Plaque

Lytton Strachey

Inscription

Greater London Council
Lytton Strachey, 1880 - 1932, critic and biographer, lived here.

Site: Lytton Strachey (1 memorial)

WC1, Gordon Square, 51

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Lytton Strachey

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Giles Lytton Strachey

Critic and biographer known professionally as Lytton Strachey.  At Cambridge ...

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Lytton Strachey

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Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

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