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===19th century=== Full right of public access to the park was confirmed by [[Act of Parliament]] in 1872.<ref name="FRP Guide88">{{cite book | title=''"History" in'' Guide to Richmond Park | publisher=[[#Friends of Richmond Park|Friends of Richmond Park]] | author=Max Lankester|year=2011 | page=88|isbn= 978-0-9567469-0-0}}</ref> However, people were no longer given the right to remove firewood; this is still the case and helps in preserving the park.<ref name= "Landscape History"/> [[File:White Lodge, Richmond Park, Richmond - geograph.org.uk - 1304585.jpg|thumb|[[White Lodge, Richmond Park|White Lodge]] from the air]] Between 1833 and 1842 the Petersham Lodge estate, and then part of [[Sudbrook Park, Petersham|Sudbrook Park]], were incorporated into Richmond Park. Terrace Walk was created from Richmond Gate to Pembroke Lodge.<ref name = "Cloake 190">Cloake, p. 190</ref> The Russell School was built near Petersham Gate in 1851.<ref name="FRP Guide89">{{cite book | title=''"History" in'' Guide to Richmond Park | author=Max Lankester| publisher=[[Friends of Richmond Park]] | year=2011 | page=89|isbn= 978-0-9567469-0-0}}</ref> Between 1855 and 1861, new drainage improvements were constructed, including drinking points for deer.<ref name = "Cloake 196">Cloake, p. 196</ref> In 1867 and 1876 fallow deer from the park were sent to New Zealand to help build up stocks β the first fallow deer introduced to that country.<ref name="Ungulates">{{cite journal | url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Bio14Tuat02-t1-body-d3.html | title=Introduced ungulates in New Zealand β (D) Fallow deer | journal=Tuatara | volume= 14|issue =2|date=July 1966 | access-date=15 July 2023 |author1=A H C Christie |author2=J R H Andrews |name-list-style=amp | page=84}}</ref><ref>Baxter Brown, p. 118</ref> In or around 1870, the [[Inns of Court Regiment#History|Inns of Court Rifle Volunteers]] were using an area near Bog Gate as a drill ground.<ref name = "Cloake 196"/> [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]], Italian general and politician, visited Lord [[John Russell, 1st Earl Russell|John Russell]] at Pembroke Lodge in 1864,<ref name= "Cloake 192"/> as did the Shah of [[Persia]], [[Naser al-Din Shah Qajar]] in 1873. He was the first modern Iranian monarch to visit Europe.<ref name= "Cloake 192">Cloake, p. 192</ref>
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