Plaque

Portuguese Embassy

Inscription

These two houses were the Portuguese Embassy, 1724 - 1747. The Marquess of Pombal, Portuguese Statesman Ambassador, 1739 - 1744, lived here.
Greater London Council

Site: Portuguese Embassy (1 memorial)

W1, Golden Square, 23-4

Behind these houses is a church which was first built as a Catholic chapel to serve this Embassy.

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Portuguese Embassy

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Marquess of Pombal

Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oei...

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Portuguese Embassy

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Greater London Council

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

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