page_title: King Edward VII's Hospital
section_title: Early history
hierarchical_section_title: King Edward VII's Hospital / History / Early history
caption_attribution_description: English: King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes; London
context_page_description: King Edward VII's Hospital is a charity-registered private hospital in Marylebone, west London.
context_section_description: The hospital was established in 1899 at the suggestion of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII). Agnes Keyser, a mistress of the Prince, and her sister Fanny used their house at 17 Grosvenor Crescent to help sick and wounded British Army officers who had returned from the Second Boer War. King Edward VII became the hospital's first patron. In 1904 it officially became King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers.
caption: Buildings on the corner of Devonshire Street and Beaumont Street.
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