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.

The marriages of her sisters to the sons of the earls of Kent, Essex and Pembroke have left no sign of unhappiness on the parts of the parties involved, nor does that of her sister, Catherine Woodville, to the queen's 11-year-old ward Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, though the duke stood with the duke of Gloucester in opposition to the Woodvilles after the death of Edward IV.

The extra costs involved in travelling northwards using this route deterred many merchants, who favoured the less costly route via Winslow and Buckingham.

Buckingham hired a South African organisation called Executive Outcomes, in which Mann and Buckingham were involved.

As a result, the Buckingham Palace Press Secretary, Michael Shea, rang then Mirror's editor Mike Molloy to demand the removal of those involved in the story.

Fleetwood Mac's second album after the incorporation of Nicks and Buckingham, 1977's Rumours, produced four US Top 10 singles ( including Nicks's song " Dreams ", which was the band's first and only US number one ) and remained at No. 1 on the American albums chart for 31 weeks, as well as reaching the top spot in various countries around the world.

Another consequence of the Buckingham π theorem of dimensional analysis is that the functional dependence between a certain number ( say, n ) of variables can be reduced by the number ( say, k ) of independent dimensions occurring in those variables to give a set of p = n − k independent, dimensionless quantities.

Formal generalization of the pi – theorem for the case of arbitrary number of quantities was for the first time given by A. Vaschy in 1892, and later and, apparently, independently, by A. Federman, D. Riabouchinsky in 1911 and by Buckingham in 1914.

The use of letters patent in making royal proclamations has been reduced by order of a statutory instrument ( number 1730 ) issued by Queen Elizabeth II at the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of July 1992 in the presence of the privy council.

Although Buckingham, not Shaftesbury, was behind Jenks ' speech, many suspected Shaftesbury's involvement ; after Jenks ' speech, Shaftesbury decided to take full advantage of the argument, arranging with his allies for a number of pamphlets arguing the case.

In September 2011 a number of F4J supporters including Matt O ' Connor staged a peaceful protest outside the front of Buckingham Palace during ' Changing of the Guard ' ceremony.

Buckingham Palace has a large number, and many a good specimen lies hidden in private collections in England.

On 1 July 1984 users could send a pre-formatted ' Happy Birthday ' email to Princess Diana via Prince Philip, in whose name the Buckingham Palace press office telephone number had been registered as a Prestel user.

Winterhalter first visited England in 1842, and returned several times to paint Victoria, Prince Albert and their growing family, painting at least 120 works for them, a large number of which remain in the Royal Collection, on display to the public at Buckingham Palace and other royal residences.

Using various self-serving definitions, a number of palaces are claimed to be the world ’ s largest: Istana Nurul Iman, Buckingham Palace, Royal Palace of Madrid, Stockholm Palace, The Forbidden City, The Palace of Versailles, The Winter Palace, The Louvre, Prague Castle, and Romania ’ s Palace of the Parliament.

Chambers provided him with a number of other important positions: in 1780 he become the Clerk of the Works at Richmond Park, and he later held the same position at Kensington Palace, Buckingham House and at the Royal Mews.

On 18 November, " Cold Turkey " dropped to number 15, and on 25 November Lennon returned his MBE to Buckingham Palace saying " I am returning this MBE in protest against Britain's involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam, and against Cold Turkey slipping down the charts.

A number of valuable works of the Italian masters, now in the Vienna Museum, came from Leopold's gallery after having belonged to Charles I and the duke of Buckingham.

She has received a number of awards, including Honorary Degrees of Doctor of Letters in 1994 from the University of Newcastle, Australia and the University of Buckingham in 1998.

" Buckingham also suggests that Pete was also publicly humiliated on a number of occasions, with the most " remarkable example " being shown in 1987, after he was victim to a practical joke and attended an alleged cross-dressing party at The Queen Victoria public house as the only person in full drag.

For a number of years, the Buckingham Branch operated the Shenandoah Valley Railroad ( SV ) under contract.