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| English Heritage Reference: | 487787 |
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| RBKC Reference: | 249/80/41 |
| Property: | TOMB OF JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE, BARON BROUGHTON DE GYFFORD |
| Street: | HARROW ROAD , W10 |
| Date: | 03/07/1998 |
| Grade: | II |
| Grouped: | GV |
| Description: | Tomb of John Cam Hobhouse (deceased 1869). By Lander and Co., masons. Carrara marble. Massive eared sarcophagus with ridged roof on four squat colonettes, standing on a stepped base, placed on slab of York stone. History: Hobhouse, a close friend of Byron's in his youth, became a writer, Whig MP and minister. Inscribed `He was eminent alike in political and literary life and after a public career of success and honour found unbroken happiness in domestic repose' |
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