in 1532 Sir William Portman of Somerset, Lord Chief Justice to Henry VIII acquired land covering an area of 270 acres stretching from Oxford Street to Regents Canal. A large part of this land, now known as the Portman estate, is still owned by the Portman family. The current head of the family is the 10th Viscount Portman, born 1958.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Portman family
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Portman Square Garden
This rather dull plaque is in the garden close to the Hamilton fountain.
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Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
The Surveyors Club was formed in 1792 but the modern group was formed in 1868 at a meeting in London's Westminster Palace Hotel. It received a royal charter on 26 August 1881. Its HQ has been at t...
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Harry Mallaby-Deeley
Politician. He sat as MP for Harrow and then Willesden East, and was renowned for rarely if ever speaking in the house. He was more successful as a property dealer, and in 1913 purchased the whole ...
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35, Dorset Square, Notcutt House
Researching this address unexpectedly turned up two terrific items. Firstly, the 1932 Wakefield High School Magazine. In the list of members (old girls, presumably) we find: "Hemingway, Maisie, N...
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Opening of Austin Friars House
Our picture shows part of this building in 1970, before the restoration.
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