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Title: Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Thornbury, Walter, 1828-1876
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Publisher: London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin
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nch of the profession, heAA-as, at the age of thirty-fiA^e, called to the bar atthe Inner Temple. In 1820 he Avas engaged asone of the counsel for Queen Caroline on hertrial in the House of Lords, Avhich, doubtless,brought him a handsome fee ; and he is said tohaA-e had a retaining fee of 3,000 guineas in thecase of the British Iron Company against Mr. JohnAttwood. Before his accession to the UpperHouse on being made Lord Chancellor, he satin the House of Commons as member for NeAvark,. OLD AND NEW LONDON. (Belgravia. and also for the City of Worcester. He died in1855, immensely rich, having married, as his secondwife, a daughter of the late Duke of Sussex. At the east end of the square is St. PetersChurch, an Ionic building designed by Hakewill, western end of the square, was erected in 1S44,the foundation-stone being laid by Earl Grosvenor,father of the present Duke of Westminster ; and itwas built from the designs of Mr. Thomas Cundyin the Decorated style of the fourteenth centur).
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Interior of the court-yard of Old Tattersall's - and consecrated in 1S27. The altar-piece, Christcrowned with thorns, was painted by W. Hilton,R.A., and presented to the church by the BritishInstitution. Chester Snjuare, which almost abuts upon thenorth side of Eaton Square, was commenced aboutthe year 1S40, and was so called after the City ofChester, near which place Eaton Hall is situated.The picturesque Gothic church of St. Michael.which stands in a commanding position at tlie Its principal external feature is the tower, with alofty spii-e, which, till some additions to the body ofthe church were made in 1874, appeared to besomewhat out of proportion to the remainder ofthe fabric. Ebury Street and Ebury Square were so calledfrom t:bury or Eabery Farm, which stood on thissite. The farm embraced upwards of 400 acres,meadow and pasture, and was let on lease byQueen Elizabeth for the sum of ^21 per annum, iclgravia. ) LOWNDES SQUARE. 13 to a person named Whashe, by whom, as Strypetells us, the same was let to

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