Erection date: /9/1926
{On a nearby modern plaque:}
The Devonshire Coat-of-Arms
Removed from the portico of the Devonshire House which stood on this site, 1735 - 1924, and placed here September 1926.
Presented by His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G.
W1, Mayfair Place, Devonshire House
This coat-of-arms is inside the arcade.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Devonshire Coat-of-Arms
Built for the third Duke of Devonshire in about 1740 and used as the London r...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Devonshire Coat-of-Arms
Born Marylebone. Died Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, his country seat.
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