CollectionGeorgian Menu Books
ReferenceMRH/MRHF/MENUS/MAIN/MIXED/15
TitleMenu book for William IV, the Queen consort and their Household, principally at St. James's Palace.
Date25 October 1830 - 6 February 1834
DescriptionMenu book for dinners and lunches for William IV and Queen Adelaide, principally at St James's Palace, occasionally at Bushy House [London] and Windsor Castle. Lists of the guests attending are occasionally provided.

Volume also contains details about other notable meals [i.e. with, or given by, notable guests]: a dinner at the Duke of Cumberland's; the Master of the house's dinner in celebration of Her Majesty's birthday; dinners for the Knights of the Bath; a dinner for the Duke d'Orleans; a few lunches for the Landgravine [Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Philippsthal] and for Princess Louise [of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, niece of Queen Adelaide]; Lord Errol [William George Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll ]'s dinner.

Menu book provides details of dinners served to members of the King and Queen's Household.
There are accounts of meat and fish consumed; game received and its provenance.

It contains a fair copy, unbound, of the dinner held on 16 May 1832 (not foliated).

Marked 'Ledger 1830 [Oct. '30 - Feb. 34]'.
LanguageEnglish
Extent1 volume (216 folios), 1 document (4 folios)
Physical DescriptionVellum binding
Document Image

MRH_MRHF_MENUS_MAIN_MIXED_15_P001-111.pdf

MRH_MRHF_MENUS_MAIN_MIXED_15_P112-216.pdf

Digitisation NotesTo assist with the download speed of the images this volume has been split into two separate PDFs: the first covers 25 October 1830 - 29 September 1831 and the second 12 October 1831 - 6 February 1834.
LevelFile
CreditCrown Copyright
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