Diplomat and courtier. Favourite of Queen Henrietta Maria (wife of Charles I). Fought on the King's side in the Civil War and after his execution continued to support the Queen and two princes in exile. On the Restoration he was appointed ambassador to France where he and the Queen promoted closer ties between France and England. Charles II repaid royalty's financial debt to Jermyn partly by granting him property including the area we know as St James's. Jermyn encouraged the development of this area in the classical style and commissioned Wren to design the church. Thus his sobriquet 'founder of the West End'. Died, unmarried, at his house in St James's Square. Suggestions that Charles II may actually be Jermyn's son overlook the facial similarities between the two kings.
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Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans
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Henry Jermyn
Look left to St James's Square and right to St James's Church in Jermyn Stree...
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Acton UDC
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Mrs Iris Samuel, MBE, Deputy
1990 - awarded the MBE for charitable services to the City of London, where she is associated with Portsoken Ward. Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
Stoke Newington Town Hall
Designed by the architect J. Reginald Truelove in the art deco style. Its assembly hall became popular with a variety of entertainments. In 1965 Stoke Newington was absorbed into the Borough of Hac...
Bromley old town hall - 1906
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Prince Metternich
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