Born in Paris. During political upheavals in France he was backwards and forwards between London and Paris for the year January 1792-3 when he was expelled from Britain and went to the USA. 1830-4 he was the French ambassador to London and played a major role in the London Conference which effectively achieved the recognition of Belgium as an independent state. Buried in a chapel near the château of Valençay.
Lived in Hampstead at one time (see our Samuel Sanders Teulon page).
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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
A delightful and unusual plaque in the cove of the lovely Georgian doorway. H...
Greater London Council Prince Talleyrand, 1754 - 1838, French statesman and ...
Engineer and politician. Born at Maple Ridge Farm in Trenton, Ontario. He came to London in 1878 and with his brothers, established a company specialising in machinery for the confectionery and bak...
Chairman of the Islington Society, 1966 - 1985.
Sir Leslie Boyce, KBE was Lord Mayor of London 1951-2. Born in Australia. Settled in Cheltenham after WW1. Conservative Party politician.
One of the longest running councillors in Camden, when he stood down in 2022 he was given the title Alderman. First elected in 1964 he served a total of 38 years in 2 stints. He attended the first ...
German ambassador from 1932 to 1936. Well-liked by British politicians but his relationship with Hitler was not good. Hitler was probably close to recalling him but he died in office, aged 55. Unli...
In our photo the Nettlefold plaque can be seen to the left of the house, sometimes called The White House. The bird bath is the largest ...
Prime Minister of the war-time London-based Polish Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Polish armed forces. In his 1970 play, Soldiers, Rolf Hochhuth accuses Churchill of murdering Sikorski. ...
Founded by Sir Sydney Waterlow.
William Broughton was born on 20 January 1887 in Cromer, Norfolk, the third of the four children of James William Broughton (1852-1922) and Emily Broughton née Blogg (1854-1891). His birth was regi...
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