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2 unusual facts about King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes


King Edward VII Hospital

King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes (formerly the King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers), a private hospital in London used in recent years by members of the British Royal Family

Trevor Spring

Spring died in London in 1926 at King Edward VII's Hospital following an operation.


1910 New Zealand rugby league season

The competition was meant to start on 7 May but was delayed a week due to the death of King Edward VII.

Ardeer Platform railway station

The station was primarily used by factory workers however in 1902 the station was used by the various prime ministers of the British Colonies and their guests, along with the provost and magistrates of Glasgow to visit the factory after the Coronation of King Edward VII.

Arthur Stockdale Cope

He combined this prolific output with a prestigious roll call of sitters, ranging from Kings King Edward VII, George V and King Edward VIII, to Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Battlefield Line Railway

It conveyed King Edward VII, Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria on their way to Gopsall Hall, where Handel is reputed to have composed his oratorio Messiah.

Blankney

It was probably constructed to allow the Earl’s visitors, in particular the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII) who used the Hall as a discreet retreat for his amorous adventures, to arrive and depart without being seen by the local populace.

Charles Willie Mathews

Mathews was very sociable; he was a member of the Turf, Garrick, and Beefsteak Clubs, and was a friend of King Edward VII and King George V.

Clumber Spaniel

Prince Albert, the Prince consort of Queen Victoria, was a fancier and promoter of the breed, as was his son King Edward VII, who bred them at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk.

Constitution of New Zealand

Following the Conference, the House of Representatives passed a motion requesting that King Edward VII "take such steps as he may consider necessary; to change New Zealand's official name from 'The Colony of New Zealand' to 'The Dominion of New Zealand'. Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward prompted to move to "…raise up New Zealand" and assured that it would "have no other effect than that of doing the country good".

Earl of Fife

In 1889, Alexander Duff married Princess Louise, the third child and eldest daughter of the future King Edward VII; two days after the wedding, Queen Victoria elevated him to the dignity of Duke of Fife in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Edward Findley

Findley was elected as an Australian Labor Party member for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Melbourne in 1900 but was expelled from parliament soon after on 25 June 1901 for seditious libel as editor of the Toscin for republishing a Dublin Irish People article on King Edward VII.

Elmhurst, Staffordshire

It was once the site of Elmhurst Hall a large country residence which once hosted King Edward VII when he visited Lichfield for the centenary of the Staffordshire Yeomanry in 1894.

Fleetwood Edwards

Between 1901 and 1910 he served as a Serjeant-at-Arms in the House of Lords to King Edward VII.

George Alex Stevens

His first successful song was "The Huntsman", sung by Dan Leno at a Royal Command Performance before King Edward VII in 1901.

Grange Fell

Grange Fell is owned by the National Trust and was one of its first acquisitions in the Lake District in 1910; the fell was purchased by public subscription as a memorial to King Edward VII at the bequest of the King’s sister Princess Louise, who then was President of the Trust.

Ham Lambert

His grandfather was veterinary surgeon to three reigning monarchs, Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V, his father ran a practice which cared for the draught horses of Dublin from the turn of the 20th century until the early 1930s when working horses became less numerous.

Haras de Jardy

Haras de Jardy would gain such a reputation that it was visited by horse owners and breeders from around the world, including King Edward VII in 1905, Queen Elizabeth II in 1957 and Nikita Khrushchev in 1961.

Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford

He held the office of Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex between 1898 and 1926, President of the Zoological Society in 1899, Mayor of Holborn in 1900, Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India between 1885 and 1886, Military Aide-de-Camp between 1908 and 1920 to King Edward VII and King George V, and sometime Deputy Lieutenant of Bedfordshire.

J. Horace Round

He advised the Court of Claims and Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords on matters concerning the coronation of King Edward VII.

James Pulham and Son

In 1895 the firm was granted a Royal Warrant by the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII and some of their work survives at Sandringham House and Buckingham Palace.

John Deathridge

Now King Edward VII Professor of Music at King's College London, as well as a former Head of the prestigious Department of Music at that institution, he has been active as a conductor, organ recitalist and piano accompanist.

King Edward potato

The Coronation of King Edward VII in 1902 coincided with the introduction of this variety of potato and its name is believed to originate as a 'commemoration' of this occasion.

King Edward VII-class battleship

On 6 January 1916 she struck a mine off Cape Wrath; her engine rooms flooded and she capsized nine hours later and sank without loss of life.

King Edward VII's Town Coach

All were disposed of during the Second World War, with the exception of this one (named after Edward VII) which was put into storage.

King's Own Band

It got its name from King Edward VII, who chose the name in 1901 upon advancing to the English throne, as it was previously called the Prince of Wales band.

Komura Jutarō

From June 1906 to August 1908, Komura served as ambassador to Great Britain, during which time he was made a K.C.B. by King Edward VII and made a member of the Royal Victorian Order.

Madho Rao Scindia

He was appointed Honorary Aide-de-camp to King Edward VII in 1901, in recognition of his support during the Boxer Rebellion in China.

Marconi Beach

In 1903, the first transatlantic wireless communication originating in the United States was successfully transmitted from nearby Marconi Station; a message from U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt to King Edward VII of the United Kingdom.

Medway Maritime Hospital

The hospital was opened as the Royal Naval Hospital by King Edward VII on 26 July 1905 as a replacement for the 252 bed Melville Hospital (Naval), which was not large enough to deal with the increasing numbers of Naval personnel moving into Chatham.

Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar

King Edward VII refused to give this high honor to a non-Christian.

Norfolk Yeomanry

The regiment was raised in 1901 at the express wish of the new King Edward VII, and titled the Norfolk (King′s Own) Imperial Yeomanry with the Royal cypher as their badge.

Ogidi, Anambra

On July 9, 1904, he became the first Igwe of Ogidi in a ceremony recorded in the Colonial Administrative Intelligence Book and witnessed by colonial officers representing the government of HM King Edward VII of England.

Postpartum psychosis

She was the respondent in a sensational divorce case in which the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) was embroiled and, after a counter-petition led to a finding of mental disorder.

Prince of Wales College

In 1860 the Central Academy was upgraded and renamed Prince of Wales College (PWC) in honour of a visit to the colony that year by the Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward VII.

Princess Augusta of Cambridge

In making preparations for the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in 1901, the Duke of Norfolk consulted her on matters of etiquette and attire.

Queens Park, Western Australia

It was agreed that the name would be changed to Queens Park to honour Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII.

Salomon James de Rothschild

In letters to his family he described in vivid terms the social customs and notable events of the day, including the visit of the future King Edward VII, the high wire act of Charles Blondin, the arrival of the first official Japanese embassy to the United States, and the maiden voyage of the SS Great Eastern.

Shirva, India

The village was in international news during 2012, because of Jacintha Saldanha, a nurse working in King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes, Westminister, London apparently committed suicide because of prank calls from radio hosts pretending as Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles, hailed from this village and she was buried in this village.

Stabroek, Guyana

Brickdam, Stabroek's main street, was paved with bricks and made of burnt earth until 1921 when it was paved over for the arrival of the Prince of Wales (King Edward VII).

Sting of the Zygons

King Edward VII himself is on his way to join the search, with a knighthood for whoever finds the Beast.

The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town

One episode featured Ronnie Corbett as the diminutive yet domineering Queen Victoria and Barker as her browbeaten son "Edward, Prince of Wales" (in reality the future King Edward VII was known to his family as "Bertie"), which was a parody of the recent TV series starring Timothy West.

Thomas Horder, 1st Baron Horder

Horder began his career at St Bartholomew's Hospital and, when still quite young, successfully made a difficult diagnosis on King Edward VII which made his reputation.

Vera Duckworth

He also stunned her when he let her in on the family secret — his father was the illegitimate grandson of King Edward VII, thus Vera believes herself to be a second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II.

Vilhelm Herold

However, he also sang throughout Europe, including a command performance for King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace in 1905.

Zaitao

In May 1910 he was sent to Britain as an ambassador and represented the Qing Dynasty at the funeral of King Edward VII.


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