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FROGMORE , a See also:

MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

mansion within the royal See also:

DEMESNE (DEMESNE, DEMAIN, DOMAIN, &c.)

demesne of See also:

Windsor, See also:

England, in the See also:

Home See also:

Park, r m. S.E. of Windsor See also:

Castle. It was occupied by See also:

George III.'s See also:

queen, See also:

CHARLOTTE

Charlotte, and later by the duchess of See also:

Kent, See also:

MOTHER

mother of Queen See also:

Victoria, who died here in 1861. The mansion, a See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain See also:

BUILDING

building facing a small See also:

lake, has in its grounds the See also:

MAUSOLEUM

mausoleum of the duchess of Kent and the royal mausoleum. The first is a circular building surrounded with Ionic columns and rising in a See also:

DOME (Lat domus, house; Ital. duomo, cathedral)

dome, a See also:

LOWER

lower chamber within containing the See also:

TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb, while in the upper chamber is a statue of the duchess. There is also a bust of Princess See also:

HOHENLOHE

Hohenlohe-Langenberg, See also:

HALF

half-See also:

SISTER

sister of Queen Victoria; and before the entrance is a 1876), wife of See also:

Dean See also:

Stanley. The royal mausoleum, a cruciform building with a central octagonal See also:

LANTERN (an adaptation of the Fr. lanterne from Lat. lanterna or laterna, supposed to be from Gr. Aa urritp, a torch or lamp, Aaµaew, to shine, cf. " lamp "; the 16th- and 17th-century form " lanthorn " is due to a mistaken derivation from " horn," as a m

lantern, richly adorned within with See also:

MARBLES

marbles and mosaics, was erected (1862—1870) by Queen Victoria over the tomb of See also:

Albert, See also:

prince See also:

CONSORT (Lat. consors, a companion)

consort, by whose See also:

side the queen herself was buried in 19or. There are also memorials to Princess Alice and Prince See also:

LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

Leopold in the mausoleum. To the See also:

south of the mansion are the royal gardens and See also:

DAIRY

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