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Kings College - Strand

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GR IV
1829

The college was founded by King George IV in 1829.

Site: Kings College + Trollope pillar box (2 memorials)

WC2, Strand, King's College

This King's College's Strand Building designed by E. D. Jefferiss Mathews in the Brutalist style opened in 1972.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Kings College - Strand

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King's College, London

Founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington (then PM). In 1836 Kings...

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King George IV

Regent: 1811 - 1820. Reigned: 1820 - 1830. After secretly marrying Mrs Fitzhe...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Kings College - Strand

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Anthony Trollope - pillar box - Strand

Anthony Trollope - pillar box - Strand

5 similar plaques have been erected.

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