To
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL
SIR GEORGE BRYAN MILMAN, K.C.B.
MAJOR OF THE TOWER,

THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT OF THE NOBLE FORTRESS,
OF WHICH HE IS SO EARNEST AND ENTHUSIASTIC A GUARDIAN,

is Dedicated

IN TOKEN OF DEEP RESPECT FOR HIS NAME AND WORK,
AS WELL AS IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF THE HELP WHICH HE HAS GIVEN ME
IN THIS LABOUR OF LOVE.

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I.
Early History[ 1]
CHAPTER II.
General Survey of the Buildings[13]
CHAPTER III.
In the Days of the Later Plantagenets  [24]
CHAPTER IV.
In the Time of the Tudor Kings[38]
CHAPTER V.
The Tudor Queens[52]
CHAPTER VI.
The Stuarts[68]
CHAPTER VII.
The House of Hanover[92]