Person    | Male  Born 13/1/1753  Died 29/1/1819

Sir Henry Tempest

Categories: Property

Sir Henry Tempest

4th and last baronet. In 1798 he built a country villa in Highgate which later was known as "The Holly Lodge" on Highgate West Hill, and became the property of Baroness Burdett-Coutts.

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Sir Henry Tempest

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Burdett-Coutts Memorial Sundial

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