In June 1834 King William IV and Queen Adelaide came for dinner at Boston Manor House. In this talk we look not just at that occasion but also at how the friendship between the House’s owners, James and Jane Clitherow, and the royals came about — a friendship that saw them become the first commoners to host this King and Queen.
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About the speaker
John Collins is the Senior Manager for Historic Houses at the London Borough of Hounslow and has overseen Hogarth’s House since it reopened to the public after a major refurbishment in 2011. Most recently John has been a key figure in the Mulberry Garden project at Hogarth’s House, a five year National Lottery Heritage Fund funded scheme which saw a new learning studio built and a redesigned exhibition garden both open to the public in 2021. Before this John was Community Development Manager at Imperial War Museum North and has a background in the field of community engagement with historic sites and their collections.