Editing Hampton Court Palace (section)

===Later use===
Since the reign of King George II, no monarch has resided at Hampton Court. In fact, [[George III]], from the moment of his accession, never set foot in the palace: he associated the state apartments with a humiliating scene when his grandfather, George II, had once struck him following an innocent remark. He did however have the Great Vine planted here in 1763 and had the top two storeys of the Great Gatehouse removed in 1773.<ref name="Williams, p. 54"/>

From the 1760s, the palace was used to house [[grace and favour]] residents. Many of the palace rooms were adapted to be rent-free apartments, with vacant ones allocated by the [[Lord Chamberlain]] to applicants to reward past services rendered to the Crown. From 1862 to his death in 1867, the scientist and pioneer of electricity [[Michael Faraday]] lived here. From the 1960s the number of new residents declined, with the last admitted in the 1980s.<ref name="Grace">{{Cite book|author=Sarah Parker|title=Grace & Favour: The Hampton Court Palace Community 1750–1950|page=126|publisher=Historic Royal Palaces|isbn=1873993552|year=2005}}</ref> However existing residents could continue to live there. In 2005 three remained,<ref>{{cite news|title=Hampton Court attics reveal a lost world|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/mar/24/arts.artsnews|access-date=11 September 2017}}</ref> with none by 2017.

In 1796, the Great Hall was restored and in 1838, during the reign of [[Queen Victoria]], the restoration was completed and the palace opened to the public. The heavy-handed restoration plan at this time reduced the Great Gatehouse (''A''), the palace's principal entrance, by two storeys and removed the lead [[cupola]]s adorning its four towers.<ref>Dynes, p. 91.</ref> Once opened, the palace soon became a major tourist attraction and, by 1881, over ten million visits had been recorded.<ref>{{cite news|title=Story of Hampton Court Palace|work=Historic Royal Palaces|url=https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/history-and-stories/the-story-of-hampton-court-palace|access-date=9 March 2018}}</ref> Visitors arrived both by boat from London and via [[Hampton Court railway station]], opened in February 1849.<ref>{{cite news|title=Horse Power on the Hampton Court Branch by David Turner|work=Molesey History Society|url=http://www.moleseyhistorysociety.org/Horsepower%20on%20the%20Hampton%20Court%20line.pdf|access-date=9 March 2018}}</ref>
[[File:Hampton Court stairs.jpg|thumb|The King's staircase, originally called ''The Great Staircase''. The murals on the walls were painted by [[Antonio Verrio]].]]

On 2 September 1952, the palace was given statutory protection by being [[Grade I listed]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1193127 |access-date=27 March 2009}}</ref> Other buildings and structures within the grounds are separately Grade I listed, including the early 16th-century tilt yard tower (the only surviving example of the five original towers);<ref>{{NHLE |num=1065440 |access-date=27 March 2009}}</ref> [[Christopher Wren]]'s Lion gate built for Anne and George I;<ref>{{NHLE |num=1065442 |access-date=27 March 2009}}</ref> and the Tudor and 17th-century perimeter walls.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1358066 |access-date=27 March 2009}}</ref>

In 1986, the palace was damaged by a major fire, which spread to the King's Apartments. The fire claimed the life of Lady Daphne Gale, widow of General Sir [[Richard Gale (British Army officer)|Richard Gale]], who resided in a grace and favour apartment. She was in the habit of taking a lighted candle to her bedroom at night, which is thought to have started the fire. The Hampton Court fire led to a new programme of restoration work which was completed in 1990.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-03-31-mn-2067-story.html|title=Henry VIII's Palace Hit by Fatal Blaze : Hampton Court Wing Gutted, 1 Dead, Art Treasures Destroyed|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=31 March 1986|access-date=21 January 2016}}</ref> The [[Royal School of Needlework]] moved to premises within the palace from Princes Gate in [[Kensington]] 1987, and the palace also houses the headquarters of [[Historic Royal Palaces]], a [[charitable foundation]].