Diplomat and courtier. Favourite of Queen Henrietta Maria (wife of Charles I). Fought on the King's side in the Civil War and after his execution continued to support the Queen and two princes in exile. On the Restoration he was appointed ambassador to France where he and the Queen promoted closer ties between France and England. Charles II repaid royalty's financial debt to Jermyn partly by granting him property including the area we know as St James's. Jermyn encouraged the development of this area in the classical style and commissioned Wren to design the church. Thus his sobriquet 'founder of the West End'. Died, unmarried, at his house in St James's Square. Suggestions that Charles II may actually be Jermyn's son overlook the facial similarities between the two kings.
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Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans
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Henry Jermyn
Look left to St James's Square and right to St James's Church in Jermyn Stree...
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Metropolitan Board of Works
Responsible for managing London's infrastructure, such as roads, sewage, etc. Replaced by the London County Council.
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Dr Condoleezza Rice
USA Secretary of State 2005 - 2009. Born Alabama.
1 memorial
Edwin George Moore
Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary and General Purpose Committee, St Pancras Vestry in the late 1800s.
1 memorial
friendship of the English speaking peoples
Note this motto "friendship of the English speaking peoples" is also carved above the ornate portico of this building, to the east of this plaque. Bush House was built by Irving T. Bush of the Bush...
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