Erection date: 16/11/2006
City of Westminster
Rosa Lewis, 1867 - 1952, chef de cuisine and hotelier, dramatised as 'The Duchess of Duke Street', ruled the Cavendish Hotel in a building on this site.
SW1, Jermyn Street, 81, The Cavendish Hotel
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Rosa Lewis
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