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Marble Hill was built for the remarkable Henrietta Howard, mistress of King George II when he was Prince of Wales.Despite being orphaned at age 12, going partially deaf at age 30, suffering a first abusive marriage, she gained her place at court, built Marble Hill and became a patron of the Arts. The house and gardens were intended as an Arcadian retreat from crowded 18th-century London. Its grand interiors also include a fine collection of early Georgian paintings. There can be few places in England which better recall the atmosphere of fashionable Georgian life and share the importance of a woman who challenged her patriarchal society. Marble Hill Richmond Road TW1 2NL

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