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{{about|the British mansion|Benjamin Chew's mansion in Germantown, Pennsylvania|Cliveden (Benjamin Chew House)}}
[[Image:Cliveden-2382.jpg|thumb|400px|View looking north from the Ring in the Parterre showing Terrace Pavilion and Clock Tower to the left with Lower Terrace and Borghese Balustrade below]]

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Between 1737 and 1751 the estate was leased to [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]] by Orkney's heirs after his death. Frederick was the son of [[George II]] and the father of [[George III]]. After falling out with his father, Frederick used Cliveden to enable him to withdraw from life at the royal court. At Cliveden he established a family home for his wife Augusta and their children. 
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It was during the Prince's tenure of the house that ''[[Rule, Britannia!]]'' (an aria by the English composer [[Thomas Arne]]) was first performed in public in the cliff-side ampitheatre at Cliveden ion 1st August 17410. It was played as part of a [[masque]] to celebrate the third birthday of his daughter, [[Princess Augusta of Great Britain|Augusta]].⏎
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It is believed that it was at Cliveden in 1751 that the Prince received a blow to the chest from a cricket ball while playing in the grounds; the resulting infection proved fatal.<ref name="Ref-1">N.T. Guide, 1994, p.19</ref>

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