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Walmer Castle is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII in Walmer, Kent, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France an
The castle from the east in 2018
A 1539 early design for either Walmer or nearby Sandown Castle
Aerial view of the castle seen from the north-east, showing the later alterations to the upper storeys, with the gatehouse to the upper right
A satirical cartoon of 1805, depicting William Pitt the Younger directing operations against the French from Walmer Castle (left)
William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, styled Viscount Elmley until 1891, was a British Liberal politician. He was Governor of New South Wales between 1899 and 1901, a member of the Liberal administration
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…Curzon decided to resign the post of Lord Warden, leaving the castle, and subsequently the Prince of Wales, the future George V, took up the post. William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, became the Lord Warden in 1913, building a Roman Catholic chapel at the castle and holding large parties there each summer. His children later commented…
Beauchamp in 1910
Beauchamp caricatured by Spy for Vanity Fair, 1899
Beauchamp as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, 1920
Earl and Countess Beauchamp with their family at Madresfield on the occasion of Viscount Elmley's coming of age, c. 1925