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Plaque

Hugh Gaitskell

Inscription

Hugh Gaitskell, 1906 - 1963, statesman lived here.
Greater London Council 

Site: Besant & Gaitskell (2 memorials)

NW3, Frognal Gardens, 18

This house, Frognal End, is described and photographed in 1897, during Besant's tenure, at . The says the house was built in 1892 for Besant.

Steve Tatum's Flickr has a and gives "House built in 1892. Architect, James Neale. Construction, Allison & Foskett."

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Hugh Gaitskell

Statesman. Born London. Labour MP and leader of the party from 1955 until his...

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Hugh Gaitskell

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Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...

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Sir Walter Besant - Frognal Gardens

Sir Walter Besant - Frognal Gardens

Sir Walter Besant (1836 - 1901) novelist and antiquary, lived and died here. ...

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