In 1631 commissioned Inigo Jones to build the residential square at Covent Garden, with a piazza at the centre.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford
Commemorated ati
Bedford's Chiswick wall
Brentford and Chiswick Local History Society confirms our link to the 4th Earl.
Covent Garden Market
Large bronze relief "Fruit Porter Bronze", unveiled October 2006 by Mayor of ...
Other Subjects
Hampstead Garden Suburb
Henrietta Barnett formed a board of trustees to build this urban utopia following strict social principles: all classes accommodated, places of education provided, places for the handicapped and el...
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Landowner. Maternal grandfather Queen Elizabeth II. Born Lowndes Square. Married Nina Cecilie Cavendish-Bentinck. Their ninth child became the Queen Mother. Died Glamis, Scotland.
George Holliday
We found reference to George Holliday in the obituary of his son, Basil Holliday, MC (1920 - 2006) in the newsletter of the Tylers and Bricklayers Company (18 November 2007): "Basil’s father, Georg...
Sir Thomas Abney
Merchant and banker. Born in Willesley, then in Derbyshire but now in Leicestershire. One of the first directors of the Bank of England. Lord Mayor of London 1700-01. That was an exciting time for...
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