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
Nash Buckingham Bird Treaty Act of 1918. Nash Buckingham Theophilus Nash Buckingham (31 May 1880 – 10 March 1971), commonly referred to as Nash Buckingham, was an American author and conservationist from Tennessee. He is perhaps most famous for writing a collection of short stories entitled De Shootinest Gent'man. He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers, where he was captain and selected an All-Southern tackle in 1902. For many years after, Buckingham selected the All-Southern team for the "Memphis Commercial Appeal". He was nominated though not selected for an "Associated Press" All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team. Buckingham was considered one of