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Montagu House in Whitehall, Westminster, London, England, was the town house built by John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu (1690–1749), whose country seat was Boughton House in Northamptonshire.
The Privy Garden of the Palace of Whitehall was a large enclosed space in Westminster, London, that was originally a pleasure garden used by the late Tudor and Stuart monarchs of England.
Montagu House (sometimes spelled "Montague") was a late 17th-century mansion in Great Russell Street in the Bloomsbury district of London, which became the first home of the British Museum. The first house on the site was destroyed by fire in 1686.
It was rebuilt to a similar design and it is this second Montagu House that was to become the first home of the British Museum. It was a beautiful French-style house with an ornate interior decorative scheme, described in its day as one of the finest private houses in London.
Montagu House war ein Herrenhaus in Whitehall im Stadtbezirk Westminster der britischen Hauptstadt London. 1731 gab John Montagu, 2. Duke of Montagu, sein bestehendes Herrenhaus Montagu House im sozial absteigenden Stadtteil Bloomsbury, aus dem später das British Museum wurde, auf.
17 set 2021 · Montagu House and gardens with the new stable block in 1895 (Reproduced by permission of the National Library of Scotland). Montagu House remained in Elizabeth Montagu’s family until 1872, when Selby’s original 99-year leases reverted to the Portman family.
1862 – Montagu House, Whitehall, London Architect: William Burn From The Building News, November 28, 1862: His Grace the Duke of Bucclengh is one of the few noblemen who still retain a mansion on the banks of the Thames.
