York House, St James's Palace

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York House is a historic wing of St James's Palace, London, built for Frederick, Prince of Wales, on his marriage in 1736. It is in the north-western part of the palace on the site of a former suttling-house (canteen) for the Guards; it overlooks Ambassadors' Court and Cleveland Row to the west of the old Chapel Royal. Prince Frederick occupied it for about a year, until his quarrel with his father drove him from Court. In 1795, Princess Caroline resided here before her marriage with the Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV. During early-to-mid 19th century, the apartments in the Palace which would later come to be known as York House were occupied by Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland. Following the death of King William IV in 1837, his niece Princess Victoria of Kent succeeded as Queen of the United Kingdom, but due to the operation of the Salic Law in the Kingdom of Hanover the Duke of Cumberland succeeded as King of Hanover. Queen Victoria initially planned to give King Ernst...

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