Diplomat and courtier. Favourite of Queen Henrietta Maria (wife of Charles I). Fought on the King's side in the Civil War and after his execution continued to support the Queen and two princes in exile. On the Restoration he was appointed ambassador to France where he and the Queen promoted closer ties between France and England. Charles II repaid royalty's financial debt to Jermyn partly by granting him property including the area we know as St James's. Jermyn encouraged the development of this area in the classical style and commissioned Wren to design the church. Thus his sobriquet 'founder of the West End'. Died, unmarried, at his house in St James's Square. Suggestions that Charles II may actually be Jermyn's son overlook the facial similarities between the two kings.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans
Commemorated ati
Henry Jermyn
Look left to St James's Square and right to St James's Church in Jermyn Stree...
Other Subjects
Duncan Sandys
Lord Mayor of the City of Westminster. The youngest to be elected, in May 2010. Grandson of Lord Duncan-Sandys and Churchill's great grandson.
Barbara Tuge-Erecinska
Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in 2011.
Charles Wright
Honorary Secretary of the St John's Garden Committee, 1882.
Netherlands Government in exile
The Netherlands were invaded by Nazi Germany on the 10th May 1940. Queen Wilhelmina had planned to go to the southern province of Zeeland to co-ordinate resistance, but when it came under attack fr...
Councillor A. H. Gillison
Member of Housing Committee, Diss Street 1922. Councillor and member of Housing Committee, Parmiter Street, 1926. Councillor and on the Bethnal Green Baths Committee in 1926.
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in to see them