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Joseph Child Priestley
Sir Joseph Child Priestley (11 January 1862 – 9 June 1941) was an English barrister and magistrate, active in public life in Hertfordshire. Early life Priestley was born at No. 31, Somerset Street, Portman Square, Marylebone on 11 January 1862, the son of Sir William Overend Priestley and his wife, Lady Eliza (the daughter of Robert Chambers (publisher born 1802), Robert Chambers, the well known publisher, of Edinburgh). He entered Marlborough College in 1876, where he was a member of Preshute House. He left the school at the end of the Christmas term, 1878, and was admitted as a pensioner at Pembroke College, Cambridge on 11 October 1880. He graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in 1884. Around 1884, he entered into a partnership with Horatio Hooper and William Campbell as ship owners and ship managers, at No. 15, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff, under the style or firm of ''Hooper, Campbell, and Co''. He was commissioned and appointed as a Lieutenant in the 1st Glamorganshire Artil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portman Square
Portman Square is a garden square in Marylebone, central London, surrounded by elegant townhouses. It was specifically for private housing let on long leases having a ground rent by the Portman Estate, which owns the private communal gardens. It marks the western end of Wigmore Street, which connects it to Cavendish Square to the east. History Context and development It was built between 1765 and 1784 on land belonging to Henry William Portman. An infantry barracks, Portman Square Barracks, was built between Portman and Orchard Streets; it was demolished in about 1860. At the east end of the garden, thus marking one end of Baker Street and of Orchard Street (a short link to Oxford Street) is the Hamilton Memorial Drinking fountain. This was provided by Mariana Augusta, under the auspices of the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association, in honour of her late husband Sir John James Hamilton, 2nd Baronet, briefly MP for Sudbury. The fountain is statutor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |