Sir Walter Besant, 1836 - 1901, novelist and antiquarian.
NW3, Frognal, 106
In 1892 Besant built a substantial house just to the east of this one, where there is an official, significant plaque. We can find no reference on-line to him also having lived in this earlier, much smaller property. Perhaps he lived here briefly while his house was being built.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Walter Besant - Frognal
Novelist and London historian.  Born Portsmouth. 1884 co-founded the Society ...
After their elopement in July 1814 the Shelleys lived here with Claire Clairmont, Mary's step-sister. Their son was born, presumably here...
The terrific A Vindication of the Rights of Mary has a whole page on this address, where, it is believed, Mary lived 1788 - 1791.
The Cloutman plaque is above the one about the extension, to the left of the bus. In 1995 Donald H. Dakin wrote a book “A Story Told in ...
The plot consists of 36 graves acquired by the London Fire Brigade Widows and Orphans Fund (founded in1882 by Massey Shaw, who, probably ...
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in to see them