Lord George Cavendish, the future Earl of Burlington, commissioned the architect Samuel Ware to design this covered shopping arcade. He also founded the Burlington Arcade Beadles, recruited from his regiment of the 10th Hussars, to maintain order and decorum in the arcade.
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Chairman of the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society in 1900.
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Inked date stamps were at first called 'Bishops marks' after their inventor, Henry Bishop, Postmaster General, 1660-1663. The post office was receiving complaints about late arrival of the post. ...
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