Erection date: 16/11/2006
City of Westminster
Rosa Lewis, 1867 - 1952, chef de cuisine and hotelier, dramatised as 'The Duchess of Duke Street', ruled the Cavendish Hotel in a building on this site.
SW1, Jermyn Street, 81, The Cavendish Hotel
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Rosa Lewis
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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Rosa Lewis
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The plaque is at the entrance to the southbound Bakerloo line.
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