Born as George Bryan Brummell in Westminster. A gambler and dandy and one of the Prince Regent's favourites, he set the dress code of the day and effectively invented the modern trousers. Considered by some to be the first celebrity. Died in the charitable asylum of Bon Sauveur, Caen, Normandy, France.
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Beau Brummell
{The base of the statue is inscribed:} Sedlecka 2002 {On a brass plaque at t...
Greater London Council Beau Brummell, 1778 - 1840, leader of fashion, lived h...
Many of the Huguenots that arrived here in the 16th and 17th centuries were s...
Ordinances 1365, Grant of Arms 1588. The Plumbers' Hall used to stand in Cheq...
