In a house formerly standing on this site lived Samuel Pepys, 1633 - 1703, diarist & Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, 1661 - 1724, statesman. And in this house lived William Etty 1787 - 1849, painter & Clarkson Stanfield, 1793 - 1867, painter.
WC2, Buckingham Street, 14
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Pepys, Harley, Etty, Stanfield
Statesman. Harley Street was named after him. Responsible for the creation o...
Diarist and Secretary of the Admiralty. Born Salisbury Court, where his fath...
Theatrical scenic artist, marine and landscape painter, Royal Academician. B...
Both lists gives the age of each person and, for the visitors, their home address. Of the 64 adults, 42 are female, reflecting the fact t...
The plaque is on the pavement - in our photo you can just make out the circle.
We failed to find this in 2014 and again Dec-Jan 2017. This cast-iron roundel, which shows arrows centred on a target, is one of 22 - see...
This plaque set us wondering: why was this particular path chosen to be lined with these limes from Germany, and why in 1988? Then we rem...
The British Premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, commissioned by the Philharmonic Society of London, was given on 21 March 1825 in the...
