The Aristocracy of London: Part I: Kensington: Titled, Untitled, Professional, & Commercial — John Shaqi
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The Aristocracy of London: Part I: Kensington: Titled, Untitled, Professional, & Commercial
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Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- London
S. of Samuel Bell, Esq., of Hopton, Suffolk; b. 19 Aug. 1811, at Great
Yarmouth; m. 1846, the only dau. of Robert Sullivan, Esq., a gentleman of
fortune; has issue, a dau.; has been an exhibitor at the Academy since
1832; has devoted himself to sculpture, ornamental art, and literature.
Principal public works:—the City Wellington Memorial in Guildhall;
Crimean Artillery Memorial, Woolwich; Guards Memorial, Waterloo-place;
Falkland and Walpole, in the Houses of Parliament. Principal private
works:—Dorothea, Eagle Slayer, Cromwell, Shakespeare, Armed Science,
Australia, Babes in the Wood, &c. Various ornamental designs in metal
and granite, marble, &c. Author of the drama of Ivan; handbooks of
industrial art; lectures on various art subjects, on color, statues, the
entasis applied to the obelisk, &c.
DURHAM VILLAS.
4. PEEL, Right Hon. Sir Laurence.
1st cousin of the late Sir Robert Peel; b. 1799; educ. at St. John’s
College, Cambridge; a member of Lincoln’s Inn; c. to the Bar, 1824; went
the Northern Circuit; M.P. for Cockermouth, 1827–30; advocate general in
Bengal, 1840–2; chief justice at Calcutta (when knighted) 1842–55; vice
president of the Madras Legislative Council, 1854–55; a director of the
East India Company, 1857; a bencher of Lincoln’s Inn; a governor of Guy’s
Hospital (_Athenæum and Windham Clubs_; _Bonchurch_, _Ventnor_, _Isle of
Wight_).
8. ABBOTT, William, Esq.
A draughtsman in the Copyhold Inclosure and Tithe Commission Office (3,
_St. James’s-square_, S.W.)
EARL’S COURT TERRACE.
12. PHILLIPS, John Arthur, Esq.
A civil engineer.
15. TIPPETTS, James Berriman, Esq.
A solicitor of the firm of Tippetts and Son (2, _Sise-lane_,
_Bucklersbury_, E.C.)
EARL’S TERRACE.
1. STOCK, Rev. John.
Educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge; obtained his B.A. 1815;
ordained, 1816; was formerly vicar of Finchingfield, Essex. Is author of
a volume of sermons, published in 1841.
16. JONES, Colonel Henry Richmond.
Ent. the army as a cornet in 1825; obtained his present rank, 1854;
commanded until lately the 6th Dragoon Guards, with which he served
throughout the Crimean campaign, and the Indian mutinies. His
distinguished services during the latter war won for him his C.B.
(_Junior United Service Club_).
17. THOM, James Pattison, Esq.
An assistant secretary in the Military Department of the India Office
(_Victoria-street_, _Westminster_, S.W.)
25. SUTTON, Daniel, Esq.
A director of the Victoria Insurance Company (18, _King William-st._,
E.C.; _Champneys_, _Tring_, _Herts_).
EDWARDES PLACE.
1. KEW, Frederick Edward, Esq.
Actuary to the British Prudential Insurance Company (35, _Ludgate-hill_,
E.C.)
2. CROSSE, Miss (Sarah Elizabeth).
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