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13 de mai. de 2024 · Sir William Chambers (23 February 1723 – 10 March 1796) was a Scottish architect, born in Gothenburg, Sweden, where his father was a merchant. Between 1740 and 1749 he was employed by the Swedish East India Company making several voyages to China where he studied Chinese architecture and decoration.
- Gothenburg
- Gothenburg, Sweden
- February 23, 1723
- March 08, 1796 (73)
5 de mai. de 2024 · In the 19th Century, St Giles' Cathedral was restored under the guidance of William Chambers - the dictionaries publisher - who'd dreamt it should become 'Scotland's Westminster'.
Há 4 dias · This Church was built from the designs of Thomas Hardwick, a pupil of Sir William Chambers, and was consecrated in 1791. The burial ground in which it stands belonged to the parish of St. James, Piccadilly, which obtained an Act of Parliament in 1788 (fn. 116) for its formation, and the Act provided for the erection of a chapel.
Há 3 dias · Palace of Westminster. / 51.49917°N 0.12472°W / 51.49917; -0.12472. The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England. It is commonly called the Houses of Parliament after the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two legislative chambers which occupy the ...
Há 1 dia · The gallant admiral, Lord Rodney, was living in this square in 1792. It is well known that his favourite daughter eloped to Gretna Green with Captain Chambers, a son of the eminent architect, Sir William Chambers.
13 de mai. de 2024 · O rei britânico Charles III entregou um alto cargo militar a seu filho, o príncipe William, em uma cerimônia nesta segunda-feira (13). O evento marcou uma rara aparição conjunta da dupla enquanto o rei acelera seu retorno às funções públicas após seu diagnóstico de câncer.
Há 4 dias · Of the present buildings of Albany the 'mansion' (or Albany House) is the former Melbourne House built by Sir William Chambers in 1771–4 for the first Lord Melbourne. Behind the mansion two ranges of chambers stretching north to Burlington Gardens were built by Henry Holland in 1802–3 when the mansion was reconstructed internally ...
