Dover House is a mansion in Whitehall, London. It is located between Admiralty House and Horse Guards and the rear facade faces Horse Guards Parade. It was designed by James Paine for Sir Matthew Featherstonehaugh Bart., MP in the 1750s and remodelled by Henry Holland for Frederick, Duke of York from 1788 to 1792. It's most notable feature is an entrance hall in the form of a rotunda inserted into the former forecourt by Holland, which is was a unique approach to a London mansion. Whitehall, London, looking south towards the Houses of Parliament. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Admiralty House is located in Kirribilli, on the northern foreshore of Sydney Harbour in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Horse Guards is also a large building on Whitehall, at the eastern end of Horse Guards Parade. ... Horse Guards Parade, London Horse Guards Parade is a large parade ground off Whitehall in central London. ... A baronet (traditional abbreviation Bart, modern abbreviation Bt) is the holder of a title, similar to a knighthood except that it is hereditary, known as a baronetcy. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Sir Henry Holland, father of the 1st Viscount Knutsford, was a cousin of the novelist Elizabeth Gaskell and son-in-law to the wit Sydney Smith whose daughter Saba, he married as his second wife. ... His Royal Highness The Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (Frederick Augustus) (16 August 1763 - 5 January 1827) was a member of the British Royal Family, the second eldest child, and second son of King George III. From 1820 until his own death in 1827, he was the heir...

The building belonged to the Melbourne family from 1793 to 1830. The last private owners were the Dover family, whose name it has retained. They owned it from 1830 to 1885, when it became the Scottish Office. When Scotland acquired a devolved parliament in 1999 Dover House continued as the home of the reformed Scotland Office. Viscount Melbourne was a title created for Peniston Lamb in 1781 in the peerage of Ireland. ... Categories: Stub | Scotland | Departments of the United Kingdom Government ... The Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba in Gaelic, Scots Pairlament in Scots) is the national unicameral legislature of Scotland. ...

External link

• Information about Dover House on the Scotland Office's website