These two houses were the Portuguese Embassy, 1724 - 1747. The Marquess of Pombal, Portuguese Statesman Ambassador, 1739 - 1744, lived here.
Greater London Council
W1, Golden Square, 23-4
Behind these houses is a church which was first built as a Catholic chapel to serve this Embassy.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Portuguese Embassy
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oei...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Portuguese Embassy
The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its lef...
{Beneath a representation of the Victoria Cross medal:}Lieutenant Geoffrey Ca...
Chelsea china was manufactured in a house at the north end of Lawrence Street...
Clement Richard Attlee, 1883 - 1967, Prime Minister, lived here.Greater Londo...
