Queen Charlotte in Bath - History of Bath
Queen Charlotte in Bath
Coat of arms above what is now the chemist on Pulteney Bridge
Building on Pulteney Bridge where Queen Charlotte stayed
Queen Charlotte stayed Bath to treatment from the Bath Spa waters in November, 1817, a year before she died. A house was taken for her at 93 Sydney Place, and lavishly equipped; and a second house at 103 Sydney Place was
reserved for her entourage, and for the Duke of Clarence, who arrived in the city on the same day. Bath welcomed the royal party enthusiastically and a contemporary, after describing the decorations, noted that, 'tho the
streets were crowded to an excess, not the least riot or confusion appeared; nor were groups of well-dressed females annoyed in their perambulations by the throwing of squibs or the firing of guns'.
But the discreet
merriment was short lived. A few days after her arrival the Queen was informed of the death, in childbirth, of her granddaughter Princess Charlotte, and the royal party left at once for Windsor. Queen Charlotte returned to Bath
three weeks later, and stayed quietly at Sydney Place for nearly a month. She was seventy-three at this time, and in failing health. Her death occurred during the following year, 1818.
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