Montagu House (sometimes spelled "Montague") was a late 17th-century mansion in Great Russell Street in the Bloomsbury district of London, which became...
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Montagu House or Montague House may refer to: Montagu House, Bloomsbury, former mansion that became first home of the British Museum, also known as Montague...
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The House of Montagu (/ˈmɒntəɡjuː/, MON-tə-ghew), also known throughout history as Montagud, Montaigu, Montague, Montacute (Latin: de Monte Acuto, lit...
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Montagu House in Whitehall, Westminster, London, England, was the town house built by John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu (1690–1749), whose country seat...
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to the Buccleuch family. After his death, his town residence, Montagu House, Bloomsbury, on the present site of the British Museum, received and for many...
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same year he was created Duke of Montagu and Marquess of Monthermer. His London residence, Montagu House, Bloomsbury, was bought by the government in...
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Montague Somerset, England Montagu House, Bloomsbury, the first home of the British Museum, also known as Montague House Montagu House, Portman Square, built...
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squares. The Earl's own house, then known as Southampton House and later as Bedford House after the square and the rest of the Bloomsbury Estate passed by marriage...
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demolished buildings and structures in London Montagu House, Bloomsbury Montagu House, Whitehall Montagu House, Blackheath 51°30′59″N 0°09′28″W / 51.5163°N...
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Palace in Prague, designed by Francesco Caratti, is completed. Montagu House, Bloomsbury, London, designed by Robert Hooke, is completed. 1671: December...
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The Bloomsbury Group or Bloomsbury Set was a group of associated English writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists in the early 20th century. Among...
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Montagu House, Bloomsbury Montagu House, Whitehall Newcastle House Old Rectory, Wimbledon Orleans House Ormonde House Osterley Park Pembroke House, Richmond...
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dried plants, and animal and human skeletons, was initially housed in Montagu House, Bloomsbury, in 1756, which was the home of the British Museum. Most...
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crypt houses the Museum of Comedy. The Commissioners for the Fifty New Churches Act of 1711 realised that, due to rapid development in the Bloomsbury area...
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and anti-Catholic party in the House of Commons. He moved to Montagu House, Bloomsbury on the current site of the British Museum. His political support...
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Rye House Plot, becomes the last woman executed for political treason in England. Kensington Square laid out. 1686 January: Montagu House, Bloomsbury is...
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Murillo Dalkeith Palace Montagu House, Bloomsbury Montagu House, Whitehall Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (1994), Great Houses of England & Wales, London:...
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Noble Households (category Country houses in England)
Part I: Montagu Inventories Montagu House, Bloomsbury, London, 1709 and 1733 Boughton House, Northamptonshire, 1709, 1718 and 1730 Ditton House, Buckinghamshire...
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The Bloomsbury Gang, also known as the Bedford party, was a political party formed in the United Kingdom in 1765 by John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford....
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Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, William III's Master of the Great Wardrobe for supplying carved and gilded frames for Montagu House, Bloomsbury, London...
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Museum, which first opened to the public in 1759 in Montagu House, is at the heart of Bloomsbury. At the centre of the museum the space around the former...
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51.5210; -0.1287 Senate House is the administrative centre of the University of London, situated in the heart of Bloomsbury, London, immediately to the...
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bearing the MHF (Montagu Henry Foster) school badge were worn. In winter bowlers were worn for church with boaters in the summer." Montagu died in April...
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by Henry Flitcroft, as "Montagu House", for George Montagu, created 1st Duke of Montagu, who had moved from nearby Bloomsbury. It was refurbished once...
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Mary Montagu, Duchess of Montagu (c.1711/1712 – 2 May 1775), known as Countess of Cardigan between 1730 and 1749, was the wife of George Brudenell, 4th...
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Schoonjans traveled to England where he painted the stairwell in Montagu House, Bloomsbury and also made a portrait of a certain doctor Peeters. In 1706...
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Field of the Forty Footsteps, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1979 Montagu House, Bloomsbury John O'London (1926). London Stories. London: George Newnes. p...
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of the United Kingdom Prehistoric Britain Roman Britain Timeline of architectural styles List of country houses in the United Kingdom Nikolaus Pevsner...
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– The Death of Cleopatra Jacques Rousseau – Wall paintings at Montagu House, Bloomsbury (now lost) (three artists) – Hanging painting of the Avalokitesvara...
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Queen Square, London (redirect from Queen Square, Bloomsbury)
Queen Square is a garden square in the Bloomsbury district of central London. Many of its buildings are associated with medicine, particularly neurology...
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