Grace & Favour: The Hampton Court Palace community 1750-1950

The royal family may have left Hampton Court in 1737, but the palace and its apartments soon found another purpose. After George III (r 1760-1820) decided not to live there, there was debate as to the future of the palace’s thousands of rooms. From the 1760s onwards, the palace was divided up for ‘grace-and-favour’ residents who were granted rent-free accommodation because they had given great service to the Crown or country. They lived, often with their own small households of servants above, underneath and around the state apartments. Paperback, 24 pages. Further information on who lived at Hampton Court Palace is available to download on www.hrp.org.uk

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