Sir Noel Coward, 1899 - 1973, actor, playwright and songwriter, born here.
English Heritage
TW1, Waldegrave Road, 131
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography says Coward was born at number 5. This house is the end house in a terrace of 7 so we can't see how it could ever have been numbered 5. But it's an EH plaque so we trust they have identified the right house.
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Sir Noel Coward - TW1
Actor, playwright, composer, film director, author, singer. Born Helmsdale, 5...
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Sir Noel Coward - TW1
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
From: British History: "This building was erected in 1851 as a school by the Congregationalists of the adjoining Horbury Chapel. The arc...
Sir Kenneth Clark, 1903 - 1983, Art historian and broadcaster, lived here 1934 - 1939. English Heritage
Cecil John Kinross, V.C., 1896 - 1957, born here on the 17th February 1896, awarded the Victoria Cross for "most conspicuous bravery in a...
In 1995 the tower was moved slightly from its original location to accommodate road layout changes. A drawing of 1900 shows it in its ori...
A self-made man, company founder, merchant, philanthropist and yachtsman. Born as Thomas Johnstone Lipton in Glasgow to Irish parents who has a small provisions shop. He opened his own shop and th...
Person, Commerce, Food & Drink, Industry, Seriously Famous, Scotland
Unveiled by the Bishop of London.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Unusually the brass drinking cup on a chain is still attached.
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