Sir Spencer Walpole KCB, FBA was an English historian and civil servant.
The son of Spencer Horace Walpole he was descended from one of the brothers of Robert Walpole. Through his mother he was a grandson of Spencer Perceval.
He came into the free possession of Pitzhanger Manor in 1900 when Frederika, the last aunt on his mother's side, died. He sold the house and the grounds to Ealing Council.
The grounds were developed into a public park, named Walpole Park in his honour.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Spencer Walpole
Walpole Park Opened for the use of the public, 1st May 1901 by the Rt. Hon. L...
They have an address at 182 Hammersmith Road, but the only website we can find (Dec 2011) is in Japanese. Something fishy going on.
Novelist and London historian. Born Portsmouth. 1884 co-founded the Society of Authors. Secretary of the Palestine Exploration Fund. Originator of the People's Palace. First president of The Hamp...
One of a list of 26 researchers involved in researching Hester Leggatt's background.
A book about London by Thomas Pennant, first published 1790. The Picture Source website does not make it clear that this picture is from Pennant's London, but it is such an apposite picture that we...
Writer. His works include biographies of his father Thomas Henry Huxley and Charles Darwin. Father of Aldous and Julian Huxley, the unidentified child in the photograph is presumably one of his sons.
City of Westminster Site of the 2i's coffee bar (1956 - 1970), birthplace of British rock 'n roll and the popular music industry. Rober...
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