Sir Walter Besant, 1836 - 1901, novelist and antiquarian.
NW3, Frognal, 106
In 1892 Besant built a substantial house just to the east of this one, where there is an official, significant plaque. We can find no reference on-line to him also having lived in this earlier, much smaller property. Perhaps he lived here briefly while his house was being built.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Walter Besant - Frognal
Novelist and London historian. Born Portsmouth. 1884 co-founded the Society ...
In a house on this site lived William Hazlitt, 1829. The Corporation of the City of London
{Above a shamrock emblem:} Eddie Ingram, Ealing Middlesex & Ireland, a member of this club 1934 to 1973. {Below the emblem:} He will...
William Henry Pratt, alias Boris Karloff, 1887 - 1969, actor, was born here. English Heritage
The Listing says "The original purpose of this lodge is unclear: it is thought to have housed the parish clerk. Listed as a fine example ...
Lissenden Gardens Tenants Association Anthony Green, R.A., artist, lived here from 1939 to 1990. Awards for all.
