Built for the third Duke of Devonshire in about 1740 and used as the London residence for his family until its demolition in 1924. The garden to the north stretched as far as Lansdowne House. The gates and gate piers were reclaimed and positioned at a (never used) entrance to Green Park, opposite Half Moon Street. Also, it is said that the Green Park tube station ticket office is the old wine cellar.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Devonshire House
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Devonshire Coat-of-Arms
{On a nearby modern plaque:} The Devonshire Coat-of-Arms Removed from the por...
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Battersea Rise House
Built circa 1770. The house and the estate were bought by Henry Thornton in 1792. William Wilberforce, his good friend, lived here until Thornton's marriage. Both men were MPs and important members...
1 memorial
1 memorial
redevopment of Stonebridge Estate
Not to be confused with the Stonebridge Estate in Brent which sounds very rough but if you believe Iain Sinclair, in 1991 the one in Haggerston was not much better. Wikimapia shows the boundaries...
1 memorial
6 St James's Square
A full history of the house is given here, together with plans of the 1820 rebuild showing that it was very grand - we counted 5 internal staircases. At the source, British History Online, this im...
1 memorial
1 memorial
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