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St Andrew's Hospital, Dollis Hill
St. Andrew's Hospital was a general hospital situated in Dollis Hill in north west London. History The hospital was financed through the will of a French benefactor, Marguerite Amice Piou, with the land to build it acquired for £8,500. It had 100 beds when it was opened by Sir David Burnett, Lord Mayor of London, in March 1913. The hospital was placed under the management of the Order of the Poor Servants of the Mother of God and, two years later, of the Sisters of Mercy. In 1914 it became a military hospital to treat injured Belgian soldiers. Visitors at that time included the Duke and Duchess of Vendôme as well as the Prince and Princess Victor Napoléon. The hospital was disclaimed by the National Health Service in 1948 and remained private. It was sold to Brent Council in 1972 and was closed the following year. It has since been demolished. The hospital had many famous patients including Lionel Logue, the speech therapist who helped King George VI overcome his pronounced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dollis Hill
Dollis Hill is an area in northwest London, which consists of the streets surrounding the 35 hectares (86 acres) Gladstone Park. It is served by a London Underground station, Dollis Hill, on the Jubilee line, providing good links to central London. It is in the London Borough of Brent, close to Willesden Green, Neasden and Cricklewood, and is in the postal districts of NW2 and NW10. The area is mainly residential (Edwardian terraced and 1920s/30s semi-detached houses) with a restaurant, greengrocer and convenience stores near the underground station. The Dollis Hill ward has the highest Irish population in London. Dollis Hill played a part in the Second World War as the code-breaking computer used at Bletchley Park was built at the Post Office Research Station in Dollis Hill and the rarely used alternative Cabinet War Room bunker for Winston Churchill's government was dug underground here. History The Dollis Hill Estate was formed in the early 19th century, when the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lord Mayors Of London
List of all Lord Mayor of the City of London, mayors and lord mayors of London (leaders of the City of London Corporation, and Citizen, first citizens of the City of London, Middle Ages, from medieval times). Until 1354, the title held was Mayor of London. The dates are those of Election law, election to Official, office (Michaelmas Day on 29 September, excepting those years when it fell on the Sabbath) and office is not actually entered until the second week of November. Therefore, the years 'Elected' below do not represent the main calendar year of service. In 2006 the title ''Lord Mayor of the City of London'' was devised, for the most part, to avoid confusion with the office of Mayor of London. However, the legal and commonly used title and Style (manner of address), style remains Lord Mayor of London. Mayors before 1300 ;Notes 14th century ;Notes Lord mayors 14th century ;Notes 15th century ;Notes 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poor Servants Of The Mother Of God
The Poor Servants of the Mother of God are a religious congregation founded in 1869 by Mary Magdalen of the Sacred Heart, Frances Margaret Taylor. She was closely assisted by her friend and benefactor Lady Georgiana Fullerton, and following her death, by her husband, A G Fullerton (1808-1907). History Frances Taylor had served as a nurse in the Crimea, where she encountered the Sisters of Mercy. She was received into the Roman Catholic Church by Father Woollett on 14 April 1855, and later wrote a book about her wartime experiences. Upon her return to England, she consulted Henry Edward Manning, rector of St Mary of the Angels, Bayswater, who put her in touch with Catholic charitable organisations, allowing her to work with the London poor as she desired.Steele, Francesca. "Frances Margaret Taylor. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sisters Of Mercy
The Sisters of Mercy is a religious institute of Catholic women founded in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland, by Catherine McAuley. As of 2019, the institute had about 6200 sisters worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations. They also started many education and health care facilities around the world. History Founding The Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy began when Catherine McAuley used an inheritance to build a large house on Baggot Street, Dublin, as a school for poor girls and a shelter for homeless servant girls and women. She was assisted in the works of the house by local women. There was no idea then of founding a religious institution; McAuley's plan was to establish a society of secular ladies who would spend a few hours daily in instructing the poor. Gradually the ladies adopted a black dress and cape of the same material reaching to the belt, a white collar and a lace cap and veil. In 1828, Archbishop Daniel Murray advised Miss McAuley to choose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Emmanuel, Duke Of Vendôme
Prince Emmanuel of Orléans, Duke of Vendôme (Philippe Emmanuel Maximilien Marie Eudes; 18 January 1872 – 1 February 1931) was a French royal from the House of Orléans. Early life Emmanuel was born in Obermais, Meran on 18 January 1872. He was the second child and only son of Ferdinand Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Alençon and his wife Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria.de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery. Paris. 2002. pp. 474–476 (French) His mother was the famed ''duchesse d'Alençon'' who died in a fire at a charity bazaar in Paris on 4 May 1897. His older sister, Louise d'Orléans, married Prince Alfons of Bavaria. His paternal grandparents were Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours (son of Queen Maria and King Louis Philippe, who was forced to abdicate after the outbreak of the French Revolution of 1848) and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (a first cousin of Queen Victoria). His maternal grandparents were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Henriette Of Belgium
nl, Henriëtte Maria Charlotte Antonia , father = Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders , mother = Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen , birth_date = , birth_place = Brussels, Belgium , death_date = , death_place = Sierre, Valais, Switzerland , religion = Roman Catholicism , signature = Signature of Princess Henriette of Belgium, Duchess of Vendôme in 1884.png Princess Henriette of Belgium (30 November 1870 – 28 March 1948), was the daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern. She was the younger twin sister of Princess Joséphine Marie of Belgium, who died at the age of six weeks in 1871. Marriage and family She married in Brussels, Belgium, on 12 February 1896 Prince Emmanuel d'Orléans (18 January 1872 – 1 February 1931). He was a son of Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon, and Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, and was a great-grandson of King Louis Philippe I of France. The couple had four childre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor, Prince Napoléon
Victor, Prince Napoléon, titular 3rd Prince of Montfort (''Napoléon Victor Jérôme Frédéric Bonaparte''; 18 July 1862 – 3 May 1926), was the Bonapartist pretender to the French throne from 1879 until his death in 1926. He was known as Napoléon V by those who supported his claim. Biography Early life He was born in the Palais Royal of Paris during the Second French Empire the son of Napoleon's nephew Prince Napoleon and his wife, Princess Marie Clothilde of Savoy, daughter of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy. He had two younger siblings, Prince Louis (1864–1932) and Princess Maria Letizia Bonaparte (1866–1926), later the Duchess of Aosta. At the time of his birth in 1862, he was third in the line of succession to the throne behind Napoléon, Prince Imperial and his father Prince Napoleon. The Empire came to an end in 1870 with the abdication of the Emperor Napoleon III. Bonaparte heir He was appointed head of the house of Bonaparte at the age of 18 in the will of Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Clémentine Of Belgium
, title = Princess Napoléon , image = Clementine of Belgium.jpg , image_size = 250px , caption = Princess Clementine, ca. 1895. , birth_date = , birth_place = Palace of Laeken, Laeken, Brussels, Belgium , death_date = , death_place = Clair-Vallon Villa, Cimiez, Nice, French Fourth Republic , burial_place = Imperial Chapel, Ajaccio, Corsica , house = Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , father = Leopold II of Belgium , mother = Archduchess Marie Henriette of Austria , spouse = , issue = Princess Marie Clotilde BonaparteLouis, Prince Napoléon Princess Clémentine of Belgium (french: Clémentine Albertine Marie Léopoldine, nl, Clementina Albertina Maria Leopoldina; 30 July 1872 – 8 March 1955), was by birth a Princess of Belgium and member of the House of Wettin in the branch of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (as such she was also styled Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duchess in Saxony). In 1910, she became Princess Napoléon and ''de jure'' Empress consort of the Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Health Service
The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the "NHS" name ( NHS England, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales). Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland was created separately and is often locally referred to as "the NHS". The four systems were established in 1948 as part of major social reforms following the Second World War. The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care. In England, NHS patients have to pay prescription charges; some, such as those aged over 60 and certain state ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Logue
Lionel George Logue, (26 February 1880 – 12 April 1953) was an Australian speech and language therapist and amateur stage actor who helped King George VI manage his stammer. Early life and family Lionel George Logue was born in College Town, Adelaide, South Australia, the oldest of four children. His grandfather Edward Logue, originally from Dublin, in 1856 founded Logue's Brewery, a predecessor of the South Australian Brewing Company. His parents were George Edward Logue, an accountant at his grandfather's brewery who later managed the Burnside Hotel and the Elephant and Castle Hotel, and Lavinia Rankin.Logue and Conradi, p. 16. Although not a Catholic himself, he was reportedly related to Michael Cardinal Logue, a native of County Donegal, who was the Roman Catholic Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He attended Prince Alfred College between 1889 and 1896. Unable to decide what to study, Logue came across Longf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George VI
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until Death and state funeral of George VI, his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of India from 1936 until the British Raj was dissolved in August 1947, and the first Head of the Commonwealth following the London Declaration of 1949. The future George VI was born in the reign of his great-grandmother Queen Victoria; he was named Albert at birth after his great-grandfather Albert, Prince Consort, and was known as "Bertie" to his family and close friends. His father ascended the throne as George V in 1910. As the second son of the king, Albert was not expected to inherit the throne. He spent his early life in the shadow of his elder brother, Edward VIII, Prince Edward, the heir apparent. Albert attended naval college as a teenager and served in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force during the W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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