Johann Strauss 1st, 1804 to 1849, father of the Waltz dynasty and composer of the 'Radetzky March' lodged here (formerly Hotel du Commerce) on his first visit to England in April 1838.
Johann Strauss Society of Great Britain, July 1989
WC2, Leicester Street, 1
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Johann Strauss
Founder of the Strauss dynasty of Viennese light music composers. He compose...
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Johann Strauss
The 1802 stone has clearly been saved from the ruin, and the 1952 plaque modelled on it. Nicely done. The close-up picture was taken fr...
In the 1930s, the date of the plaque, this building was occupied, 1868 - 1964, by the Sisters of the Misericorde but we still cannot expl...
Sir Alec Guinness C.B.E., 1914 - 2000, actor, was born here. The Heritage Foundation
The school's history page says the new building on Tooley Street was built in 1892. Perhaps there was a pre-existing building on the sit...
Henry Hall, 1898 - 1989, dance band leader and broadcaster, lived here 1932 - 1959. English Heritage
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