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During the 18th century, dinner was served increasingly later in the day, meaning an extra meal called luncheon was created to fill the midday gap. The character's success is spawn out of going into partnership with English master builder Thomas Cubitt and his brothers, who in real life developed many of the historic streets and squares of London - in particular, Belgravia, Pimlico and Bloomsbury. It is believed that many officers didn’t even change out of their party wear before they went off to battle to Quatre Bras before moving to the small village of Waterloo in Brussels. Belgravia: Why did Anne Trenchard reveal her family secret? A year later on June 15, 1815, the duchess held the now infamous ball during which the Duke of Wellington received confirmation that Napoleon Bonaparte's army had entered the territory of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands near Charleroi (now the Kingdom of Belgium). Large swathes of Belgravia is still owned by the family-operated property company Grosvenor Group - with the Duke of Westminster as its figurehead. More embassies and institutions moved to the area, and Belgrave Square is now noted as a popular spot for embassies. In the show, James Trenchard (played by Philip Glenister) starts off as a supplies man for the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo before becoming a self-made property developer. He also revealed he has worked with Greig before, so their chemistry on set was easy to get across to an audience.

Was she a real person? Set in the 1840s, the tale is one of fiction but the backdrop and events that take place around that time are real, including the Duchess of Richmond’s ball and the Battle of Waterloo. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. His developer-architect son George, by his wife Mary Anne Warner, was created Baron Ashcombe in 1892 and was a great-great-grandfather of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. It's spectacular and Dame Harriet Walter, Tamsin Grieg, Diana Harcastle and Tom Wilkinson are particularly brilliant.". As Mrs Trenchard explains quite accurately to Lady Brockenhurst during afternoon tea at the Duchess of Bedford's home, Thomas Cubitt began as a carpenter before devising 'a new method of building', employing all the trades under his own management. Belgravia costumes: What did actors think of the costumes? Lady Charlotte Gordon, the eldest child of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, and his wife, Jane Maxwell, became the Duchess of Richmond when she she married Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox and 4th Duke of Aubigny, on September 9, 1789. Thomas was also responsible for building the east front of Buckingham Palace. Some of the young officers were still in their dress coats when they died at Waterloo two days later.

The opulent rows of white villas and townhouses which inhabit Belgravia were initially owned by members of the aristocracy - but following the Second World War, the make-up of it changed significantly.

Belgravia was developed in the 1820s by Richard Grosvenor, the 2nd Marquis of Westminster, and takes its name from one of the Duke of Westminster's subsidiary titles - Viscount Belgrave. They know what it is to love someone who is not like them.

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Belgravia ITV cast: Who is in the cast of Belgravia. The issue was debated in the House of Lords and the title eventually passed to Thomas Morton Fitzhardinge Berkeley, the couple's fifth child - but the first born after the couple were married. It was branded 'the largest, the safest, and the most fireproof warehouse in the metropolis' - and the blaze has been billed the largest episode of destruction of art and furnishings in the Victorian era. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. The concept is indeed believed to have been the idea of Anna Maria Russell, the wife of Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford, who was a lifelong friend of Queen Victoria and lived in Belgravia. He said: "I think the thing about Anne is the whole business of loving someone, even marrying them and living with them, but not agreeing with them. This appealed to upper class families who wishes to maintain the standard of living they'd become accustomed to.

The duchess died at the age of 73 in London on 5 May, 1842.

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