Person    | Male  Born 1593  Died 9/5/1641

Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford

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Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford

In 1631 commissioned Inigo Jones to build the residential square at Covent Garden, with a piazza at the centre.

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Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford

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Bedford's Chiswick wall

 Brentford and Chiswick Local History Society confirms our link to the 4th Earl.

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Covent Garden Market

Large bronze relief "Fruit Porter Bronze", unveiled October 2006 by Mayor of ...

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Portman Estate

Portman Estate

Wikipedia has a very useful map showing "Estate (freehold) ownership of land in Central London as of 2023". The Portman Estate is shown in yellow.

Group, Property

3 memorials
Holland House

Holland House

The house, built in 1605 for Sir Walter Cope, was originally surrounded by a large estate. By the time it was bought by Henry Fox, first Baron Holland, in 1768 it still extended westwards as far as...

Building, Property

2 memorials
J. Roy Lancaster

J. Roy Lancaster

We have discovered two facts about a John Roy Lancaster: In 1911 he was working for Messrs. Horne & Co, Auctioneers and Surveyors of 85 Gresham Street, and of 35 Old Queen Street, involved in ...

Person, Politics & Administration, Property

1 memorial
E. A. Roome & Co Ltd

E. A. Roome & Co Ltd

Builders. Also constructed the 1928 Wilmington Arms, Rosebery Avenue and the 1938 Warner House, Nos 43–49 Warner Street.

Group, Property

1 memorial

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Dame Nellie Melba

Dame Nellie Melba

Operatic soprano. Born Helen "Nellie" Porter Mitchell in Melbourne, Australia. 1882 briefly married Charles Armstrong and had one son, but soon separated. She took up a singing career and came to E...

Person, Music / songs, Australia

1 memorial
Fred Russell

Fred Russell

SW15, Lower Richmond Road, Kenilworth Court

Fred Russell, 1862 - 1957, father of modern ventriloquism, lived here in flat no. 71, 1914 - 1926. English Heritage

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