3-053-738 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Prince of Wales at Penrhos, near Holyhead, [north Wales], 1873. The future King Edward VII performed the official ceremony of opening the new harbour of refuge. 'In the afternoon the Royal guests were entertained at a déjeûner by the Hon. W. O. Stanley, at Penrhos, his mansion near Holyhead. The company, which numbered about twenty, included Lord Penrhyn and Sir Watkin Wynn. The Prince afterwards left for Plymouth in the Royal yacht'. After lying empty for years, Penrhos Mansion was eventually demolished. From "Illustrated London News", 1873.