Sir Walter Besant, 1836 - 1901, novelist and antiquarian.
NW3, Frognal, 106
In 1892 Besant built a substantial house just to the east of this one, where there is an official, significant plaque. We can find no reference on-line to him also having lived in this earlier, much smaller property. Perhaps he lived here briefly while his house was being built.
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Sir Walter Besant - Frognal
Novelist and London historian. Born Portsmouth. 1884 co-founded the Society ...
City of Westminster Rosa Lewis, 1867 - 1952, chef de cuisine and hotelier, dramatised as 'The Duchess of Duke Street', ruled the Cavendis...
Rosslyn Gardens, the red-brick mansions on the northern side of this road (now nos. 4-26 Belsize Lane) was built about 1881.
William Wilberforce, 1759 - 1833, opponent of slavery, died here. London County Council
Robert Graves, 1895 - 1985, writer, was born here. English Heritage
In our photo the plaque is on the wall facing left. The original front door was almost certainly on the corner of the building, facing th...
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