Sir Richard Airey mb-code U1187687 Zoological study of a lion-tailed

Zoological study of a lion-tailed macaque or wanderoo Macacus silensus from India shown seated

It later became the favourite residence of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

and was eventually imprisoned and executed

The title of 'The Queen's Nursery' possibly refers to a school for young actors established on the site in 1664

Sir Richard Airey mb-code U1187687 Zoological study of a lion-tailedSir Richard Airey, 1878. Airey was Quarter Master General of the 1st Brigade of the Light Division, and was present at the battles of Alma and Inkermann during the Crimean War, and wrote the order for the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava. He was also Governor of Gibraltar. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc.