequently occupied himself with the burin, publishing, in 1834, a series of outlines from Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, and, in 1840, superintending the issue of a selection of plates from the pictures in Buckingham Palace, one of them, a Titian landscape, being engraved in mezzotint by himself.

The Key was originally attributed to Buckingham himself, but is actually the work of Morphew Briscoe.

Seeing the empty corner of the lab, the Brigadier muses to himself that he will have to tell Buckingham Palace that the Doctor will be a little late for dinner.

In 1627, Buckingham led another failure: an attempt to aid his new Huguenot allies besieged at La Rochelle in France, by leading the Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré ( 1627 ).

The earl prayed in vain: once in power, Charles and Buckingham sanctioned a series of reckless military expeditions that ended in humiliating failure.

* 24 July-The Buckingham Palace conference ends in failure.

With Maurice he purchased the Athenaeum magazine in 1828 from James Silk Buckingham, but the enterprise was not a pecuniary success.

Originally known as Buckingham House, the building which forms the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1705 on a site which had been in private ownership for at least 150 years.

It was said that when Attlee visited King George VI at Buckingham Palace to kiss hands, the notoriously laconic Attlee and the notoriously tongue-tied George VI stood for some minutes in silence before Attlee finally volunteered the remark " I've won the election.

However, the Cabal Ministry they formed can hardly be seen as such ; the Scot Lauderdale was not much involved in English governance at all, while the Catholic ministers of the Cabal ( Clifford and Arlington ) were never much in sympathy with the Protestants ( Buckingham and Ashley ).

Attacks upon the monopolists by Parliament for the abuse of prices led to the scapegoating of Francis Bacon by George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, leading to Bacon's impeachment before the Lords, the first of its kind which was not officially sanctioned by the King in the form of a bill of attainder since 1459.

Moreover, a personal quarrel erupted between Buckingham and the Spanish nation between whom was mutual misunderstanding and ill temper.

Charles was outraged, and upon their return in October, he and Buckingham demanded that King James declare war on Spain.

It was the official painting of the occasion and, hence, resides at Buckingham Palace.

By the end of 1936, Gardner was finding his Charing Cross Road flat to be cramped, and moved into the block of flats at 32a Buckingham Palace Mansions.

He was knighted by HM The Queen at Buckingham Palace on 10 October 2007

He was named Leader of the Conservative Party on 27 November 1990, and was summoned to Buckingham Palace and appointed Prime Minister the following day.

In 1690 he was elected Member of Parliament for Bramber, Sussex and in 1713 member for Buckingham.

A famous example of this situation was The Revd Sir Derek Pattinson, who was ordained just a year after he was appointed Knight Bachelor, apparently somewhat to the consternation of officials at Buckingham Palace.

The inauguration of the new Holborn Station on 10 October 1865 was marked by having the Duke of Buckingham, the chairman, and some of the directors of the company blown through the tube to Euston ( a five minute trip ).

The first, in October 1483, was led by staunch allies of Edward IV and most notably by Richard's former ally, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham.

The revolt collapsed and Buckingham was executed at Salisbury near the Bull's Head Inn.

The conspiracy was led by Richard's former ally Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham.

Buckingham tried to escape in disguise, but was turned in for the bounty Richard had put on his head.

Originally designed for Buckingham Palace, this was moved to Kew in 1836 by King William IV.

However, this would change rapidly, when, in 1450 he was accused of ambushing the Duke of Buckingham, Humphrey Stafford, along with a gang of 26 other men.

In 1947, Olivier was knighted ; and Leigh accompanied him to Buckingham Palace for the investiture.

Despite his nominal retirement, Jardine was still very much active in business and politics and built a townhouse in 6 Upper Belgrave Street, then a new upscale residential district in London near Buckingham Palace.