Editing Regency era (section)

==== Regent's Park and London Zoo ====

In the 1810s, the Prince Regent proposed the conversion of Crown land in [[Marylebone]] and [[St Pancras, London|St Pancras]] into a pleasure garden. The design work was initially assigned to the architect [[John Nash (architect)|John Nash]] but it was the father and son partnership of [[James Burton (property developer)|James]] and [[Decimus Burton]] who had the majority of input to the project.<ref>{{cite book |last=Williams |first=Guy |title=Augustus Pugin Versus Decimus Burton: A Victorian Architectural Duel |year=1990 |publisher=Cassell Publishers Ltd |location=London |isbn=978-0-3043-1561-1 |pages=11–12}}</ref> Landscaping continued through the 1820s and [[Regent's Park]] was finally opened to the public in 1841.<ref>[https://library.eb.co.uk/levels/adult/article/Regents-Park/63047 ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'']. Article on Regent's Park. Retrieved 30 June 2022.</ref>

The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) was founded in 1826 by [[Sir Stamford Raffles]] and [[Sir Humphry Davy]]. They obtained land alongside the route of the [[Regent's Canal]] through the northern perimeter of Regent's Park, between the [[City of Westminster]] and the [[London Borough of Camden]]. Following the death of Raffles soon afterwards, the [[Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne|3rd Marquess of Lansdowne]] assumed responsibility for the project and supervised construction of the first animal houses.<ref name="ZSL-history">{{cite web |url=http://www.zsl.org/info/about-us/zsls-history,129,AR.html |title=ZSL's History |publisher=[[Zoological Society of London]] |access-date=1 July 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228235326/http://www.zsl.org/info/about-us/zsls-history%2C129%2CAR.html |archive-date=28 February 2008}}</ref> At first, the zoo was used for scientific purposes only with admittance restricted to Fellows of the ZSL which, in 1829, was granted a [[Royal charter]] by George IV. The zoo was not opened to the public until 1847, after it became necessary to raise funds.<ref name="ZSL-history"/>