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  The entry in the 1825 Hamilton Palace inventory referring to the throne in the Long Gallery  
                 
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The future 10th Duke of Hamilton seems to have set up his ambassadorial throne in the Long Gallery of Hamilton Palace between 1812 and 1816. These are the years between the resumption of diplomatic relations between Britain and Russia and the shipment of nine crates of Alexander's effects and acquisitions from St Petersburg to Hamilton, and a German visitor seeing a 'throne' in the Long Gallery of the palace.

The throne would almost certainly have been taken down and moved during the improvements to the gallery between about 1829 and 1831.

 
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  It is believed that the 'throne' valued at ten guineas in the 1825 inventory (seen here) refers to the canopy. This is partly because there is a separate reference to a large gilt chair. The canopy is clearly recorded in visitors' accounts written in the 1830s. However, the inventories of the 1830s and early 1850s continue to use the old formula: throne and large gilt chair. The 1876 inventory describes 'A Throne raised two steps from the floor covered with crimson cloth, the canopy's Back covered in Crimson Silk Damask, Embroidered with the Royal Arms of Great Britain. The cornice of the canopy carved and Gilt.'  
                 
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