The Aristocracy of London: Part I: Kensington: Titled, Untitled, Professional, & CommercialAnonymous
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The Aristocracy of London: Part I: Kensington: Titled, Untitled, Professional, & Commercial
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Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- London
2. ETHERINGTON, Charles, Esq.
A solicitor; member of the Incorporated Law Society, and Solicitor’s
Benevolent Institute. Perpetual commissioner for Kent (7, _Dane’s-inn_,
_Strand_; _Chatham_).
_The Observatory_. SOUTH, Sir James, Kt.
S. of the late Mr. South, druggist, of Southwark. M. Ann, (she died,
1851) niece and sole heiress of the late Joseph Ellis, Esq., of South
Lambeth. A member of the College of Surgeons. Formerly in practice in
Blackman Street, Southwark; removed to Kensington, in 1823. Has devoted
himself to astronomy; compiled, in conjunction with Sir J. Herschel, a
catalogue of 380 stars; a founder of the Astronomical Society, in 1820.
Has filled the presidential chair; knighted in 1830; enjoys a pension of
£300 a year on the civil list, for his contributions to astronomy. His
observatory contains many fine equatorial instruments, and is known among
men of science throughout Europe. Author of “The Curiosities of
Science.” A Fellow of the Royal Society of London and Edinburgh; Fellow
of the Linnæan Society: hon. member of the Royal Irish Academy (_Athenæum
Club_).
_Stanhope Villa_. PRANCE, Vaughan, Esq.
A solicitor (37, _New Bridge-street_, _Blackfriars_, E.C.)
_Clifton Villa_. RANKLEY, Alfred, Esq.
An artist. B. in Marylebone.
SUSSEX PLACE.
9. APPELL, John William, Esq.
B. in Offenbach on the Main, 1829; m. Frances, dau. of the late W. Andrew
Bond, Esq. of Ashford Kent; Author of several works in German on the
history of Literature.
11. BONAR, William, Esq.
Secretary to the General Ship-owners’ Society (12, _St. Michael’s Alley_,
_Cornhill_, E.C.)
22. GAMBARDELLA, Spiridione, Esq.
An artist.
26. DOWNER, Horace Charles, Esq.
A stock-broker of the firm of Faulconer and Downer; member of the Stock
Exchange (12, _Copthall Court_, E.C.)
28. DE FONTBLANQUE, Thomas Francis, Esq.
In the Accountant General’s Department of the War Office (_Pall Mall_,
S.W.)
31. PURCELL, Lyndsay Dillon, Esq.
A member of the Middle Temple; c. to the bar, 1843 (1, _Cloisters
Temple_, E.C.)
33. HENSMAN, Henry, Esq.
In the Engineer’s Department of the Bank of England (_Threadneedle
Street_, E.C.)
TOR VILLAS.
1. HUNT, William Holman, Esq.
Painter; b. in London 1827; an eminent pre-Raphaelite; first exhibited in
the Academy, 1846.
2. SMITH, George, Esq.
An artist.
_Campden Lodge_. THEED, William, Esq.
A sculptor (12_a_, _Henrietta Street_, _Cavendish Square_, W.)
UPPER BEDFORD PLACE.
2. SAUNDERS, Josiah, Esq.
A dentist, of the firm of Featherstone and Saunders (42,
_Albemarle-street_, W.)
UPPER HORNTON VILLAS.
6. WESTENHOLZ, André P., Esq.
A merchant, of the firm of Westenholz, Bros. (26, _Mark-lane_, E.C.)
UPPER KENSINGTON GORE.
_Eden Lodge_. EDEN, Honourable Emily,
Sister of Lord Auckland (_Velletta_, _Broadstairs_, _Kent_).
2. HAMMERSLEY, Hugh, Esq.
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