In his own way he had been a public servant—a combination bounty hunter and prosecutor who tracked down thieves and recovered stolen property, a useful figure in 18th-century London, which had ...

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He hated the name, changing it to Strawberry Hill House and created “the prettiest bauble you ever saw”. His little Gothic castle is a fantasy of pinnacles, towers and battlements — gleaming white, it ...

Soubise was a freed slave and 18th-century London socialite described as a "sartorial impresario." But modern-day examples include Prince, André Leon Talley, André 3000, Dapper Dan ...

sash and French casement windows and wrought iron balcony contribute to its "special architectural and historic" interest The owner of a listed 18th Century townhouse in London's Mayfair has been ...