Founded originally as "The Horticultural Society of London" by seven friends including Sir Joseph Banks, Sir Charles Greville (Emma Hamilton's lover) John Wedgwood (the eldest son of Josiah Wedgwood I) , gathered together in a room above Hatchards Bookshop in Piccadilly. It was created as a Learned Society. Its aims, amongst others, were to collect and exchange information about plants and to encourage the improvement of horticultural practice.
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Royal Horticultural Society
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Royal Horticultural Society
At Messrs. Hatchard's in a house on this site The Royal Horticultural Society...
Susan Daniel Rose Bed
The Susan Daniel Rose Bed The roses in this flower bed are named after Susan ...
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Royal Horticultural Society
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Lawrence Hall - Baron Lambourne
The foundation stone of this building was laid 19th October 1926 by the Rt Ho...
Other Subjects
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Philip Pusey
One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851.Agriculturist. Born Pusey, Berkshire. Died Christ Church, Oxford.
1 memorial
Gerrard Winstanley
Protestant reformer, political philosopher, and activist. Co-founder of the True Levellers. Born Wigan. 1630 came to London, became an apprentice and, 1638, a freeman of the Merchant Taylors' Compa...
1 memorial
Lieutenant Harry Leopold Pollak
Harry Leopold Pollak was born on 18 July 1885 in Marylebone, Middlesex (now Greater London), the second of the eight children of Joseph Pollak (1847-1927) and Emma Jane Pollak née Goldmann (1863-19...
Person, Armed Forces, Gardens / Agriculture, Argentina, France
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Highbury Fields Association
The Highbury Fields Association aims to encourage community participation in all matters affecting the character, amenities, use, management and development of the Fields and its surrounding neighb...
2 memorials
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