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Survey of London
… "guilding with fine Angell gould a Copper plate of St. George for his Ma ts Cabinett." 87 The paintings on the …
Old and New London
… of the period in which he lived. His gentleman usher, George Cavendish, also thus writes, in his "Life and Death of … palace, as will be related in a following chapter. Here George Villiers, afterwards Duke of Buckingham, came, when … him last night. To the Duke of Gloucester he gave his 'George;' to the Lady Elizabeth his ring off his finger. He …
Old and New London
… Parliament assembled in the Council Chamber here. George Monk, Duke of Albemarle, was the next tenant of the … in our account of the Strand. Then came to reside here George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, who died in 1687. After … in "Pickled-egg Walk;" at the New Vauxhall Gardens, in St. George's-in-the-East, and in Old Gravel Lane, over …
Old and New London
… had been one of the "queens of society" in the court of George II. Here used to drop in of an evening George Selwyn and the other wits of the age; and it was said … style, was built upon its site, the architect being Mr. George Burn. There is here a splendid gallery of pictures …
Old and New London
… begged and obtained by William, Duke of Cumberland, son of George II., and then Ranger of Windsor Park and Forest, with … and intriguing Countess of Buckingham, the mother of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. She died here in 1632, … and devoted knight of this romantic Princess," and George, Earl of Cumberland. The former had made a vow to …
Old and New London
… The present extensive building was erected in the reign of George II., from the designs of Ripley, on the site of … straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw, The 'George' and 'Garter' dangling from that bed, Where tawdry … it again to be put into commission, till 1707, when Prince George of Denmark became Lord High Admiral, with an assisting …
Magna Britannia
… other provisions. There are two market-places; called St. George's Market and New-Market. The fair, which is now held … in the year 1715. Before its consecration it was called George Church, and afterwards generally the New Church, till …
Survey of London
… Street and Hertford Street) Whitfield Street, named after George Whitefield who founded the chapel in Tottenham Court …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Esq., a distinguished secretary of state in the reign of George I., resided and was interred here. Whitson, county …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… mother is trying to get a blind boy into the school in St George's Fields and went her rounds today canvassing for … for the Indigent Blind was founded in 1799, moved to St George's Circus in 1811 and was enlarged in 1838. Funded by …