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6 unusual facts about Osborne House


Ceylon Medical College

On 29 December 1887 the school's LMS diploma was recognised by the General Medical Council at a meeting of the Privy Council held at Osborne House.

Charles Royds

He served at Dover for a time and was then the last captain of the Royal Naval College Osborne, from 2 January 1921 until its closure in May 1921.

Fullerton to Hurstbourne Line

It is rumoured that she preferred this route on the way to and from Osborne House because it did not involve passing through any tunnels.

Hector-class ironclad

Hector was assigned as Queen Victoria's guard ship nearly every summer during this period when the Queen and her family, were in residence in Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.

Theodor Kalide

This sculpture was later replicated numerous times and decorates numerous locations, e.g., the Osborne House.

Thomas Kershaw

He was given several lucrative contracts, including one from the Royal family to marbleise the columns at Buckingham Palace and Osborne House, but turned down a request from the Russian Ambassador to marbleise the interior of the Imperial Palace in St Petersburg.


Crown in Saskatoon

Some named for royal family titles including Duchess Street, Duke Street, Empress Avenue and Street, King Crescent and Street, Prince of Wales Avenue, Princess Street and Queen Street, while others named for royal houses include Hanover Avenue and York Avenue, and some named for royal castles include Balmoral Street, Osborne Street and Windsor Street.

Lonicera nitida

At Osborne House, a holiday home built in 1845 on the Isle of Wight for Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert, there are L. nitida shrubs clipped in the form of stags rising from beds of Felicia amelloides, Festuca glauca, and scarlet pelargoniums.

Osborne Stable Block

In 1859 Osborne Stable Block was built on the old cricket ground in the grounds of Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.

Wedding dress of Princess Alice

On 1 July 1862, in the dining room of Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, she married Prince Louis of Hesse.


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Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse

On 1 July 1862, Louis married Princess Alice, the third child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.