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Northumberland House was a large Jacobean townhouse in London, so-called because it was, for most of its history, the London residence of the Percy family, who were the Earls and later Dukes of Northumberland and one of England's richest and most prominent aristocratic dynasties for many centuries. It stood at the far western end of the Strand from around 1605 until it was demolished in 1874. In its later years it overlooked Trafalgar Square.
The Strand front of Northumberland House in 1752 by Canaletto. Note the Percy Lion atop the central facade. The Statue of Charles I at right survives in situ.
The Percy Lion (crest of Percy), after a model by Michelangelo, removed from Northumberland House in 1874, prior to demolition, by the 6th Duke and placed atop Syon House, his seat to the west of London.
The Front of Northumberland House, next the Strand, 1809
Northumberland House, shortly before it was demolished in 1874.
Anne of Denmark (1574–1619) was the wife of James VI and I, and queen consort of Scotland from 1589, and queen consort of England and Ireland from the union of the Scottish and English crowns in 1603 until her death on 2 March 1619 at Hampton Court. She was buried at Westminster Abbey on 13 May.
Elizabeth Grey, Countess of Kent, known as Lady Ruthin attended Anne at Hampton Court
Lady Anne Clifford bought mourning clothes to watch the queen's body at Somerset House