Sir Walter Besant (1836 - 1901) novelist and antiquary, lived and died here.
L.C.C.
NW3, Frognal Gardens, 18
This house, Frognal End, is described and photographed in 1897, during Besant's tenure, at OOCities. The Underground Map says the house was built in 1892 for Besant.
Steve Tatum's Flickr has a c.1895 photo of this house and gives "House built in 1892. Architect, James Neale. Construction, Allison & Foskett."
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Sir Walter Besant - Frognal Gardens
Novelist and London historian. Born Portsmouth. 1884 co-founded the Society ...
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Sir Walter Besant - Frognal Gardens
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Sir Walter Besant - Frognal Gardens
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This plaque is located at the site of Blyton's birthplace, presumably the house that was here before this interwar arcade went up.
The terrific A Vindication of the Rights of Mary has a whole page on this address, where, it is believed, Mary lived 1788 - 1791.
Greater London Council Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fisher, 1841 - 1920, lived here as First Sea Lord, 1904 - 1910.
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