In this court in the 18th century stood the Fountain Tavern where the political opponents of Sir Robert Walpole met using the title of the Fountain Club, also the Coal Hole, the meeting place of the Wolf Club of which about 1826 Edmund Kean was a leading member.
WC2, Strand, Savoy Buildings
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Fountain Tavern
Here the political opponents of Sir Robert Walpole met, using the title of th...
First Prime Minister of Great Britain. An early political victim of satire, ...
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Fountain Tavern
July 2015 The Mirror reported that 4 of these plaques (Benny Hill, Tommy Cooper, Sid James and Irene Handl) were stolen just prior to the...
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Sir Alan Cobham, 1894 - 1973, aviator, was born here. English Heritage
Christopher Whitworth Whall, 1849 - 1924, stained glass artist, lived here. Greater London Council
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