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Hace 4 días · The house was still unoccupied, but in October 1754 the executors sold the lease to Richard Beckford, a member of a prominent and wealthy family of West Indian planters, and a brother of Alderman William Beckford, who then lived at No. 22 Soho Square. Richard Beckford had previously lived on his plantations in Jamaica.
Hace 4 días · The Hampstead Junction Railway, built by 1857, ran along the southern boundary of West End House. The Revd. William Dunbar, who lived in Scotland, sold the estate to a speculator, Charles Bischoff, the owner in 1863 when the second railway line, the Midland, was proposed. The Midland line, opened in 1868, passed along the northern boundary of ...
Hace 4 días · 170 persons who were elected Aldermen of London are noticed in the Dictionary; the biographies of 63 are contributed by Mr. Welch and of 15 by Sir Sidney Lee; Mr. Gordon Goodwin is responsible for 8, Professor Firth for 6, Messrs. J. M. Rigg and W. P. Courtney for 5 each, Sir J. K. Laughton and Mr. Russell Barker for 4 each, Professor Pollard ...
Hace 1 día · A painting of John Boydell, the lord mayor of London in 1790, by Sir William Beechey in 1800. This is a list of all mayors and lord mayors of London (leaders of the City of London Corporation, and first citizens of the City of London, from medieval times).Until 1354, the title held was Mayor of London.The dates are those of election to office (Michaelmas Day on 29 September, excepting those ...
Hace 5 días · William Thompson (London). 1835–1836: William Taylor Copeland (Celeraine). 1842–1843: John Humphery (Southwark). 1848–1849: Sir James Duke (Boston, till July, 1849; elected for London, July 27, 1849). 1852–1853: Thomas Challis (Finsbury). 1857–1858: Sir Robert Walter Carden (Gloucester). 1860–1861: William Cubitt (Andover till July ...
Hace 4 días · El cuento de Rudecindo que aparece en La mujer del malón es el Vathek de William Beckford pasado por la gauchesca. Para mí si no hay desvío, no hay novela. La condición de la novela es el ...
Hace 4 días · William Shakespeare (c. 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard").His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long ...
