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… QUEEN STREET (Demolished). General description and date of structure. The eastern portion of Great Queen Street, comprising the sites of Nos. 1 to 6 on … Guerin. ( Middlesex Registry Memorials, 1734, V., 85.) British Museum, Crace Colln., Portfolio 28, No. 53. It is …
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… HIGH HOLBORN (Demolished). General description and date of structure. It is very difficult to say when the south side … I. had confirmed a grant, made by his father to Trinity College, of six markets and twelve fairs for the building of their hall. The college sold to Henry Darell two markets and three fairs, and …
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… Street). Ground Landlord. The freehold is the property of Christ's Hospital. General Description. The exterior is in … have an interesting iron lamp-standard on each side of the entrance. The rooms are large and lofty, but contain … should, however, be noted that according to the Universal British Directory, his town residence in 1790 was in Princes …
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… GEORGE STREET: (Demolished). General Description and Date of Structure. As in the case of most of the other houses in … in 1751, and in 1755 was admitted licentiate of the College of Physicians. From 1754 to 1762 he was physician to … 27 Great George Street. In 1771 he became a Fellow of the College of Physicians, delivered the Harveian oration in …
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… Samuel Rush the second and third houses on the north side of Queen Square, i.e. Nos. 28 and 30 Queen Anne's Gate. They are described as in the occupation of the Earl of Derby (No. 28) and Richard Worthington (No. … in London in 167071 and was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, of which he became a Fellow. In 1698 he …
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… GARDENS Ground Landlords. The property is the freehold of the Crown, and is used for the purposes of the offices of the Cabinet and the Committee of Imperial … Secretary for War. During this period he reorganised the British army, abolishing the system of purchase and …
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… GEORGE STREET: (Demolished). General Description and Date of Structure. This house is first mentioned on 4th November, 1755, when a parcel of land, with a messuage and other buildings, was leased 1 to … educated at Bury St. Edmunds School and Gonville and Caius College, whence he graduated B.A. as seventh wrangler in …
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… landlord and lessee. Ground landlord, His Grace the Duke of Bedford; lessee, Mrs. Whitehead. General description and date of structure. On 1st November, 1776, a lease 1 was also … After an education at Ruthin grammar school and Queen's College, Oxford, he took up the profession of the law, and …
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… South Sea Company Act sold 1 to Samuel Mason "that parcell of ground, with brick messuage thereon, late in the occupation of Sir John Humble, Bart., being the fourth house on the … With the exception of two books, he left the whole to the British Museum. He died in 1799 "after a severe struggle, in …
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… STREET. Ground Landlord, Etc. The freehold is the property of the Crown, and the premises are in the occupation of the Irish Grants Committee. General Description and Date … After a short career in the Civil Service, he became British Resident at Venice, and an F.S.A. With a few breaks …