Plaque

Rosa Lewis

Rosa Lewis Rosa Lewis

Erection date: 16/11/2006

Inscription

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.

Site: Rosa Lewis (1 memorial)

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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The Cavendish Hotel

There is evidence of a 'Miller's Hotel' on the site in the early 1800s which ...

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The Duchess of Duke Street

BBC television series, loosely based on the career of Rosa Lewis. It starred ...

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Rosa Lewis

Hotelier. Born Rosa Ovenden at Leyton, Essex. She started her working life as...

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Westminster City Council

The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...

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