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Plaque

Sir Hugh Lane

Inscription

Hugh Lane Kt 1876 - 1915, Director of the National Gallery of Ireland lived here.

Site: Lane and Orpen (2 memorials)

SW5, South Bolton Gardens, 8

Lane and Orpen were distant cousins and rented this house together in 1907. The Lane plaque is above, Orpen below, with a little window between. 

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Hugh Lane

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National Gallery of Ireland

Located in Merrion Square West, Dublin. The engineer William Dargan, wanting ...

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Sir Hugh Lane

Art dealer and collector. Born Hugh Percy Lane  In Ballybrack House, Douglas,...

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Sir Hugh Lane

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Sir William Orpen

Sir William Orpen

Sir William Orpen 1878 - 1931, painter lived here. Greater London Council

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