William Ewart Gladstone (1809 - 1898), statesman, lived here.
LCC
SW1, Carlton House Terrace, 11
2015: The histories of nos 10 and 11, now occupied by the British Academy, are covered by an excellent Londonist post. There we learn that the columns on the portico of the National Gallery came from Carlton House, which used to occupy this site, demolished by George IV to make way for the Regent Street area redesign.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Gladstone
Born in Liverpool. Liberal Prime Minister four times. One of the Commissioner...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Gladstone
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The quotation compares The Cock with Vauxhall Gardens.
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