Index: A-J

Where individual streets, buildings and other subjects have more than one page reference, the substantive references are those in bold type. Symbols in the left-hand margin indicate individuals and firms known to have worked on the fabric of the area, including the authors of unexecuted designs:

a = architects, surveyors and designers; b = builders, contractors and allied tradesmen; c = craftsmen, artists and decorators; e = engineers (civil, structural, etc); s = suppliers of building materials, plant and fittings;

AB International 153

Aberdare of Duffryn, 1st Baron 210

^b Aberdeen, George 123n

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority 26

Accademia Italiana 15, 151

Acton, Lord (historian) 210

^b Adams, Henry 123

Adams, Holden & Pearson 20

^b Adams, W. J. 111

Adamson, Florence 44

^b Adamson (T.H.) & Sons 91, 133, 139, 188

Addington, 1st Baron 171

^a Adie, Button & Partners 17, 206

Agriculture House 23, 27, Pl. 10c

air-raid shelter 206

^a Aitchison, George 12, 204–5

Albemarle, 7th Earl of 156, 210

Albert, Prince Consort 25, 48, 49, 50, 66, 149n

Albert Café and Restaurant 29

Albert Gate 2, 4–9 passim, 11, 13, 37, 43, 44, 45, 46–53, figs 9, 11, Pls 23–9, 114a
-, name and numbering 8, 43, 48
-, Chinese Collection at 14, 52, Pl. 126a; gates and lodge 8, 48–9; Hyde Park House 6, 13, 46, 52–3, Pls 23b, 28–9
-, No. 1 6, 13, 37, 42, 46, 49–50, Pls 23a,c, 24, 114a; No. 2 6, 13, 49, 51–2, 54, Pls 23a, 26–7, 114a

Albert Gate Court 14, 16, 63, fig. 17, Pl. 36a

Albert Gate Mansions (Humphreys' Hall Mansions) 8, 14, 83, 84–5, 86, 87, 102, fig. 24, Pl. 37c

Albert Gate Studios, William Street 138

Albert Terrace 2, 8, 43–4 passim, 45, 113, fig.9

Albion Gate, Bayswater 182

Alcock, Sir Rutherford 85

Aldred, Edward 118

Aldrich, Winthrop 169

Aldridge, John 171

Aldridge's, St Martin's Lane 89, 91

Alexander, (Sir) George 46

Alexandra, Queen 23n, 29 (bust), 126, Pl. 38e

Alexandra Hotel 1, 16, 22, 23, 24, Pls 10a, 22

Alexandra Hotel Company Ltd 23

Alford, Lady Marian(ne) 13, 135, 136, 171, 175, 175n, 177

Alford House 11, 13, 14, 135, 174–5, 175–7, 184, 186, fig. 78, Pls 86, 87a–b

Alfred Cottages (formerly Alfred Mews) 122, 126

Alfred Street 118

^a Ali-Shaukat & Associates 169

Alison, Sir Archibald 156

All Saints', parish (district) of 1n, 91

All Saints' Church, Ennismore Gardens (now Russian Orthodox Cathedral) 16, 151, 157, 160, 186–90, fig.85, Frontispiece, Pls 6b, 7, 82a, 92–4, 122–4

All Saints' (National) School 10, 77, 81, 88, 91, Pl. 50a–b

Allanson-Winn, Charles (3rd Baron Headley) 174

Allen: Charles Bruce 46; Sir George William 210

^b Allen, Thomas 99

Allen, Thomas 3

^s Allen (W. T.) & Company 61

Alliance Assurance Company 93

Allom, Thomas 160

Allum, Edwyn 113

Ancaster, 2nd Earl of 117, 149

Anderson, Alexander (surgeon) 110, 119

^a Anderson, John Macvicar 178

Anglesey, 1st Marquess (bust) 70

Anstruther-Thomson, Col. Charles St Clair 139

Apsley House 11, 61

^a Archer, Thomas (Archer & Green) 55, 57, 126

Armaghdale, 1st Baron 210

Armstrong: Thomas (artist) 205; Walter 174

Army Post Office 87

art collectors see collectors and connoisseurs

Arthur Street 97, 99, 100, 103

Arup, Misses 118

^a Arup (Ove) & Partners 74

Ashburton, Louisa, Lady (w. of 2nd Baron) 13, 135–8 passim, 140

Ashton, Baron 177

asphalt flooring 91

Astbury, Sir John Meir 171

^b Atkinson, Henry William 113, 113n

^b Attfield, Francis J. 92

Auckland, 1st Earl of 161

Aumonier, Eric 154

Austin, Ambrose 85

^b Austin, Henry Debruno 121n

Austin Motor Company 59

Aylwen, Sir Henry 156

Baber, James 31, 105–6; see also Smith & Baber's floorcloth factory

^a Bacon, Percy E. 123

Baden-Powell: Agnes, Baden, George and Warington, 27; Robert 27, 209

^c Baden-Powell, Frank 27

^a Bailey, Charles John 123

Bailey: Henry 42; Sir James 156

Bairnsfather, Capt. Bruce 119

^a Baker (Charles) & Company Ltd 83

^b Baker, George 167, 171; & Son 187

^b Baker, James 63

Balch, William 118

Balcony House 131, 134, 139, fig. 51

Balfour: Jabez Spencer 54, 55, 57; Sir Robert, 1st Bart 171

^b Balfour Beatty 169

^a Banfield (Ernest W.) & Son 182

Barber, Anthony (Lord) 111

Baring, Hon. Misses 171

Bark, Sir Peter 174

Barker, Miss A. E. 156

Barlow: Sir Clement Anderson Montague 210; Frederick Pratt 147

Barnett, H. Walter 38

Barnum, P. T. 52, 140

Baroda, Maharaja Gaekwar of 171

barracks 23–4, 64–76, 100
-, planning of 24, 64–5, 68, 72; social impact of 10, 19–20, 63, 68, 79, 92, 117; visual impact of 7, 8, 11, 69, 71, 74, 76, 93, 97

Barracks and Hospitals Commission 66, 66n

Barracks Department 64

Barrington, Lady 60

Bartlett, W. H. 25

Bartolozzi, Francesco 48

Basil, Martin Cawfield 78

Basset, Baroness 140

Bateman: H. L. 139–40, 140n; Ellen, Isabel, Kate and Sidney 140

Bath, Dowager Marchioness of 194

baths 86

Batthyány, Count Gustavus 171

Bayntun, Mortimer 60

Bayswater Road 7, 182

Bear Court 60, Pl. 4c

Beaton, Cecil 142

Beatrice (Rossetti) 197

^b Beauchamp, Richard 119n

^b Beaufort Construction Ltd 27

Beaufort Estates 93

Beaumont: 9th Baron 54; John Augustus 194

Beaverbrook, Lord 54

Beazley, James 118

Bedford: Duchess of (d.1937) 106; Paul 44

^a Beeston: F. R., senior 9, 16, 20, 22; F. R., junior 22

^a Belcher, John (Sir) 203

Bell, Sir John 156

Belli, William Hallows 171

Belsky, Franta 93

Benes, Eduard 207

Benham, Messrs 173

Bennett: Arnold 92; Herbert 58

^a Bennett, Hubert 92

^b Bennett, Joseph and Philip 121n

^a Bennett (T. P.) & Son 17, 117, 153

^b Bennett, William 99

Bennett-Stanford, Vere Fane 174

Benthall, Mrs 174

Bentinck, William (1st Earl of Portland) 95

Benwell, Joseph Austin 117–18

Beresford, Marcus Gervais 210

Berkeley Hotel, Piccadilly 28

Berkeley Hotel, Wilton Place 16, 27–8, Pl. 17a

Berlioz, Hector (quoted) 52

^a Bernier, Louis, fils 50–1

Bernstorff, Count 126

Bertram & Company 85

Betts: Edward Ladd 169, 171; John 107, 110, 114

Bevan: Frank (Francis Augustus) 210; Robert Cooper Lee 169, 194

Beverley, William Roxby 25

Biddulph, Michael (1st Baron Biddulph) 174

^a Billerey, Fernand 50

Billings, Edward and James 43

Binney, Rev. Hibbert 41, 186

^b Binns, James 99

Bird, George (paper-hanger) 118

^b Bird, George 119

Birkhead: Mary 41; Nicholas 40–1, 43

Birmingham, Bristol and Thames Junction Railway Company 160

Biron, Sir Henry Chartres 114

Biscoe, Elisha, junior 107

^a Bishop & Etherington-Smith 58

^b Blackborow, Peter 123n

Blackburn, Peter 210

Blackett-Swiny, General 114

Blackfriars Bridge 172

Blackheath 146, 150, 151

Blake: Mrs Helen and Gen. Robert 27; Sir William (and his estate) 77, 88, 95

Blakenham, Viscount 159

^s Blashfield, J. M. 177

^a Blee, Anthony 74

Blessington, Countess of 161

^a Blomfield: Austin 156; Reginald 138, 138n

^b Blore, William 119n, 123n

^a Boehmer, Edward 126

Bohee, George 86

Bõlckow, Henry William Ferdinand 209

Bolney Gate 157, 186

Bolney House 13, 14, 179–80, fig. 80, Pl. 87c–d

Bolton, George 23

Bolton's Library 20

Boltons, The, Kensington 34

Bone, James (quoted) 23

Bonney, Francis Augustus 99

^b Bonnin, James, the elder 2, 99

Boringdon 2nd Baron (1st Earl of Morley) 135

^a Boulnois & Warner 131

^a Bourchier, Edward Herbert 86

^b Bovis 26

Bowater House 9, 17, 37, 59, 74, 92–3, fig. 9, Pls 18a–b, 112; site of 6, 19, 43, 44, 45

Bowater Paper Corporation Ltd 59

^a Bowden, Son & Partners 207

Bowler, Charles 111, 115

Boyle: Robert 88; Adm. Sir William (12th Earl of Cork and Orrery) 171

Brace, Anna Maria and John Thurloe 95

^a Braddell, Deane & Bird (Deane & Braddell) 153, 183–4

Bradford Commercial Joint Stock Bank 81

^a Brandon, Raphael 41

^a Brashier, Michael 123

^b Brass, William 135, 140

Bread Reform Exhibition (1884) 83

Breadalbane, 1st Marquess of 181

Brecknell, Benjamin 32

Brett, Sir William Baliol (Lord Esher) 171, 174

Brettingham, Matthew 44

brewhouses 19, 20, 45

brick, types of:
-, Bracknell (T. Lawrence & Sons) 42; Fareham (red) 61, 181; Malm 32, 61, 150, 173; Hampshire 69; pressed (grey) 155; Stamfordstone (Williamson Cliff's) 26, 28; stock (London) 69, 123, 150, 155, 173; Suffolk (red) 69; Tunbridge Wells (dark blue) 59; Uxbridge (grey) 59; white calcium silicate 209; Yorkshire Brick Co (grey-brown) 28

brick supply 68, 102

Bridgland, Sir Aynsley 94

Brigstocke, Thomas 111

Bristol, Countess of see Chudleigh, Elizabeth

^c Broad (G.) & Son 81

Broderick, Adm. Thomas 89

Brogden, Alexander 210

^b Bromet, Mark 40

Bromet, William 111

Bromley, William 110, 117, 118

Brompton & Piccadilly Circus Railway 26

Brompton Oratory 2, 139

Brompton Park Boarding School 191

Brompton Park Nursery 4, 191

Brompton Road 2, 15, 77–8, 81, 83, 88, 91, 92, 93–4, 97, 107, 151; proposed link to Kensington Road 10, 151, 151n
-, former All Saints' School (Nos 24–26) 91, Pl. 50a–b; Caltex House (Nos 44–58) 91, 93, 94; Camelot House (Nos 66–76) 94; Jaeger shop 83; Lionel House 94; Middle Row South 88; Scotch House (Nos 2–8) 83; Silver City House (Nos 584–64) 93, 94; World's End inn 78; see also Park Mansions
-, No. 100 105; No. 188 107, 123

Brompton Row 107, 110

Brompton Square 2, 9, 10, 123, 151n, 160, 164; No. 31A 164

Brooke-Hitching, Sir Thomas Henry 42

^a Brooker, J. W. 101

^a Brookes, Paul 156

^a Broughton (Maurice) Associates 36

^a Brown, Charles Bernard 117

Brown: Ford Madox 25; Thomas (satirist) 45

Brown Bear p.h. 60, 63

Browne: Adam (surveyor) 40; Anna Maria (later Brace) 95; T. D. H. 156

Browning, Sir Montague Edward 156

Brownlow, William (writer) 100

^c Brucciani, Dominico 22

Bruce: Henry Austin (1st Baron Aberdare of Duffryn) 210; John 97; Victor (9th Earl of Elgin) 174

^c Bruhn (Peter) & Son 127

Brunner, Sir John Tomlinson, 1st Bart 174

Buckle, Sir Claude Henry Mason 156

Budberg, Moura Ignatevna, Baroness 181

Buhicrosan, Tannaker 85–6

Buissière (or Bussière), Paul 77; house of 77, 78, 79, 88

Burbidge, (Sir) Richard 103

^b Burgess (E. H.) Ltd 206

Burmantofts faience 126

Burmester, John William 171

Burne-Jones, Sir Edward (paintings by) 202

^a Burton, Decimus 161

Burton, Francis 19, 20, 21, 22

Burton Group 36

Bury, Viscount (7th Earl of Albemarle) 156, 210

Buscot Park, Oxon 205, 205n

Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell, 3rd Bart 170

^a Byfield, George 11, 45

^e Bylander, Waddell and Partners 59

Byles, Sir John Barnard 210

Byzanotype Portrait Company 29

cab-stand (proposed) 5

Calcraft, John, the elder 11, 140

Califano, 'Sunny Jim' 29

Caltex House 91, 93, 94

Calthorpe, 6th Baron 156

Cambridge, 2nd Duke of 23n, 44, 81

Camelot House 94

Campbell: Charles William (artist) 114; Sir Colin (Baron Clyde) 129; Frederick, 2nd Viscount Emlyn (3rd Earl of Cawdor) 174, 210; James (artist) 118; John, 1st Baron 9, 140, 141, 161; Sir Stuart 210; William George 171

^b Campbell, Smith & Company 86

Canadian Joint Staff Establishment 179

Cannon Brewhouse 11, 37, 44, 45, 47, Pl. 5a

Capel, Sir Thomas Bladen 156

Capital and Counties Property Ltd 33, 92–3

Cargill, William Walter 171

^c Carlhian & Beaumetz 167–8

Carlton Television 27

Carlyle, Thomas 129, 135; quoted 135, 136

^b Carmichael, James 105

^a Caröe, W. D. 28–9

Caroline Place 87, 99, fig.30

Caron, Leslie 111n, 116

Carr: Jonathan Thomas 99; William Thomas 171

^a Carré, Olivier 50–1, 51n

^a Carrère & Hastings 167, 168

Carrington, Earl (1st Marquess of Lincolnshire) 210

Carson, Lord 156

Carte, D'Oyly see D'Oyly Carte

Casals, Pablo 138

Castle Ashby, Northants 175, 177

Caulfield, Maj.-Gen. James 171

Cavan, Field Marshal the Earl of 210

Cawdor, 3rd Earl of 174, 210

^a Cawthorne, Alfred Matthew 167

Cecil, Sir William 43

Celestial Palace, Albert Gate 14, 52, Pl. 126a

^a Chadwick, Spencer 85, 87

Chamberlain: (Sir) Austen 156, 210; Joseph 210

^a Chambers: Sir William 11, 140; William Isaac 141

^a Champion, David 153

^a Champneys, Basil 181–2

Chance, (Sir) James Timmins, 1st Bart 210

Chapel Place 123

chapels see churches and chapels

Chapman, Annie 121

^a Chapman Taylor Partners 134, 184

^b Chappell, John T. 188

^c Charlemont, Eduard, of Vienna 132

Charles (now Seville) Street 20, 32, 34, 36

Charles Street (now Trevor Street, q.v.) 32, 99

Chatfield, Charles 107

Chatham House 79–80, 88

^a Chawner, Thomas 43

Chelsea Barracks and Royal Hospital 68

^a Chermayeff, Serge 118

Cheval House 124

Cheval Place 109, 117 (Nos 62 and 64), 123–4

Cheylesmore, 1st Baron (Henry William Eaton) 167, 171

Childers, Hugh Culling Eardley 210

Chinese Collection: at Albert Gate 14, 52, Pl. 126a; at St George's Place 14, 20, 22, 24–5, Pls 6a, 11a,c

Christ Church, Victoria Road, South Kensington 189n

Christian, Prince 126

^a Christian Stocker Associates 114

Chudleigh, Elizabeth (Countess of Bristol or Duchess of Kingston) 11, 157, 159

Chudleigh House 159

Church Building Commissioners 186

Church House, No. 66 Ennismore Gardens 189

churches and chapels 16, 41–2, 100, 124–7, 186–90; provision of 37, 41, 160, 186

Churchill, Winston 54

Churchman, Arthur Charles (1st Baron Woodbridge) 171

City of London Real Property Company Ltd 94

Clara Gazul (novel) 100

Clark(e), John (baker) 19; estate of 19, 43, 44, 45

Clarke, Jonathan 45

^c Clayton & Bell 190

Clerical Medical & General Life Assurance Society 42

Clerk, Sir George Russell 156

Clifford, Col. (Sir) Robert Cavendish Spencer 128, 131, 133, 139

Clive, Lt-Col. Edward Henry 174

Clock House 156, Pl. 75c

Clowgh, Thomas (yeoman) 40

Clunn, Harold P. (quoted) 6

^a Clutton: Henry (1814–95) 130, 130n; Henry (1819–93) 135–6, 138, 140

Clyde, Baron 129

Clytha House 13, 146, 149, fig. 56

coach-houses see stables and coach-houses

^a Coates, Wells 207

Coborn, Charles 86

Cockerill, Brig.-Gen. Sir George 21

Coe, Ernest Oswald 110n

Colby, Reginald (quoted) 1

Colby House, Kensington 11

Coldstream Guards 24, 64

Cole: Madame Belle 111n; Francis Burton 21–2; Henry 150, 199; Owen Blayney 20, 21–2, 27 (and his estate)

^a Cole, Lt H. H. 69

Cole Brewery, Twickenham 32

Collcutt, T. E. 208

collectors and connoisseurs 12, 13; houses of (described) 52–3, 135–8, 141, 149–51, 167–9, 175–7, 181–3, 198–205

^a Collett, Anthony 153

^a Collins, H. H. 61

Collins, John (butcher) 118

^a Collins, Marcus Evelyn 61

^b Collins, Thomas 140

^c Collins, William 199

^a Collins and Babister 140

^c Collmann, L. W. 137

^b Colls & Sons 57

Colvile, Sir James 156

Combermere, 1st Viscount (bust) 70

Combined Operations Branch 184

Commerce House 34

Commerell, Sir John Edmund 156

competitions, architectural 41, 66, 68, 102–3, 153

concrete 28, 33, 51 (Hennebique system), 59, 70 (Fox & Barrett system), 74–6, 93 (sculpture), 206, 207, 208, 209

conservatories 44, 50, 51, 53, 54, 114, 159, 173, 177, Pls 23c, 63b, 80b

Cookes, Capt. George 171

Cooper, Sir Daniel, 1st Bart 210

^c Cooper, H. & J. 132

^b Cooper, H. W. 22

Cooper, Thomas (Chartist) 46

Corbould, Edward Henry 148, 151

Cork and Orrery, 12th Earl of 171

Cornelys, Theresa 31

Cornfeld, Bernie 148

Corporation of London Assurance 107, 146, 146n

Cottage Place 100, fig. 28

County Fire Office 194

Coventry Machinists Company Ltd 83

Cowley, 3rd Earl 102

^c Cowtan & Sons 167, 168, 169

^a Cox, Alfred 36

Cox: Frederick (army agent) 174; Robert Hippisley 86

^b Coxhead, F. J. 26

^c Crace, John G., & Son 132

Crag that fronts the Even , The (Lear) 136

Craigavon, Dowager Viscountess 115

Craigie, Sir Robert 156

^a Crane, C. Howard 59

^c Crane, Walter 106, 205

Cranko, John 121

Craufurd, Gen. James Robertson 210

Crawford divorce case 102, 205

Cresswell: Justice Sir Cresswell 171; H. O. 100

^a Cresy, Edward, the elder 144, 146, 148, 150

Creyke, Ralph 174

^s Crittall Ltd 207

Crompton: Benjamin 31; James 31

Crompton and Spinnage 20, 31

Crown Lands, Commissioners of 71

^b Crowne, George 146, 148

Crystal Palace (Great Exhibition) 9, 14, 52, 111, 161, Pls 6b, 7; impact of 5, 9, 140, 162–3, 166, 191; Prince Consort's Model Lodge 65–6

Crystal Palace Hotel 88

Cubitt, Joseph (engineer) 172

^b Cubitt: Thomas 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 13, 32, 37, 45, 46–53 passim, 165; William 20

^b Cubitt (W.) & Company 33, 55, 61

Cubitt Estates 143, 154

^b Cullingham, Henry 117, 121n

Culme-Seymour, Vice-Adm. Sir Michael 111

^a Culpin (Clifford) & Partners 207

Cunard, Sir Samuel, 1st Bart 210

^a Cundy, Thomas: the elder 12, 199, 199n; the younger 175, 199n

Cunliffe, Capt. Ellis Brooke 174

Currey, Henry 116

Currie, Sir James 210

Cursetji & Cooverji 83

Czech Memorial Scrolls Centre 139

^a Dahlstrom, Sten Eric 124

Dallas, Alexander Grant 174

^a Dalling, Jack E. 100

^e Dalrymple-Hay, Harley H. 105

Dalrymple-Ross, Sir Hew 156

Danish Club 54

d'Aranyi sisters 138

^b Darby: Edward, Frederick, Isaac and Richard 110; William Absolom 110, 114, 115, 117, 118; William Henry 110

^b Darby & Son 110

Darby family of Sunbury 110

d'Arcy, Robert de Burgh 111

Darling, Sir Charles John (1st Baron Darling) 210

Dartmouth, 7th Earl of 171

D'Aumale, Duc 178–9

^a Davis, A. J. 58; see also Mewès & Davis

Davis, Henry George 1, 3, 5, 8, 15, 31, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 159

Davson, Sir Edward Rae (1st Bart) 174

^b Day, George 92

^c Daymond, Messrs 188

Deaf and Dumb college 20

Deane & Braddell (Braddell, Deane & Bird) 153, 183–4

Dear, William (upholsterer) 22

Debenhams 33, 34, 36

de Bunsen, Sir Maurice, 1st Bart 171

de Chair, Adm. Sir Dudley 171

de Dunstanville, Baron 140

D'Egville, James H. 46

d'Erlanger, Baron Frédéric 151

de Grey, Hugh, Earl of Yarmouth (6th Marquess of Hertford) 156

De la Feld, John Leopold F. Casimir 171

De Lancey, Col. Oliver 64

De Laszlo, Patrick 147

^c Delessert & Company 194

De Morgan tiles 205, Pl. 121c

De Persigny (French Ambassador) 50

de St Laurent, Madame 11, 134–5

de Stern, Herbert (1st Baron Michelham) 197

de Stoppani, Edouard 106n

Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche 16, 107, 122, 124–7, figs 36, 43–5, Pls 64–5, 125

Development of Tourism Act (1969) 34

Devey, George 151

Devonshire House, Piccadilly 168n

De Worms, Baron Henry (Baron Pirbright) 130–2

Dicey, Thomas Edward 171

Dickens, Charles (quoted) 25

Dilke, Sir Charles, 2nd Bart 42, 61, 102, 107, 204, 205

Dimbleby, Nicholas 27

Dinevor, 4th Baron 197

dioramas 25

^a Doddington, William 121, 122

Dolman, Frederick William 92

Donald, Sir Robert 156

^a Donaldson, George 86

Donaldson, Sir Stuart Alexander 156, 210

Donner, Ossian 210

Douglas, Lady Cecil 121

^b Dove Brothers 41, 126

Downing: George 32; Thomas 31

Downing's floorcloth factory 31, 32

^a D'Oyly Carte, Bridget 28

D'Oyly Carte, Richard 81

Drake, Elizabeth 11, 143–4

drapery trade 15, 20, 32–3, 34, 102, 111, 118

Dresser, Christopher 85

Drew, Richard Collins 23

Drummond, Allan Harvey 174

Du Cane-Godman, Frederick 174

Duchess of Devonshire (Gainsborough) 167

Ducie, 3rd Earl of 171, 194

Duddell, George 128

^a Dudley, Thomas 54

Dudley House, Park Lane 173

^b Duffield, Joseph W. 199

Duke of Wellington's riding-school 15, 60–1, fig. 14

Dunbar, Sir William, 7th Bart 171

Duncannon, Lord (Baron Duncannon of Bessborough) 46, 47

Dungannon, Viscounts: 1st 95; 2nd 95, 97, 97n, 100, 106, 107; 3rd 95

Dungannon Cottage 83, 92

Dungannon Hall 84

Dungannon Rink 83

Dunhill International 27

Dunn, Nathan 14, 24–5

Dunstanville House 140

Du Plat, Lt-Col. Sir Charles 23

du Pré, Jacqueline 133

Durand, Sir Edward, 1st Bart 174

Durden, Jonathan 105

Duveen, Henry and (Sir) Joseph Joel 167

Dynevor see Dinevor

Earl Grey p.h. 100

Earp, Thomas 69, 70, 75

East, Charles James 171

Easton Amos & Sons 91

Eaton, Henry William (1st Baron Cheylesmore) 167, 171

Ecclesiastical Commissioners 7, 28, 29, 42, 50, 54, 107, 147, 186

Eccleston Hall, Victoria 126

^a Ede, Robin Moore 54

^a Eden, F. C. 189

Eden Lodge, Kensington 11, 161, 191, 192

Edger Investments Ltd 93

Edinburgh Gate 6, 46, 59, 92, fig. 9, Pl. 18a–b

^s Edison & Swan Electric Light Company 179, 199

^b Edmonds, William Henry 119n, 123

Edward VII 29, 42, 124; as Prince of Wales 23n, 53, 81, 86; bust 29, Pl. 38d

^a Edwards: Allan 34; Francis 22, 45

Edwards, Frederick Yeats and Robert Clarke 81

^a Edwards, George 196

Edwards-Moss, Sir Thomas, 1st Bart 173, 174

Egerton: Sir A. C. Glyn 207; Alan de Tatton 55, 57

Egerton family, Earls of Ellesmere (Dukes of Sutherland) 159

Egg, Durs 31, 78–9; estate of 78–9, 91

electric lighting (early instances of its use) 14, 63, 179, 199, 203

^b Elger, John 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 143, 151–2, 156, 157, 160–7 passim, 169, 172, 174, 186, 187n, 195

Elgin, 9th Earl of 174

^b Elkington, Thomas 80

Ellesmere, Earls of 159

Ellington, 'Duke' (statue) 27

Elliot, Hon. Arthur R. D. 156

Elliot & Watney 91

Elliott-Cooper, Sir Robert 210

Ellis, Tristram 99

^a Elmes, Harvey Lonsdale 9, 12, 44, 111, 152, 161, 164–6, 167, 172

Elsworth, John 68

Emlyn, 2nd Viscount (3rd Earl of Cawdor) 174, 210

^b Emmins: Thomas 97, 99; William 121, 121n, 123

Emmins Place 99

Emmott, Alfred (1st Baron Emmott) 174

Empress Gate scheme 44, 54

^b England (T. M.) & Company Ltd 115, 123

English and Foreign Library 20

Ennismore, 1st Baron, see under Listowel, Earls of

Ennismore Arms p.h. 161, 167

Ennismore Gardens 5, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 151, 157, 159, 160–1, 163–4, 166, 171–90 passim, figs 64, 67–8, 75–6, 82, Frontispiece, Pls 7–8, 82a, 84–5
-, Nos 1–35 157, 159, 171–4; Nos 36–38 164; Nos 39–59 161, 163–4, 166, 171; Nos 60–65 161, 163–4, 166, 171, 172n, 189 (No. 65); No. 66 (formerly Church House) 189; Nos 67–69 180–1; No. 70 13, 181–2, fig. 81, Pl. 88c
-, see also Alford House; All Saints' Church; Bolney Gate; Bolney House; Kingston House South; Moncorvo Close; Moncorvo House

Ennismore Gardens Estate 159

Ennismore Gardens Mews 157, 159, 171, 172, 173, 175, fig. 77, Pl. 79d–e

Ennismore Gardens Mews North 180, 181

Ennismore Mews 157, 161, 166–7, 189, fig. 72, Pl. 78d

Ennismore Place (now part of Ennismore Gardens) 161, 163, 172n

Ennismore Place (formerly part of Ennismore Gardens Mews North) 181, 186

Ennismore Street 151, 167, Pl. 79a (No. 1)

Ennismore Terrace 161

Environment, Department of the 74

Epstein, Sir Jacob 59

Eresby House (dem.) 149

Eresby House 17, 109, 117, 149, 153–4, fig. 61, Pls 73b, 108

Erle, Sir William 210

Erleigh, Viscount 153

Escoffier, Auguste 58

Esher, 1st Viscount 171, 174

^b Estcourt, Albert 182

Evans, William, MP 191

Exhibition of 1851 (Great Exhibition) see Crystal Palace

Exhibition of 1851, Commissioners for 14, 42, 191–2

Exhibition Road 2, 191–2, 194; International Bazaar 194; see also Montrose Court and Princes Gate (Nos 32–72)

exhibitions 14–15, 20, 24–6, 52, 83, 85–6, 106, 151

Eyre, Major Robert 87

^a Eyton, Henry M. 41

Ezra family 27

Fairholt, Frederick W. 111, 123

Fairholt Street 109, 122, 123, fig. 42

Falmouth (hall of residence) 209

Family , The (Epstein) 59, Pl. 18b

fanlights 99, 102, 111, 114, 118, fig. 29

Fanshawe, Sir Edward 156

a Farey, Cyril 102

Faringdon, 1st Baron 205

Faringdon Collection, Buscot Park 205n

^b Farlar, William 123

^c Farmer & Brindley 173

Farquharson, Horace 111

Fauntleroy, Henry 140

Feilding, Gen. Sir Percy 171

Fergusson, James (quoted) 8

Festival of Britain (1951) 88

Feversham, 1st Earl of 51

^a Field (Horace) & Simmons 102

Finborough Properties Ltd 207

Finicke, Baron Blixea 23n

fireproof construction 33, 51 (Hennebique's system), 70 (Fox & Barrett system)

fires 57, 83, 85, 87, 95, 105, 169

^b Firmin & Collins 27

Fisher, Thomas 23

Fishmongers' Almshouses, Elephant and Castle 89

Fitzmaurice: Thomas (5th Earl of Orkney) 171; Capt. William Edward 171

Fitzroy, Lord Augustus (7th Duke of Grafton) 81, 194

^a Fitzroy Robinson Partnership 26

flats 5–6, 70, 75, 76, 100, 101
-, mansion flats 5, 8, 14, 28–9, 42, 54, 61–3, 80, 81–3, 84–5, 141–2; inter-war 6, 17, 27–8, 59, 121, 153–4, 182–6 passim, 206–7; conversion of houses to 9–10, 22, 46, 121, 133–4, 153, 156, 170, 181, 182, 203–4, 205–6; post-war 27, 28, 124, 134, 153, 207

^a Fleetwood, Eversden & King 121

Flitcroft, Henry 159

floorcloth factories 11, 31, 105–6, Pl. 54

^a Florence, Henry Louis 33, 171

Fonteyn, Dame Margot 133

Food Exhibition (1882) 83

^c Ford, E. Onslow 81

^c Formelli, Cavaliere (?Cesare T.G. Formilli) 139

Forster, Captain 102

Forster, John (biographer) 135–6

Forsyte Saga , The 57–8, 58n, 116

^a Forsyth, W. A. 189

Forsyth, William 156

^a Foster: Henry Pafoot 80, 81; Sir Norman 54; and Partners 209

Fothergill-Cooke & Hunter 173

fountains: drinking 88, 89, 91, 177, Pl. 86c; ornamental 58, 177, 203, 204, Pl. 87a

^a Fowler, Francis E. H. 23

Fowler, Thomas 40

Fox Alehouse 43, 45

Fox & Barrett fireproof construction 70

Fox and Bull inn 43, 44–5, 46, 47, 53, 54, Pl. 5a

Fragonard (paintings by) 168

Francis, George Henry (newspaper editor) 46

Frank Committee 71

^b Freake, (Sir) Charles James 2, 5, 8, 12, 50n, 160, 165, 191–7 passim, 198, 204

Freake Estate 207, 208

Freehold Syndicate Ltd 121

^a Freeman, Charles 89

Freeman, William (stone merchant) 119

Freer, Charles Lang 203n

Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 203n

French Embassy (No. 1 Albert Gate) 6, 37, 42, 46, 49–50, Pls 23c, 24

French Embassy Extension (No. 58 Knightsbridge) 42, 50–1, Pls 23c, 25

Frere, Sir Bartle 210

Fripp, George 100

Frisius, Rev. Dr 125–6

Fulford, William 114

Fulham Bridge inn, Brompton Road 78

Fulham Bridge Yard (later Tullett Place) 78, 89

Galsworthy, John 57, 116

Galton, Sir Francis 156

Gamble: Dixon 41; Rev. John 40–1, 129

Gams, Joseph 23

Gangel, Richard 148

Garden Terrace 134

gardens: communal 23, 109, 192; pleasure (public) 30–1; private 88–9, 135, 159, 191, 203, 206; roof 139, 153, Pl. 76

Gardens in Towns Protection Act (1863) 109

Gardiner & Company Ltd 83

Gardner, Ava 182

gas lighting 25, 48, 61, 62, 63, 89, 199

Gate, as street-name 8

Gate Mews 146, 148, 153, Pl. 79c

^b Gee, Walker & Slater Ltd 186

^b General Building Company 83

George III 64

George IV (bust) 91

^a George (Ernest): & Peto 202n; & Yeates 202–4 passim

German Chapel Royal (Queen's Chapel), St James's 16, 124–5

German Churches: Hamburg Lutheran, Dalston 124; Kelvedon Road, Fulham 126; Montpelier Place see Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche; Trinity Lane, City 124, 127

German Hospital, Dalston 124, 126

^b Gerrard (J.) & Sons153

Gibbs, Sir Philip 116

Gibson, William (architect) 65

Gide, André 181

Giffard, Sir George Markham 210

Gilbert, W. S. 15, 85

^c Gillett & Bland 187

Girlhood of Mary Virgin , The (Rossetti) 25

Gladstone, W. E. 21n

Glasgow, Arthur Graham 179

glass: Hartley's patent 89; painted or stained 126, 187, 189, 190, Pls 124–5; Prior's 190; Vitrolite 27

Glassington family 40–1

Goadby Marwood church, Leics 143n

^a Godfrey, Walter 111

Goding: James 27, 45; Thomas 21, 22, 45

Godley, (John) Arthur (1st Baron Kilbracken) 174

Godwin, E. W. 202n

Goethe Institute, Princes Gate 15

Golden Lion inn 79

^a Goldfinger, Erno 156

^a Goldie, Edward 51

^b Gooch, John: the elder 113, 117; the younger 2, 113, 113n, 114, 115, 117, 123

^b Goodall, Thomas 32

^a Goodhart-Rendel, H. S. 22–3, 102–3

^a Gordon, Col. E. C. 69

Gordon-Cumming, Roualeyn George 25

Gore House, Kensington 11, 161

Gosling, Nathaniel 89

^a Gower (William) & Partners 207

Grafton, 7th Duke of 81, 194

Granby, Marquess of 143

^b Grant, William 43

Grave Maurice tavern 80

^a Gray, Charles 41

Gray, Charles (actor) 182

Great Exhibition (1851) see Crystal Palace

Great Globe, Leicester Square 26

Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway 26

Great Vance, the 87

^c Greaves, Henry and Walter 200

^a Green: Arthur (Archer & Green) 55, 57, 126; Curtis 59

Green, Henry (novelist) 102, 111

^a Green: John 99; Leslie 26

^c Green & Abbott 151

Green Park, Deputy Ranger's lodge 48

^b Greenacre, John 119n, 121n

Greene, Graham 181

Grenadier Guards 24, 64

Grenfell, Joyce 111n

Gretton, John and (John) 1st Baron 179

Greville, Col. Fulke 51

Gribble, Major Philip Le Grand 115

Griffiths (John) Cycle Corporation Ltd 87

^a Griggs, Robert 38, 181

Grimwood, Jeffery Grimwood 174

^b Grissell & Peto 25

Grosvenor: Earl (1st Duke of Westminster) 194; Sir Richard (7th Bart) 23

Grosvenor Crescent 89

Grosvenor Crescent Mews 22

Grosvenor estate 19, 20, 23, 31, 89

Grosvenor Hotel, Victoria 23

Grosvenor House (Moreau house), Knightsbridge Green 77–8, 88–9

Grove, Thomas N. A. 114

Grove House, Kensington 11, 31

Grũner, Ludwig 149, 149n

Guardian Properties Ltd 184

^a Gunton & Gunton 94

Gurney: Edmund 114; Samuel 169

^a Gutch, George 160

Guthrie, James 174

Guy, Henry, of Tring 19

^a Habershon & Fawckner 111

Haines, William Henry (artist) 118

Haleybridge Investment Trust Ltd 94

Halfway House tavern 4, 160, 161

Hall: (Sir) Peter 111n; Radclyffe 100, 118

^a Halpern Partnership 100

Hambro, (Sir) Everard Alexander 210

Hambrough, John 171

Hamburg Lutheran Church, Dalston 124

Hamilton, Lady Ann 44

Hamley Brothers 29

^b Hammond & Barr 121

^c Hancock (organ-builder) 41

Hancock, Charles (artist) 44

^a Hancock (Ralph) & Son 88

^b Handy, James 123n

^c Hanks, H. 197

Hansard, Henry 174

Harbord, Felix 102

Harcourt-Smith, Sir Cecil 156

^a Hardwick: Philip 61, 97; P. C. 61

Hardy, John Forbes 148

Hare: Augustus 137; John (Viscount Blakenham) 159; William (Secretary of State for War) 71

Hare family 158, 160, 184; see also Listowel, Earls of

Harness, Rev. William 186–7, 190

Harriet Mews (nom Walk) 34, 36

Harriet Street 118

Harris: John (art collector) 12, 170; Thomas (theatre manager) 95; William (hotel chairman) 58

Harrison: Mrs (school proprietress) 191; Frederic 102; John (and Company) 31; Gen. Sir Richard 210

Harrod, Charles Digby 102

Harrods 2, 15, 100, 103–5, 107, 109; as builders 139
-, depot in Trevor Square 95, 103–5, 118, figs 34–5, Pl. 57c; warehouse in Cheval Place 124

^a Hart, A. H. 42

Hart-Dyke, (Sir) William 86

Hartley's patent glass 89

Harvey: Ann, Benjamin, Benjamin Charles and Joseph 34

Harvey Nichols 15, 16, 20, 29–30, 31, 33, 34–6, fig. 8, Pls 1, 15, 17c, 112

Hastie, Archibald 156

^a Hastings, Thomas 14, 167, 168–9

Hatfield, Robert 43

Haversham, 1st Baron 95

Hawarden: 4th Viscount 194, 210; Lady Clementina 210

Hawkings, Ernest George 182

^b Hawkins, Charles 99

Hawkins, Jack (actor) 182

Hawthorne, Julian 197n, 204–5

Hay, Sir Robert, 8th Bart 174

Haycock, Edward 149

Haynes, W. H. 138

Headley, 3rd Baron 174

Heath (Robert) Ltd 28

Heeley, Wilfred 114

Hemingway, Ernest 181

Henderson, Alexander (1st Baron Faringdon) 205

Hennebique's reinforced concrete 51

Henry VIII 43

Henry: A. & S. 141; Alexander 141; Mitchell 13, 128, 134, 135, 140–1, 142

Herbert: Francis George 52; William see Jones, William

Herrmann, Ernest 106n

Hertford, 6th Marquess of 156

Hertzog, General 58

Hervey: Lord (quoted) 3; Augustus (3rd Earl of Bristol) 159

^a Hesketh, Robert 91

Hess, Myra 138

Hibbert, William Tetlow 171

Hichens, Robert S. 110

^a Hicks (Stanley) & Son 123

Hicks, William 31

^b Higgs & Hill 34, 36, 209

High Road, Knightsbridge 2, 4, 5, 10, 15, 17, 77, 79–81, 83–8, 98, fig. 22

High Row 2, 6, 7, 37, 42–6, 47, 53, 54, 79, 107, 113, figs 9, 12

High Row West 43, 44, 113

High Street, Knightsbridge 79

Hill: Arthur (1st Viscount Dungannon) 95; Rowland, 1st Viscount (bust) 70, 75; Thomas (timber merchant) 119

^a Hill & Paraire 87

^b Hill & Sons 27

^b Hill (J.M.) & Sons 184

Hill House, Trevor Place 97

Hill Street see Trevor Place

Hill Street House 102

Hillbrow Estates 153

Hill-Trevor family see Dungannon, Viscounts and Trevor of Brynkinalt, Barons

^b Hinde, Philip 144n

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell (quoted) 173

^b Hobbs, James William 55, 57, 58; & Company 55, 57

^a Hoffmann, Paul 83

Hoghton, Sir Henry Bold, Bart 194

Holditch (organ-builder) 187

Holland: Henry (architect) 3, 95, 105; Henry (builder), John and Richard 105; Sir Henry Thurstan (1st Viscount Knutsford) 156

^b Holland & Hannen 89, 133; and Cubitts 154, 168, 168n

^b Holloway Brothers 185

Holy Trinity Church, Brompton 186

Holy Trinity Church, Knightsbridge 16, 37, 41–2, 50, Pls 1, 19c–d, 30c

Holy Trinity Church, Prince Consort Road 42, 189

Hood, Arthur (1st Baron Hood of Avalon) 174

Hooper, Edmund (organist) 43

^a Hooper, Francis 57

Hope, Henry Thomas, MP 187n

Hopetoun, Etheldred, Dowager Countess of 174

Horridge, Sir Thomas Gardner 156

Horrocks, John 171

Horton, Westley 100

Hosmer, Harriet 13, 135–6, 138, 140, 175, 177

hotels 2, 16, 22, 23, 26, 27–8, 33–4, 54, 55, 58–9, 80, 83, 85, 87, 88, 93, 105, 169n, 181

Houghton, Alanson B. 169

Houghton-Gastrell, (Sir) William 28

Household Cavalry 64, 71

^s Howard, Geere 203

Howard, Frederick John (civil servant) 171

^b Howard, James 32

Howard of Glossop, Barons: 1st 149; 2nd 117

^a Howell, John, 146, 146n, 148

Hubbard, John Gellibrand (1st Baron Addington) 171

Hudson, George (railway promoter) 49–50, 50n

^b Hughes, Richard 144n

Humphreys, James Charlton 84–5, 86, 87–8, 95, 98, 102, 103, 106

Humphreys' Hall 15, 80, 83–6, 87, fig. 24, Pl. 53

Humphreys' Hall Mansions see Albert Gate Mansions

^b Humphreys Ltd 85, 88, 94, 102, 188

Humphry, Ozias 44

Hunt: George Ward 156; Leigh (quoted) 165

^a Hunter & Partners 27

Hussey, Dyneley 118

Hutchinson, Walter Victor 210

Huth: Alfred Henry 13, 179–180; Henry 209

Huth-Jackson, Frederick 153

Huxley, Aldous and Julian 181

Hyde Park 2, 6–9, 40, 41, 42, 43, 53, 65, 186, Pls 2–3, 8
-, effects on and influence of 12, 14, 37, 57, 58, 59, 64, 71, 74, 76, 146, 161, 166; encroachments 42, 43–4; gates and access 8, 24, 44–7 passim, 48–9, 54, 59, 61n, 92, 146n, 159, 161

Hyde Park (Cavalry) Barracks see Knightsbridge (Cavalry) Barracks

Hyde Park Chambers 83

Hyde Park Club 57, 58

Hyde Park Corner Hotel 26

Hyde Park Corner underground station 16, 21, 26–7, Pl. 10b

Hyde Park Court see Hyde Park Hotel

Hyde Park Court Ltd 55

Hyde Park Dairy 38

Hyde Park Hotel (formerly Hyde Park Court, now Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park) 9, 14, 16, 37, 54–9, fig. 13, Pls 1, 31–3, 115c, 116

Hyde Park Hotel Ltd 58

Hyde Park House (No. 60 Knightsbridge) 6, 13, 46, 52–3, figs 9, 11, Pls 23b, 28–9

Hyde Park Row 46

Ick, William 31

Imperial College (Princes Gardens) 17, 191, 207–9, figs 96–8, Pls 97c, 106–7

^a Inchbald, Michael 28

Independent Television Authority 169

Institution for the Free Exhibition of Modern Art 25

International Bazaar (1862) 194

International Exhibition (1862) 194

Iranian Embassy siege 169

ironwork: constructional 49, 57, 61, 70, 85, 89, 106, 159, 187, figs 24, 26, Pl. 80b; see also steel-framed construction
-, decorative 48, 61, 118, 126, 131, 175, 196, figs 45, 49, 55, 90

Irving, Henry 140

Isola restaurant 83

Italian Opera Company 86

^a Jack, George 189

^b Jackaman (A.) & Sons 51

Jackson (George) & Sons 51, 61, 114, 173

Jackson, T. G. 181, 182

Jaeger shop 83

James I40

James: Henry (Lord James of Hereford) 54; Henry (novelist) 204

Japanese Native Village 15, 80, 83, 85–6, 87, Pl. 53a–b

Japanese Native Village Exhibition and Trading Company Ltd, The 85, 86

^a Jeckyll, Thomas 199–202 passim, 203

^a Jeeves, Gordon 59, 185, 206

Jellicoe, Earl 210

Jencks, Charles 33

Jennings: Sir Philip 60; Richard William 170

Jerome, Jerome K. 46

Jex-Blake, Very Rev. Thomas William 174

^a Jiricna, Eva 17, 153

^b Jobbins, James 60

Jobbins Court 60, Pl. 4c

Jockey Club 89

Joel, Betty and David (Betty Joel Ltd) 20, 22–3

^a Johnson: James 64; John 162, 165

Johnson, Percy A. (quoted) 83

^c Jones, Owen 187

Jones: Thomas 134–5; William (William Herbert) 12, 13, 146, 149, 149n

^a Joseph, Delissa 26, 141–2

^c Joubert 189