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Michael StrachanIncludes new fun challenges and scoresheet linksBELGRAVIA (North)

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BELGRAVIA (North)

INTRODUCTION Belgravia is an affluent district in Central London situated mostly in the City of Westminster, and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Many of the beautiful Geor-gian town houses are owned by rich, overseas investors and often lie eerily empty. The area takes its name from the village of Belgrave, Cheshire, two miles (3!km) from the Grosvenor family's main country seat of Eaton Hall. During the Middle Ages, the area was known as the Five Fields and was a used for grazing cattle and sheep. The nearby Westbourne river was crossed by Bloody Bridge, so called because it was frequented by robbers and highwaymen, and it was unsafe at night. In 1728, a man's body was discovered by the bridge with half his face and five fingers removed. In 1749, a muffin man was robbed and left blind. Five Fields' distance from London also made it a popular spot for duelling. Despite its reputation for crime and violence, Five Fields was a pleasant area during the daytime, with various mar-ket gardens. The area began to be built up after George III moved to Buckingham House and constructed a row of houses on what is now Grosvenor Place. In the 1820s, Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster asked 1St Paul’s ChurchBelgravia housesEaton Mews North

Thomas Cubitt to design an estate. Most of Belgravia was constructed over the next 30 years; it attempted to rival Mayfair in its prestige. Belgravia is dominated by grand terraces of white stucco houses, and is focused on Belgrave Square and Eaton Square. It was one of London's most fashionable residen-tial districts from its beginnings. After World War II, some of the largest houses ceased to be used as townhouses for the country gentry and aristocracy, and were increas-ingly occupied by embassies, charities, Institutes and businesses. Belgravia has become a relatively quiet and yet distinctly prosperous district in the heart of London. To hear this Introduction please click this icon To find out more about ‘What3Words’ please click this information icon If you would like to donate an amount which will help us cover our costs and continue to work on new publications please scan or tap the QR link below: 2

Your Walk 1. If possible, walk with a friend. 2. Tell someone where you are going. 3. Take care w he n wa lk in g at n ig ht . 4. Wear sensible clothes and footwear. 5. Always take a bottle of water to avoid de-hydration. 6. Don't try to do too much in one visit. 7. Check the opening times of all Museums and Galleries online. 8. Take your camera or camera phone with batteries fully charged. 9. If you are printing out this do staple these!pages!together!. 10. Don’t forget to download your free Quiz and Plaque scoresheets by using the URL links on the next page… Start at Knightsbridge Underground station (Piccadilly line) End it at Sloane Square Underground station (District and Circle lines) Use the Transport for London (TFL) planner to plan your journey. 34.26 km 1-2 hrs

To make your walk more interesting… …we have created an on-line, interactive map which you can find by clicking the link below, or by scanning the green QR code opposite. This will only work if you are reading this guide on a smart device like an iPad: Plot-a-Route map We have also added some fun challenges - the first is a picture quiz. So you need to look out for interesting ob-jects such as ‘street furniture’, statues and architectural features shown in the I-Spy Challenge scoresheet. Click the link below, or scan the pink QR code opposite, to access a download for this scoresheet. It can then be printed or saved: I-Spy Challenge The second challenge is to ‘bag’ all the plaques along this walk. These are listed on a ‘Pastwalkers’ scoresheet along with their ‘what3words’ loca-tions. (Click the information icon op-posite for more about how ‘What3Words’ works). The plaque scores are based on age and quality rather than the importance of the person or event commemorated. Download by clicking on the link below, or by scanning the blue QR code opposite: Plaque Challenge 4Tick them off when you find them

From Knightsbridge to Sloane Square Having arrived at Knightsbridge Station follow the signs for ‘Sloane Street, Knightsbridge’ from the Piccadilly line platform and ‘Exit 2 Knightsbridge’ from the main concourse… At street level continue straight ahead along Knightsbridge until you reach Wilton Place – turn in here and look for number 8… This was once the home of the famous act-ress Lily Langtry. She lived a colourful life and had several aristocratic relationships, including one with the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII. Divert briefly down nearby Kinnerton Street to view the Wilton Arms, a Grade II listed public house built in 1825–26. Return to Wilton Place and cross the road to St Paul’s Church… St Paul’s was the first church in London to champion the ideals of the ‘Oxford Movement’ – which sought to restore a sense of Catholic order and spirituality to the Established Church, and to enrich its worship. The building was consecrated in 1843, and the chancel with its rood screen and striking reredos was added in 1892 by the eminent church architect G.F. Bodley who was also responsible for the decora- 5‘what3Words’ scan or tapLily Langtry

tion of St Luke’s Chapel. The whole building is rich in Christian imagery and symbolism: the tiled panels around the walls of the nave, created in the 1870’s by Daniel Bell, depict scenes from the life of Jesus Christ; the 14 Stations of the Cross that intersperse the tiled panels, painted in the early 1920’s by Gerald Moira, show scenes from the Crucifixion story. The St Paul's website states that "In 1900, Lady Randolph Churchill {widow of Lord Randolph Churchill}! married Captain George Cornwallis-West and the register today has the signature of the witness, her son Winston. Ser-vices were held throughout World War 2 and even exten-ded to being held in the Knightsbridge tube station. At this time, the vicarage was lent rent-free to FANY (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry) many of whom served behind en-emy lines and included the undercover agent Odette, shown opposite in 1946. The FANY memorial is included in the scoresheet because of the extreme im-portance of the sacrifices these women made. Odette Sansom, is remembered here. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire and was the first of three Second World War First Aid Nursing Yeomanry members to be awarded the George Cross for work with the SOE. She remains the only woman to have received the George Cross while alive, all other fe-male awards to date being posthumous. She was also appointed a Chevalier de la Légion d'hon-neur for her work with the French Resistance. 6Odette Sansom in 1946

Walk back across the road and continue down to number 25 where you will find the next plaque… George Bentham CMG FRS FLS (1800 –1884) was an English botanist, described as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distin-guished family, he began by studying law, but was fascinated with botany. He be-came president of the Linnaean Society in 1861, and a fellow of the Royal Society in 1862. He is best known for his taxonomic classification of plants in collaboration with Joseph Dalton Hooker. Continue along Wilton Place to number 2… 7George BenthamOdette Hallowes interview | World war Two | intelligence officer | Afternoon plus | 1980

This was the home of Earl Mountbatten of Burma and his wife the Countess Mountbatten of Burma. Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma was a member of the Brit-ish royal family, a Royal Navy officer and statesman, a ma-ternal uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edin-burgh, and a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. During the Second World War, he was Su-preme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command. He was the last Viceroy of Brit-ish India, and the first Governor-general of the Dominion of India. In August 1979, Mountbatten was assas-sinated by a bomb planted aboard his fishing boat in Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ireland, by members of the Provisional Ir-ish Republican Army. He received a cere-monial funeral at Westminster Abbey and was buried in Romsey Abbey in Hamp-shire. Retrace your steps and cross over into Wilton Crescent… Walk around to number 33 where the next plaque commemorates Alfonso López-Pumarejo, ambas-sador to the court of St James's, who was twice president of the Republic of Colombia. He lived here with his second wife, 8Earl Mountbatten of BurmaAlfonso López-Pumarejo

Olga Dávila Alzamora and when he died his body was taken by horse-drawn carriage from his residency to Westminster Cathedral where a funeral mass was held in his name. At the end of this section of Wilton Crescent cross over to view the statue of Sir Robert Grosvenor and the next plaque… Sir Robert Grosvenor, whose original estates were given to the family by William the Conqueror, sat in the House of Commons from 1733 to 1755 and was an ancestor of the present Dukes of Westminster. In 1826, having ob-tained special powers by Act of Parliament, he began to develop the parts of his London estate that were to be-come Belgravia and Pimlico. This devel-opment made the family one of the richest in Britain. At the coronation of William IV in 1831, he was created Marquess of Westminster. He enlarged the Grosvenor House art collection, then one of the best private collections in the world. He also owned some famous racehorses of the day. Take the left branch of Wilton Cres-cent by the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates and walk up Grosvenor Crescent… At the top of this road look across to Constitution Hill which is covered in another walk (Mayfair) but turn right and walk down to 6 Grosven-or Place… 9Sir Robert Grosvenor

This was the home of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman GCB PC a British statesman and Liberal politician. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 1908. He also served as Secretary of State for War twice. He was the first 'First Lord of the Treasury' to be officially called the "Prime Minister". Known widely as "CB", he firmly believed in free trade, Irish Home Rule and the im-provement of social conditions, including reduced working hours. (In 2023 there is major building work going on here which may obscure the building and plaque.) Turn down nearby Halkin Street into Belgrave Square and then turn left… There are several statues and memorials inside these beautiful gardens which can-not be viewed directly as the gardens are strictly private. Those which can be viewed from the street are marked with an asterisk * but you’ll have to walk all the way round to see them all: In memory, George Z. Kaloghirou (1915 - 2001) beloved father. * Vitruvian Man statue * Simon Bolivar (1783 - 1830) liberator of Venezuela Colombia Ecuador Peru and Panama, founder of Bolivia 10Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

* Christopher Columbus, (1446 - 1506) Dedicated to all the peoples of the Americas in com- memoration of the 500th anniversary of the encounter of the two worlds. NB There is a 2021 petition pending to remove this statue. Start of the third Millennium in Belgrave Square Presented by the sixth Duke of Westminster… to mark the start of the third millennium. Elias George Basevi (1794 - 1845) architect who designed the square. Henry the Navigator statue Continue walking around Belgrave Square and look for number 34 where you will find the next plaque… Field Marshall Viscount Gort, VC lived here. As the Commander of the British Ex-peditionary Force in 1939 – 40 he was lucky to have under his command Gener-als Alan Brook, Bernard Montgomery and Harold Alexander - all of whom went on to even higher command after this disastrous campaign and the Dunkirk evacuation. ‘As Governor of Malta (1942–44), Gort's courage and leadership during the siege was recognised by the Maltese giving him the Sword of Honour. He pushed ahead with extending the airfield into land reclaimed from the sea, against the advice of the British government, but was later 11Field Marshall Viscount Gort, VC

thanked by the War Cabinet for his foresight when the airfield proved vital to the British Mediterranean cam-paign. The King gave Gort his field marshal's baton on 20 June 1943 at Malta. On 29 September, Gort, together with Generals Eisenhower and Alexander, witnessed Marshal Badoglio signing the Italian surrender in Valletta harbour.’ Continue along this side of Belgrave Square until you can turn left into Belgrave Place… Just as you turn look for number 25, now the Norwegian Embassy. There are some interesting Coade stone reliefs and an explanatory plaque. After crossing over the entrance to Belgrave Mews South turn left again into Eaton Place… At number 29 Eaton Place there is a an old-style plaque commemorating John Lubbock. Lubbock worked in his family company as a banker but was really inter-ested in archaeology, ethnography, and several branches of biology. He coined the terms "Paleolithic" and "Neolithic" to de-note the Old and New Stone Ages, re-spectively. He helped establish archae-ology as a scientific discipline, and intro-duced the first law for the protection of the UK's archaeological and architectural heritage. Continue on to number 15 Eaton Place… 12Sir John Lubbock

The plaque here commemorates Lord Kelvin – a British mathematician and en-gineer born in Belfast. He carried out im-portant work in the mathematical analysis of electricity and formulation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics. The next plaque is close by at number 16 Eaton Place… William Ewart lived here and his blue plaque is especially appropriate because he was the British politician who, in 1863, conceived the idea of a Blue Plaque to commemorate a link between a location and a famous person or event, serving as a historical marker. It is the oldest such scheme in the world and has been emulated by many cities and civic authorit-ies all over Great Britain and the world. At the end of Eaton Place turn right into Upper Belgrave Street… . Alfred, Lord Tennyson lived at number 9 – marked by the next plaque. Often seen by contemporaries and modern readers as embodying the Victorian age in his poetry, no other poet has ever achieved his level of public recognition. In his own day he was said to be – with Queen Victoria and Prime Minister William Gladstone – one of the three most famous living persons in the western world. 13Lord KelvinWilliam Ewart

As the Victorian Poet Laureate he celeb-rated a rapidly changing industrial and mercantile world with which he had little in common. His deepest sympathies were felt towards an unchanged rural England in which the eternal beauty of nature was endangered by changing societal values. His lyric gift for sound and cadence was unequaled in the history of English poetry – something even his most severe critics have always recognised. He wrote some of the most memorable verse in the English language –portions of which are quoted even today – such as ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’. see video below… Continue along Upper Belgrave Street before turn-ing left into Wilton Street… 14Alfred, Lord Tennyson

At number 8 Wilton Street lived Henry Gray known throughout the medical world for publishing the book Gray's Anatomy. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) at the age of 25. His plaque is unusual, hav-ing a different colour – gold – instead of the usual blue and has therefore been giv-en a high score. Retrace your steps towards Upper Belgrave Street… Pause as you turn left into Upper Bel-grave street… Number 12 was the home of Walter Bagehot, now commemorated with the next plaque. Bagehot “was a British journ-alist, businessman, and essayist, who wrote extensively about government, eco-nomics, literature and race. He is known for co-founding the National Review in 1855. He also developed a form of pseudos-cientific racism, ‘whereby those of mixed race lacked any “inherited creed” or “fixed traditional sentiments” upon which, he considered, human nature depended’. He attempted to provide empirical sup-port for his views by citing, amongst oth-ers, John Lubbock, who did not accept such arguments for hereditary difference in human evolution. His views on economics were much less controversial. 15Henry GrayWalter Bagehot

As you continue walking down Upper Belgrave Street it becomes Eaton Square and on your left is the magnificent Anglican church of St Peter’s… It is a neoclassical building designed by the architect Henry Hakewill with a hexa-style portico adorned with Ionic columns and a clock tower. It has been described as one of the most beautiful churches in London and is a Grade II* listed building. There is a memorial stone plaque in the porch which is included in the scoring be-cause of its unusual nature. Austin Thompson was a priest and vicar of this Paris from 1916 to 1941. ‘On the outbreak of war an air raid shelter was established in the crypt of St Peter's. A canteen was opened by Austin Thompson and his wife in which they worked tirelessly… At 11pm each night he would say prayers before settling down in a deck chair until dawn when he would return to the vicarage. At 9pm on the night of the 17th of April 1941 an air raid began with 685 German bombers attacking London in what was the largest enemy raid of the war to that date. The bombing lasted until dawn during which time some 2,000 fires had been started and over 1,180 people had lost their lives with a further 2,230 injured. At 1.50am, a man came down to the crypt to report that something unusual was happening outside. Austin Thompson and his wife went upstairs at once but as he stepped into the portico at the west side of the church, a bomb fell in the south-western corner of the churchyard 16No photo of Austin Thompson available yet

and he was killed instantly. His wife survived as she had not stepped outside at the time. His funeral took place at St Peter's Church on the 21st of April 1941.’ (Kings School Canterbury Roll of Honour). Turn left around the church into Hobart Place and cross the road to Number 4… The English Heritage blue plaque here states that it was a house that the com-poser Felix Mendelssohn stayed in his many visits to London. It was the home of the Hanoverian embassy secretary, Karl Klingemann. Part of a three-storey terrace built in the 1830s, it is now grade II listed. Mendelssohn spent four months at this house over four or five separate stays, dur-ing which he conducted the Philharmonic Society (now Royal Philharmonic Society) and gave many organ recitals. From this house he left to dine with Isambard King-dom Brunel, which he did not enjoy, and Charles Dickens, which he very much did. After an audi-ence with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1842 the Queen wrote in her diary: ‘Really I have never heard any-thing so beautiful. Poor Mendelssohn was quite ex-hausted when he had done playing.’ Retrace your steps back to Eaton Square and divert briefly left to look at number 1 Eaton Square… This was the home of Robert, Lord Boothby a highly controversial Conservative politician. Amongst the high-lights of his early colourful life were relationships with 17Felix Mendelssohn

other politicians wives e.g. Lady Dorothy MacmIllan, working with Winston Churchill to counter appeasement, and serving with distinction in World War 2 – being awar-ded the Legion of Honour from France. He later advocated closer links with Europe and campaigned against the criminalisa-tion of homosexuality (whilst having no-torious sexual affairs with Reggie Kray and other East End gangsters). Retrace your steps back to Eaton Square and cross over to St Peter’s church… Across the road Eaton Square continues – enter this road and walk down to number 103… It was to this house that many Belgians came to volunteer their services in support of the Allies against Nazi Germany. The plaque here was unveiled by H.M. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother on 21st June 1964. Eaton Square, was designed in the clas-sic Georgian style between 1827 and 1849 by builder Thomas Cubitt and de-veloper Seth-Smith. Cubit designed this northern, slightly more prestigious side of the square, whilst Seth-Smith the south-ern. The differences are small, with the north generally featuring slightly grander and larger apartments. 18Young Boothby103 Eaton Square

Most of the houses are decorated in rich cream stucco. Fine motifs embellish the facades of the properties, with the finest being centrally located amongst the properties on both sides of the square. Further classical references are observed from the projecting Doric porches that let you into the buildings from the street. Continue walking down to number 93 Eaton Square, the home of Stanley Baldwin… The blue plaque here commemorates Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Be-wdley, KG, PC, PC (Can), JP, FRS (1867 – 1947), a British Conservative statesman who dominated the British government between the two world wars, serving as Prime Minister on three occasions. The site of the next blue plaque is 86 Eaton Square… This was the home of another politician – Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, In the dangerous period following the defeat of the French and British armies in 1940 and the evacuation of Dunkirk, Halifax played a controversial and leading part. The Prime Minister at the time was Neville Chamberlain who was under severe pressure to hand over power to another Conservative. Halifax was preferred by many in the Conservative party and by King George VI, but deferred to Churchill as the best choice for war leader. The opposition Labour Party under Clement Attlee would only serve under Churchill 19Stanley Baldwin

and so the public excuse was made that Halifax was unable to become prime Min-ster because he held a seat in the House of Lords. Walk a little further on to number 80 Eaton Square… This was the London home of George Pe-abody, (1795 – 1869) an American financi-er and widely regarded as the father of modern philanthropy. Born into a poor family in Massachusetts, Peabody went into business in dry goods and later into banking. In 1837 he moved to London (which was then the capital of world finance) where he became the most noted American banker and helped to establish the young country's international credit. Having no son of his own to whom he could pass on his business, Peabody took on Junius Spencer Morgan as a partner in 1854 and their joint busi-ness became J.P. Morgan & Co. after Pe-abody's 1864 retirement. In his old age, Peabody won worldwide acclaim for his philanthropy. He founded the Peabody Trust which still maintains and manages many large estates and properties in and around London. He also founded the Peabody Institute as the first major intellectual and arts centre in an American city, and the George Peabody Library in Baltimore. 20Edward Wood, Lord HalifaxGeorge Peabody

For his generosity, he was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and made a Freeman of the City of London, among many other honours. Retrace your steps back along Eaton Square to the entrance to Lyall Street… Walk up Lyall Street past Eaton Mews North, Eaton Place and Lyall Mews West to reach number 2 Lyall Street… It was here that Thomas Cubitt lived -– the son of a Norfolk carpenter, who jour-neyed to India as a young ship's carpenter to earn enough to start his own building firm in 1810 on Gray's Inn Road, London. He was one of the first builders to have a 'modern' system of employing all the trades under his own direct management. His first major building project was the London Institution in Finsbury Circus, built in 1815. After this he worked primarily on speculative housing at Camden Town, Is-lington, and especially at Highbury Park, Stoke Newington. His collaborations with wealthy, aristocratic landowners saw the development of areas of Bloomsbury, including Gordon Square and Tavistock Square, began in 1820, for a group of landowners including the Duke of Bedford. He was commissioned in 1824 by Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, to create a great swathe of building in Belgravia centred on Belgrave Square and Pimlico, in what was to become his greatest achievement in London. 21Thomas Cubitt

Make your way back down Lyall Street and turn left into Eaton Place… Look out for number 43 Eaton Place where there is a plaque remembering another government in exile during World War 2. In this case it was the Polish Government formed in the aftermath of the Invasion of Poland of September 1939, and the subsequent occupation of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union, which brought to an end the Second Polish Re-public. Władysław Sikorski, shown right, was the first Prime Minister of the Polish government in exile. Despite the occupation of Poland by hos-tile powers, (German and Russian), the government-in-exile exerted considerable influence in Poland through the Polish Un-derground State and its Home Army, the Armia Krajowa resistance. Abroad, under the authority of the government-in-exile, Polish military units that had escaped the occupation fought valiantly under their own commanders as part of Allied forces in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Turn left and walk up Lowndes Place looking for number 8… This was the home of William Walton an English composer. During a sixty-year ca-reer, he wrote music in several musical genres and styles, from film scores to op-era. His best-known works include Façade, 22Wladyslaw SikorskiWilliam Walton

a collaboration with the poet Edith Sitwell, the cantata Belshazzar's Feast, the Viola Concerto, the First Sym-phony, and the British coronation anthems Crown Imperi-al and Orb and Sceptre. Walton did not really credit his work for the British film industry but, in the example linked below – Henry V – he composed some of his most expressive and evocative music romantic music. Continue up Lowndes Place turning briefly left into Pont Street and then left into Chesham Place. Look for number 37 Chesham Place as you turn the corner… This was the home of yet another influential politician Lord John Russell. – a British Whig and Liberal statesman who served two terms as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. In 1828 he took a leading role in the repeal of the Test Acts which discriminated against Catholics and Protestant dissenters. 23‘Touch her soft lips and part’ from the suite composed for Lawrence Oliver’s film of Henry V

He was one of the principal architects of the Reform Act 1832, which was the first major reform of Parliament since the Res-toration, and a significant early step on the road to democracy and away from rule by the aristocracy and landed gentry. He fa-voured expanding the right to vote to the middle classes and enfranchising Britain's growing industrial towns and cities but he never advocated fundamental democratic principles such as universal suffrage and he opposed the secret ballot. Take the first turning left along Che-sham Place and turn left at the end of this street into Chesham Street… Continue into Eaton Place to the entrance to West Eaton Place… Just as you you turn into West Eaton Place look for number 99 Eaton Place where you’ll find the next (private) plaque. Fryderyk Chopin, or, as it is more often written, Frédéric Chopin, gave his first London concert in this house, June 23 1848. This was a momentous year in Eu-ropean history with revolutions and upris-ingsacross the continent unseating many aristocratic and repressive regimes. Chopin lost his most ardent wealthy sup-porters and accepted an invitation from a devoted pupil, Jane Stirling and her eld-erly sister Mrs. Katherine Erskine, who pro- 24Lord John RussellFrederic Chopin

posed that Chopin should come to London, where they promised to find him both pupils and engagements. Stirl-ing must have been a good pianist, as well as a good friend, for in 1844 he dedicated two nocturnes to her. Chopin took up the sisters' proposal, arriving in London on April 21st and Henry Broadwood, of the piano-making family, arranged two semi-public concerts for Chopin, to bring in much-needed revenue, the first of which was at this house. Carry on down West Eaton Place and turn left into Eaton Terrace… At the end of Eaton Terrace turn right into Cliveden Place… The plaque at number 23 dedicated to Aneurin Bevan and Jenny Lee, two re-spected British Labour politicians, has been noted for this walk but not included for scoring, having been allocated to the Chelsea Walk. Continue to Sloane Square and the Underground Station where this walk ends. 25

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