The position of Cambridge House is marked on this extract from a map of London published in 1799.

Cambridge House is a mansion on the northern side of Piccadilly (Number 94) in central London, England. It was built for Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, who appointed Matthew Brettingham as his architect in 1756, and was initially known as Egremont House, and was complete, or nearly so, by 1761. The house is in a late Palladian style. It has three main storeys plus basement and attics and is seven bays wide. As is usual in a London mansion of the period the first floor (second floor in American English) is the principal floor, containing a circuit of reception rooms. This floor has the highest ceilings and its status is emphasised externally by a Venetian window in the centre. Piccadilly is a major London street, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont (1710 - 21 August 1763), a son of Sir William Wyndham, succeeded his uncle, Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset, as 2nd Earl of Egremont in 1750. ... Holkham Hall. ... A villa with a superimposed portico, from Book IV of Palladios I Quattro Libri dellArchitettura, in a modestly priced English translation published in London, 1736. ... A villa with a superimposed portico, from Book IV of Palladios I Quattro Libri dellArchitettura, in a modestly priced English translation published in London, 1736. ...

The house changed hands several times. For several years in the 1820s it was occupied by George Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley and known as Cholmondeley House. From 1829 to 1850 it was the London residence of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge. Due to his royal status it is the name the house acquired at this time, Cambridge House, which has persisted. However its most famous owner was Lord Palmerston, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for most of the decade from 1855 to 1865, who purchased it after the Duke of Cambridge's death. Palmerston died in the house and was carried from it to Westminster Abbey. Prince Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge (24 February 1774-8 July 1850), was the tenth-born child and seventh son of King George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte. ... Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (October 20, 1784 - October 18, 1865) was a British Prime Minister and Liberal politician. ... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... The Abbeys western façade The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to as Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. ...

Shortly after Palmerston's death Cambridge House was purchased by the Naval & Military Club, which has outgrown its previous premises. The club came to be known as the "In and Out" on account of the prominent signs on the building's entrance and exit gates. The club retained ownership until 1996, when the property was sold to investors. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

References

• London's Mansions by David Pearce, (1986) ISBN 071348702X