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| English Heritage Reference: | 487870 |
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| RBKC Reference: | 249/80/119 |
| Property: | TOMB OF HRH THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE |
| Street: | HARROW ROAD , W10 |
| Date: | 13/06/2001 |
| Grade: | II |
| Grouped: | GV |
| Description: | Mausoleum of the Duke of Cambridge, died 1904. Pink and grey granite. Arched doorway on south face flanked by plinths, set below cavetto cornice; battered side walls with roll mouldings to corners; stepped roof with curved finial; marble posts with chains to border of plot. History: grandson of George III, Cambridge served as Commander in Chief of the British Army for 39 years at the height of imperial power and is remembered for his hostility to reform. He is buried here with his morganatic wife Sarah Fairbrother, a pantomime actress subsequently known as Mrs Fitzgeorge. |
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