CollectionGeorgian Menu Books
ReferenceMRH/MRHF/MENUS/MAIN/MIXED/18
TitleMenu book for William IV, the Queen consort and their Household, principally at Windsor Castle.
Date16 September 1833 - 16 April 1835
DescriptionMenu book for dinners and luncheons for William IV and Queen Adelaide, principally at Windsor Castle, occasionally at Kew, Bushy House [London], Sandhurst, Virginia Water, Ascot, London, Egham [Windsor Great Park, Race course], St James's. Most of the dinners also include other members of the royal family: George Augustus FitzClarence, 1st Earl Munster; Sophia Sidney, Baroness de L'Isle and Dudley, Elizabeth Hay, Countess of Erroll; Amelia Cary, Viscountess Falkland; Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh

Also includes dinners and lunches for the 1st Earl of Munster] and Princess Augusta.

A list of the people attending dinner is often provided.
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.

Chronological gap between f. 25v (25 October 1833) and 28v (1 March 1834).

Marked 'Ledger 1833 Windsor'.
LanguageEnglish
Extent1 volume (227 folios)
Physical DescriptionVellum binding
Document Image

MRH_MRHF_MENUS_MAIN_MIXED_18_P001-108.pdf

MRH_MRHF_MENUS_MAIN_MIXED_18_P109-227.pdf

Digitisation NotesTo assist with the download speed of the images this volume has been split into two separate PDFs: the first covers 16 September 1833 - 30 June 1834 and the second 1 July 1834 - 16 April 1835.
LevelFile
CreditCrown Copyright
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