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Henrietta Howard
- Marble Hill was built in the 1720s for Henrietta Howard, mistress of King George II when he was Prince of Wales, as a retreat from court life. Both house and garden were designed with advice from the most fashionable gentlemen of early Georgian England.
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Marble Hill is the last complete survivor of the elegant villas and gardens that bordered the Thames between Richmond and Hampton Court in the 18th century. Inside the house, you can discover a taste of Georgian life with freshly conserved interiors and new displays that tell the story of Henrietta Howard, Marble Hill’s remarkable owner.
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History of Marble Hill. Built in the 1720s, Marble Hill was an idyllic Thames-side retreat from court life for Henrietta Howard. In this perfectly proportioned villa, inspired by the 16th-century architect Palladio, she entertained many of the poets and wits of the age.
Marble Hill was built in the 1720s for Henrietta Howard, who overcame a difficult childhood and disastrous first marriage to become a remarkable figure in Georgian court society. The villa is an important and relatively rare example of a house built for and by a woman in Georgian England.
Who lived at Marble Hill? Henrietta Howard (1689–1767) was a remarkable woman who overcame personal adversity to become one of the most liked ladies of the royal court of George II and a central figure in the ‘Twickenham set’. Henrietta built Marble Hill as a retreat from court life.
Much has been written about Marble Hill over the last five decades, and new research continues to unearth stories about the lives of its inhabitants, architecture, gardens and, since the House and Park came into public ownership over a century ago, its community benefits.
Marble Hill is situated on the north bank of the River Thames c 1km upstream from Richmond Bridge and on the opposite bank to Ham House (qv). The park is separated by iron railings from Warren Path, an asphalted footpath which runs alongside the river to Richmond.
The echoes of Marble Hill can be found in the civic buildings of Britain and America, the great country estates of England and the plantation houses of the southern United States. Henrietta Howard’s life was rich with incident, but punctuated with periods of considerable misery.
