FRANK BRIDGE - 4 Bedford Gardens Holland Park London W8 7EH

Bedford Gardens is a street in Kensington, London. It runs west–east from

Campden Hill Road Campden Hill Road is a street in Kensington, London W8. It runs north to south from Notting Hill Gate to Kensington High Street. History Campden Hill Road was originally called Plough Lane. By 1879, William Abbott, a stockbroker, "held the lea ...

to Kensington Church Street. The street was originally called Bedford Place. In 1824, William Hall the elder and William Hall the younger planned to build more or less identical late Georgian terraces on both sides of the street. Only the eastern halves were finished, due to the sudden death of William Hall the younger in 1829 or 1830. The western end was developed largely with semi-detached houses.

Marie Rambert Dame Marie Rambert, Mrs Dukes DBE (20 February 188812 June 1982) was a Polish-born English dancer and pedagogue who exerted great influence on British ballet, both as a dancer and teacher. Early years and background Born to a liberal Lithuan ...

had a ballet school and studio there in 1920, and remained there until 1927, when she moved to the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate, which became the home of the Ballet Rambert until 1987. In the early 1980s, Roger Tully purchased Rambert's late nineteenth-century dance studio in Bedford Gardens. Number 77 became a studio and living space for several artists;

Robert Colquhoun Robert Colquhoun (20 December 1914 – 20 September 1962) was a Scottish painter, printmaker and theatre set designer. Colquhoun was born in Kilmarnock and was educated at Kilmarnock Academy. He won a scholarship to study at the Glasgow ...

Robert MacBryde Robert MacBryde (5 December 1913 – 6 May 1966) was a Scottish still-life and figure painter and a theatre set designer. Early life and career MacBryde was born in Maybole, Ayrshire, to John MacBryde, a cement labourer, and Agnes Kennedy Mac ...

and John Minton, as well as

Jankel Adler Jankel Adler (born Jankiel Jakub Adler; 26 July 1895 – 25 April 1949) was a Polish Jewish painter and printmaker. Biography Jankiel Jakub Adler was born as the seventh of ten children in Tuszyn, a suburb of Łódź. In 1912 he began training ...

Notable residents

Frank Bridge 4 Bedford Gardens blue plaque

Notable residents have included: * #77

(1895–1949), Polish painter and printmaker *

William Thomas Blanford William Thomas Blanford (7 October 183223 June 1905) was an English geologist and naturalist. He is best remembered as the editor of a major series on '' The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma''. Biography Blanford was born ...

, geologist and naturalist * #4

Frank Bridge Frank Bridge (26 February 187910 January 1941) was an English composer, violist and conductor. Life Bridge was born in Brighton, the ninth child of William Henry Bridge (1845-1928), a violin teacher and variety theatre conductor, formerly a m ...

(1879-1941), composer, violist and conductor * #43 Archibald Ross Colquhoun, first

Administrator of Southern Rhodesia The British South Africa Company appointed a variety of officials to govern Southern Rhodesia (called Zimbabwe since 1980) between 1890 and 1923. The most prominent of these were the Administrator and the Chief Magistrate, the first of which was i ...

* #77

(1914-1962), painter, printmaker and theatre set designer * #12

Edgar Downs Edgar Downs, ROI, (1876–1963) was a British painter, known for painting agricultural scenes. Downs was born on 12 October 1876 at Claughton, Birkenhead, the son of William Downs. He was educated at Birkenhead School and the Academy of Fine ...

(1876–1963), artist *

Henry Justice Ford Henry Justice Ford (1860–1941) was a prolific and successful English artist and illustrator, active from 1886 through to the late 1920s. Sometimes known as H. J. Ford or Henry J. Ford, he came to public attention when he provided the numerous ...

(1860–1941), artist and illustrator * #5

Eva Le Gallienne Eva Le Gallienne (January 11, 1899 – June 3, 1991) was a British-born American stage actress, producer, director, translator, and author. A Broadway star by age 21, Le Gallienne gave up her Broadway appearances to devote herself to founding t ...

(1899-1991), actress, producer and director * #5 Richard Le Gallienne (1866-1947), author and poet * #77

(1913–1966), still-life and figure painter and theatre set designer * #77 John Minton (1917-1957), painter, illustrator, stage designer and teacher * #77 Arthur Berry (1925-1994), painter, poet, playwright and teacher * #48

Charles Mozley Charles Alfred Mozley (29 May 1914 – 11 January 1991) was a British artist who was also a teacher. He was a prolific book illustrator and designer of book covers, posters and prints. Biography Mozley was born in Darnall, Sheffield, and, ...

(1914-1991), artist * Andrew Dickson Murray (1812–1878), lawyer, botanist, zoologist and entomologist * #54 Alfred Parsons (1847–1920), illustrator, landscape painter and garden designer * #52 Henry Edward Watts (1826–1904), journalist

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