Plaque

Hugh Gaitskell

Inscription

Hugh Gaitskell, 1906 - 1963, statesman lived here.
Greater London Council 

Site: Besant & Gaitskell (2 memorials)

NW3, Frognal Gardens, 18

This house, Frognal End, is described and photographed in 1897, during Besant's tenure, at OOCities. The Underground Map says the house was built in 1892 for Besant.

Steve Tatum's Flickr has a c.1895 photo of this house and gives "House built in 1892. Architect, James Neale. Construction, Allison & Foskett."

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hugh Gaitskell

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Hugh Gaitskell

Statesman. Born London. Labour MP and leader of the party from 1955 until his...

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Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

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Sir Walter Besant - Frognal Gardens

Sir Walter Besant - Frognal Gardens

Sir Walter Besant (1836 - 1901) novelist and antiquary, lived and died here. ...

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