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
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Rosa Lewis
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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Rosa Lewis
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Born Durham. Mainly designed church buildings, notably Truro Cathedral.
We understand that at least 13 of these names are also on the memorial cross at the United Reform Church.
The white stone below the plaque is inscribed 'Hereford Buildings 1878'.
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