In 1793 the author of Memoires D'Outre-Tombe,
Chateaubriand, 1768 - 1848, lived as an émigré in a garret close to this site and began his literary career. He returned in 1822 as French Ambassador when he resided in Portland Place.
W1, Paddington Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Chateaubriand
Born Saint-Malo, Brittany. Died Paris. Went to America in 1791, returned t...
2024: Andrew Hall wrote to say: "The Flamingo Club at 33 - 37 Wardour Street was also the location of the Fifty-Fifty Club, a supper and ...
The foundation stones are listed here left to right. They were laid in October 1889 and the building opened in April the following year....
Greater London Council William Butterfield, 1814 - 1900, architect, lived here.
IanVisits reports that the first carriages carrying paying passengers actually travelled through the Channel Tunnel in 1994 and that is c...
2022: A London Inheritance drew our attention to the stamp and the text below. Very few plaques credit their creators, so this on a City...
