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Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster
Born, son of Sir Robert, at Millbank House (alias: Peterborough House, Grosvenor House). Shown on this 1690 map to be approximately on the Thorney Street site now occupied by the Hilton Double Tree...
Hilda Seligman
Author and sculptor. Born Hilda Mary McDowell. In the 1930s she entertained both Mahatma Gandhi and Haile Selassie at her home in Wimbledon, and sculpted the bust of Selassie which now stands in Ca...
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Sir Alan Cobham
SE15, Denman Road, 78
Sir Alan Cobham, 1894 - 1973, aviator, was born here. English Heritage
Charles Darwin
WC1, Gower Street, Darwin Building, UCL
Charles Darwin, 1809 - 1882, naturalist, lived in a house on this site, 1838 - 1842. London County Council
Frieze of Parnassus - Cibber
SW7, Kensington Road
The monument, officially titled the Prince Consort National Memorial, celebrates Victorian achievement and Prince Albert's passions and i...
Matthew Arnold
SW1, Chester Square, 2
London County Council Matthew Arnold, 1822 - 1888, poet and critic, lived here.
Water trough - R. McC.
W14, Warwick Gardens
From the RBKC pdf: "This trough was originally erected in 1900 in Kensington Crescent. The crescent was demolished in 1933 (the site is n...
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