Há 3 dias · Arnold van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle: 1670–1718 1700 509 George Louis, Elector of Hanover: 1660–1727 1701 Later George I, King of Great Britain 510 James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry: 1662–1711 1701
Há 20 horas · Brigadier-General Gilbert Henry Wedgwood [3] (1876—1963), York and Lancaster Regiment GOC. Brigadier-General Sir Ralph Wedgwood, 1st Baronet KCB CMG TD [3] (1874—1956) General Sir George Alexander Weir KCB CMG DSO DL [3] (1876—1951), 84th Brigade, 55th Infantry Division, British Troops in Egypt.
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- Nos. 40–46
- Nos. 48 and 50 (Formerly Nos. 15 and 16).
- Nos. 52 and 54 (Formerly Nos. 17 and 18).
- Nos. 56 and 58 (Formerly Nos. 19 and 20).
- No. 60
- Brookfield House: Nos. 62 and 64 Brook Streetwith Nos. 46 and 48 Davies Street
- Nos. 66 and 68 Brook Street and No. 53 Davies Street
- No. 70 Brook Street
- No. 72
- No. 74
Nos. 40–46 (even), which form a uniform composition,were built by Holloways to the designs of Balfour andTurner in 1898–9 and replaced six houses latterlynumbered 36–46 (even). Originally six houses had beenerected here under building leases granted in 1724, the twoeasternmost having particularly cramped plans to fit thetriangular plot at the corne...
The originalhouses here were erected under building leases granted in1724. (fn. 9) Both were rebuilt in 1862–3 to elevational designsprovided by Thomas Cundy II, the builder being GeorgeJohn Newson, who was active elsewhere on the estate atabout this time (fn. 10) (Plate 1b). They and Nos. 56 and 58(rebuilt in 1852–3) appear to be the only results ...
The originalhouses here were erected under building leases of 1724, (fn. 13) and were demolished in 1895. The rebuilding lessees, Dr.Donald Baynes and Mr. Charles Higgens, a surgeon, wereboth about to be displaced for the impending rebuilding ofNos. 40–46, and their first architect was Frank AdamsSmith, whose designs were approved by the Duke in Ju...
The originalhouses here (erected under building leases of 1724) wereboth rebuilt in 1852–3 'according to the drawing for theelevation in Brook Street' prepared by Thomas Cundy II (fn. 16) (Plate 1b). They and Nos. 48 and 50, which were rebuilt toa similar design in 1862–3, appear to be the only results ofCundy's attempt, begun in 1848, to impose a ...
No. 60 (formerly No. 21) was erected under a buildinglease of 1724, to the bricklayer, William Barlow, which heassigned to Thomas Lansdell, joiner. (fn. 20) It was not occupieduntil 1734. The house was much altered in the latenineteenth and early twentieth centuries and was internally remodelled in 1976. Some of the fabric of theoriginal house surv...
Brookfield House: Nos. 62 and 64 Brook Streetwith Nos. 46 and 48 Davies Street were rebuilt as a bankand offices in 1922–3 to the design of Delissa Joseph. (fn. 23) Oneof the terms of the building contract was that 'the BrookStreet elevation shall as much as possible bear theappearance of a private residence'. This was interpretedsomewhat freely as...
Nos. 66 and 68 Brook Street and No. 53 DaviesStreet(Plates 1a, 2, figs. 1–5: see also Frontispiece, Plates6c, 9a, 20b in vol. XXXIX). The whole of these threebuildings is now occupied as the headquarters of theGrosvenor Office. The history of No. 68 (formerly No. 23)Brook Street, which was added to the Grosvenor Officeonly in 1957, is mostly straig...
No. 70 Brook Street (formerly No. 24), the site ofwhich was part of the large piece of ground between DaviesStreet and Gilbert Street taken by Edward Shepherd, wasleased at Shepherd's direction in 1725 to Lawrence Neale,carpenter. (fn. 61) Below the main cornice the original plain brickfront survives unaltered except for the addition, in the lateei...
No. 72 (formerly No. 25) was first occupied, from 1726to 1729, by Edward Shepherd, the plasterer and architectwho was also one of the principal developers of theGrosvenor estate in Mayfair. The site was part of the largepiece of ground hereabouts which he had taken in 1723,and the building lease of the house was granted to him in1725. (fn. 67) It w...
No. 74 (formerly No. 26) is situated on part of the largeplot taken by Edward Shepherd in 1723, and was erectedunder a building lease granted to Thomas Hogg, limemerchant, in 1725. (fn. 71) It has been much altered since. In1803 the lease was renewed to Elizabeth Lawrence, whocontemplated spending a 'considerable sum of money' onrepairs. (fn. 72) I...
30 de nov. de 2023 · In the UK, we covered how Huboo had become the upstart against FBA back in 2021 when it raised an $81 million Series B financing led by U.S,-based Mubadala Capital. It’s now raised a further £29 million ($36.6 million) from existing investors including Ada Ventures and Maersk. There’s also been further, unspecified, debt investment from ...
Há 2 dias · William Hague. William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond, PC, FRSL (born 26 March 1961) is a British politician and life peer who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2001. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond (Yorks) in North Yorkshire from 1989 to 2015.
26 de nov. de 2023 · Stukeley, many years Rector of St. George's Church, describes (in his MS. diary, 1749) the then sylvan character of Queen Square and its neighbourhood. On the side of Montagu Gardens, next Bedford Square, was a fine grove of lime-trees; and the gardens of Bedford House, which occupied the north side of the present Bloomsbury Square, reached those of Montagu House.