Plaque

Lord Stanley of Preston

Inscription

City of Westminster
Lord Stanley of Preston purchased the original Stanley Cup from a silversmith on this site in 1892 for the people of Canada to commemorate amateur and professional ice hockey.
The cup is now in the Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.

According to Hockey Gods: "Charles Colville a former Stanley aide, and family friend was instructed in 1892 by Lord Stanley of Preston, then the 6th Governor General of Canada, to purchase a suitable trophy / silver bowl to be used for the Hockey championship of the Dominion of Canada. Colville, who had resided in London, England, was to use 10 guineas to purchase and have the trophy engraved. Colville would visit ... 130 Regent Street... and he handpicked a beautiful silver punchbowl. ... Colville would then send the engraved silver punchbowl to Canada in late April, 1993 by steamship and then train to Ottawa, Canada, where it would be presented to Lord Stanley of Preston, for his approval."

Site: Lord Stanley of Preston (1 memorial)

W1, Regent Street, 130

The wall of buses made photographing this building rather difficult.

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Lord Stanley of Preston

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