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Government House in Stanley has been the home of the Falkland Islands' governors since the mid-19th century.[1]

History

The official residence was built in 1845.

The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica says in the Falkland Islands article that "Government House, grey, stone-built and slated, calls to mind a manse in Shetland or Orkney."

There is a conservatory on the northern side of the building, which Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visited during his tour of the Falklands in 1991.[2] One of the world's southernmost grapevines grows there, of the Black Hamburg variety.[3]

Ernest Shackleton stayed here during his famous expedition. Allegedly, he described his time there as being "far colder than any time on the ice".

It is a listed building.[4]

It was the site of a major battle and of the surrender during the 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands.

See also

References

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