View looking north from the Ring in the Parterre showing Terrace Pavilion and Clock Tower to the left with Lower Terrace and Borghese Balustrade below

Cliveden should not be confused with Clevedon in Somerset

Cliveden as seen from its lawn.

Cliveden (pronounced CLIVV-d'n) is a mansion in Buckinghamshire, England overlooking the River Thames. It has an intriguing history. Image File history File linksMetadata CliveGardenFront. ... Image File history File linksMetadata CliveGardenFront. ... Map sources for Clevedon at grid reference ST3971 Clevedon Village - circa 1907 Clevedon seafront is extremely windswept, as witnessed by this tree. ... Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ... Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1185 KB) Cliveden, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. ... Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1185 KB) Cliveden, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... The Thames (pronounced []) is a river flowing through southern England, in its lower reaches flowing through London into the sea. ...

The present house, owned by the National Trust and used as a hotel, was built in 1851 by the architect Charles Barry on the site of a house built in 1666 as the home of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. His architect was William Winde. The house was let to Frederick, Prince of Wales from 1739 to 1751. It was during this tenure that the song "Rule Britannia" was first performed, in the rustic theatre in the garden in 1740. In 1795 the house was seriously damaged by fire. For the next 30 years it remained a shell; following a second rebuilding it was again destroyed by fire in 1849. The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, is a British preservation organization. ... The 4-star Manor House Hotel at Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, Barrys most famous building. ... 1666 is often called Annus Mirabilis. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Captain William Winde (c1645-1722) was an architect. ... The Prince Frederick, Prince of Wales (Frederick Louis; 1 February 1707 – 31 March 1751) was a member of the British Royal Family, the eldest son of King George II. He was born into the House of Hanover and, under the Act of Settlement passed by the English Parliament, Frederick was... // About the number 1739 1739 is the smallest integer that can be written as sum of three perfect cubes, in two ways. ... Events Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow March 25 - For the last time, New Years Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales. ... “Rule Britannia” is a patriotic British national song, originating from the poem Rule Britannia by James Thomson, and set to music by Thomas Arne in 1740. ... Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

The three-storey 1851 house, in the classic Italian style, was built on the broad terraces of its predecessor, for the Duke of Sutherland, who required a country retreat near London. This new mansion was considerably grander and more luxurious than the previous house. The exterior remains much as designed by Barry, but the interiors were much altered in the 1870s, when the house was owned by the Duke of Westminster, and again in the 1890s when J L Pearson remodelled the entrance hall and sweeping staircase. The title Duke of Sutherland was created for George Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford, in 1833. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... // Events and Trends Technology The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ... Arms of the Dukes of Westminster (since 1825) The title of Duke of Westminster was created by Queen Victoria in 1874 and bestowed upon Richard Grosvenor, the 3rd Marquess of Westminster. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no...

The Tortoise Fountain and view over the River Thames.

In the magnificent gardens are temples and follies built by various owners and tenants. The octagonal temple (now the chapel) by the architect Giacomo Leoni was commissioned by George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney in 1735. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1067 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1067 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Temple of Hephaestus, an ancient Greek Doric temple in Athens with the original entrance facing east, 449 BC (western face depicted) For other uses, see Temple (disambiguation). ... Broadway Tower, England The folly at Wimpole Hall, England High Service Water Tower (1895), Lawrence, Massachusetts. ... Lyme Park, Cheshire designed by Giacomo Leoni. ... George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney (February 9, 1666 - January 29, 1737) was a British soldier. ... Events April 16 - The London premiere of Alcina by George Frideric Handel, his first the first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. ...

In 1893 the house became the home of the Astor family; from 1919 it was the home of Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor and his wife Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, the first woman Member of Parliament to take her seat. Astor died in 1952; his wife died in 1964 at her daughter's home at Grimsthorpe in Lincolnshire. 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Astor family, founded by the German immigrant John Jacob Astor and his wife Sarah Todd, became the wealthiest family in the United States during the 19th century. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor (May 19, 1879–September 30, 1952) was a businessman and politician and a member of the prominent Astor family. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopaedia entry. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Grimsthorpe Castle was originally a Tudor country house in Lincolnshire, 4 miles northwest of Bourne on the A151. ... Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. ...

While the home of the Astors, the house became a very fashionable place for prominent figures in both politics and the arts to meet, hunt, stroll in the magnificent gardens, and attend lavish parties. This prominent group of individuals became known as the 'Cliveden Set' and were very influential over the affairs of state. In the mid 1930s the set were accused of calling for the appeasement of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. House records and influential members of the set show that not to be true, and all factions of the political landscape were represented at Cliveden, but the impression of appeasement persists. It was about this time that the Astors had the house extended in the form of a horseshoe-shaped wing, to provide extra bedrooms for the house-parties. Politics is the process by which groups make decisions. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... A fox hunt Fox hunting is a form of hunting for foxes using a pack of scent hounds. ... The Cliveden Set were a British 1930s group of prominent individuals, the circle of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Hitler redirects here. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ...

View of the River Thames from the river walk at Cliveden.

The house became the centre of the Profumo Affair in 1961, after a chance meeting at a party between cabinet minister John Profumo and showgirl Christine Keeler led to a brief affair, which when made public a year later caused a national security scare as Keeler had also been having an affair with an attaché at the Soviet embassy. Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1612 KB) River Thames at Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, England. ... Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1612 KB) River Thames at Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, England. ... The Profumo Affair was a political scandal of 1963 in the United Kingdom. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... John Dennis Profumo, CBE (January 30, 1915 – March 9, 2006), informally known as Jack Profumo, was a British politician and the central figure in the Profumo Affair of 1963, which caused severe damage to the Conservative government of Harold Macmillan and is held to have contributed to its defeat in... Christine Keeler, the woman that shook the British government Christine Keeler (born February 22, 1942) was a British model and showgirl. ... Motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) Translation: Workers of the world, unite!) Anthem: The Internationale (1922-1944) Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944-1991) Capital (and largest city) Moscow None; Russian de facto Government Socialist Republic/Federation of Soviet Republics  - Last President Mikhail Gorbachev  - Last Premier Ivan Silayev Establishment October... A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one nation state present in another nation state to represent the sending state in the receiving State. ...

This copy of Vincenzo de'Rossi's work on a pedestal in The Ring of the Parterre faces the Garden Front of Cliveden House

At the outbreak of World War 1, Astor offered the use of some of the grounds to the Canadian Red Cross for building a hospital. The HRH Duchess of Connaught Hospital was dismantled at the end of hostilities. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (499x750, 56 KB) This copy of Vincenzo deRossis The Rape of Proserpina is on a pedestal in The Ring of the Parterre faces the Garden Front of Cliveden House Source: http://www. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (499x750, 56 KB) This copy of Vincenzo deRossis The Rape of Proserpina is on a pedestal in The Ring of the Parterre faces the Garden Front of Cliveden House Source: http://www. ...

In September 1939, Astor offered the land again for a rent of 1 shilling per year and the the Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital was built to the designs of architect Robert Atkinson. After the war the hospital's main focus was as a nursing school, a maternity unit and a rheumatology unit, which was headed by Dr Barbara Ansell. The Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, was a pre-war civilian hospital and a centre for research into rheumatism in children. ... Robert Atkinson (8 January 1883 – 26 December 1952) was an English architect primarily working in the Art Deco style. ... Rheumatology, a subspecialty of internal medicine, is devoted to the diagnosis and therapy of rheumatic diseases. ... Dr Barbara Mary Ansell CBE, MD, FRCP, FRCS (1923, Warwick, Warwickshire, England - September 14, 2001) was the world-renowned UK founder of paediatric rheumatology. ...

In 1942 Astor gave the property to The National Trust, with the proviso that the family continue to live there. Should this cease, he expressed the wish that the house be used: Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ...

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From 1969 to 1983 Stanford University ran an overseas studies campus at Cliveden. A basement pub was open to students and locals. The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in an unincorporated part of Santa Clara County. ...

Today the National Trust has leased the house as a five-star hotel operating in the style of an Edwardian country house. Its proximity to London and to Heathrow Airport make it a very sought-after destination. The grounds are listed by the National Trust as one of the finest gardens in the country. The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It succeeded the Victorian period and is sometimes extended to include the period up to the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, the start of World War... London Heathrow Airport (IATA airport code: LHR, ICAO airport code: EGLL, and often simply Heathrow) is the United Kingdoms busiest and best-connected airport. ...

Fountain of Love.

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Trivia

• The Bollywood film Yaadein was filmed at Cliveden.
• The 2005 film Mrs. Henderson Presents used Cliveden for some scenes.
• In the 2004 film Thunderbirds, Cliveden is Lady Penelope's house, Creighton-Ward Mansion, and FAB1 takes off from the front of the house.

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cliveden

• Cliveden information at the National Trust
• Cliveden House
• History of Cliveden Set by Carroll Quigley