Buckingham Palace forms the architectural core of the palace was built for the first Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703 to the design of William Winde. The style chosen was of a large, three-floored central block with two smaller flanking service wings. Buckingham House was eventually sold by Buckingham's natural son, Sir Charles Sheffield, in 1761 to George III for £21,000. Sheffield's leasehold on the mulberry garden site, the freehold of which was still owned by the royal family, was due to expire in 1774. Under the new Crown ownership, the building was originally intended as a private retreat for King
John Nash, Baron Nash John Nash, Baron Nash John Alfred Stoddard Nash, Baron Nash (born 22 March 1949), formerly a British businessman, also formerly a Conservative Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools and co-founder of the charity Future, which was founded in 2005 which sponsors academies. Nash was Chair of the British Venture Capital Association (1988–89) and on the board of the Conservative think-tank, the Centre for Policy Studies. He is joint chairman of the Governors of Pimlico Academy. John Nash was educated at Milton Abbey School, a boarding independent school in the village of Milton Abbas (near Blandford Forum) in Dorset, followed