Coordinates : 51°31′34″N 0°30′32″W / 51.526°N 0.509°W / 51.526; -0.509
Coppins is a country house north of the village of Iver in Buckinghamshire , England , formerly a home of members of the British Royal Family , including Princess Victoria , Prince George, Duke of Kent , Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (their son).
History [ edit ]
The house was originally a mid-nineteenth century farmhouse built by John Mitchell, who arranged Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales' theatre visits. The house was substantially altered for Princess Victoria, who moved there after the death in 1925 of her mother Queen Alexandra .
Princess Victoria left Coppins to her nephew Prince George, the Duke of Kent, when she died in 1935. From then until it was sold in 1972 to Commander Eli Gottlieb, it was the home of two generations of the Kent family.[1]
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was a regular visitor to Coppins during school holidays while at Gordonstoun , 1937-9, and Dartmouth Naval College , 1939–40, and later when visiting with the Princess Elizabeth . Prince George’s wife, Princess Marina , was Prince Philip’s paternal first cousin.
Prince Michael of Kent was born there on 4 July 1942. In 1944, Princess Marina's first cousin George II of Greece , also stayed at Coppins.
References [ edit ]
Occupied Preserved/used for diplomatic and public visits Historical
Abergeldie Castle , Crathie and Braemar
Albany (London)
Allerton Castle
Audley End House
Palace of Beaulieu , Borehamǂ
Barnwell Manor
Beaumont Palace , Oxfordǂ
Fort Belvedere , Old Windsor
Bentley Priory
Berkhamsted Castle ¤
Birch Hall, Windlesham
Brantridge Park , Balcombe
Bridewell Palace ǂ
Brill Palace ¤
Bushy House
Cadzow Castle ¤
Caernarfon Castle
Cambridge Cottage, Kew
Cambridge House
Carisbrooke Castle
Carlton House ǂ
Castell y Bere ¤
Castle Hill Lodge , Ealingǂ
Castlewood House, Egham Wick
Chelsea Manor ǂ
Chevening
Chideock Manor
Criccieth Castle ¤
Christ Church, Oxford
Claremont , Esher
Clarendon Palace ¤
Cliveden , Taplow
Coombe Abbey , Combe Fields, Rugby
Coppins , Iver
Crocker End House , Nettlebed
Crosby Hall, London
Cumberland Cottage
Cumberland House ǂ
Cumberland Lodge , Windsor
Delnadamph Lodge ǂ
Dolbadarn Castle ¤
Dolwyddelan Castle ¤
Dolphin Square
Doune Castle
Dover House
Dunfermline Palace ¤
Eastwell Park , Kent
Edinburgh Castle
Eltham Palace §
Falkland Palace , Fife
Frogmore House , Windsor
Gloucester House , Weymouth
Gloucester House, London ǂ
Gloucester Lodge
Gunnersbury Park
Hanworth Manor ǂ
Hatfield House
Havering Palace ǂ
Ingestre House, Great Haywood
Kent House (Isle of Wight)
Kew House (Isle of Wight)
Kew Palace §
Kingsbourne House
King's House, Winchester ǂ
Kings Langley Palace ǂ
Lancaster House
Leeds Castle , Kent
Leicester House, Westminster
Linlithgow Palace ¤
Marlborough House
Montagu House, Blackheath ǂ
Castle of Mey , Caithness
Nether Lypiatt Manor
Nonsuch Palace ǂ
Norfolk House ǂ
Nottingham Cottage
Oak Grove House
Oatlands Palace ǂ and Park §, Walton/Weybridge
Osborne Cottage
Osborne House
Palace of Placentia , Greenwichǂ
Queen Charlotte's Cottage, Kew
Queen's House , Greenwich
Ranger's House , Blackheath
Ribsden Holt , Windlesham
Richmond Palace ǂ & White Lodge
Romenda Lodge
Royal Pavilion , Aldershotǂ
Royal Pavilion , Brighton
Savile House
Savoy Palace ǂ
Schomberg House , 77 Pall Mall
Somerset House
Stirling Castle
Sunninghill Park ǂ
Sussex House , Hammersmith
The More , Rickmansworth
Theobalds House , Cheshunt
Walmer Castle
Palace of Westminster
Palace of Whitehall ǂ and the Banqueting House
Windlesham Moor
Witley Court , Great Witley
Woodstock Palace ǂ
York Cottage , Sandringham
York House, St James's Palace
Royal residences abroad
4 route du Champ d'Entraînement , Paris, France
Château de la Croë , Cap d'Antibes, France
Dublin Castle , Dublin, Ireland
Les Jolies Eaux , Mustique, St Vincent
Riven Rock , Santa Barbara, United States
Sagana Lodge , Kenya
Villa Guardamangia , Malta
Key: ǂ = demolished ¤ = now ruins § = partly demolished