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Samuel Pepys, Robert Harley, William Etty, and Clarkson Stanfield brown plaque
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Samuel Pepys, Robert Harley, William Etty, and Clarkson Stanfield brown plaque

Samuel Pepys · Diarist

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“In a house formerly standing on this site lived Samuel Pepys 1633-1703 diarist and Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford 1661-1724 statesman and in this house lived William Etty 1787-1849 painter and Clarkson Stanfield 1793-1867 painter”

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1633-1703

Life dates

14 Buckingham Street, Westminster, WC2

WC2N

Erected 1908

administered by English Heritage as part of the London wide plaque scheme, London County Council

Organisation

People & Places Honored

  • Samuel Pepys

    diarist, Secretary of the Admiralty, President of the Royal Society, son of John Pepys, Member of Parliament, and Member of Parliament · (1633-1703)

  • Robert Harley

    statesman and Earl of Oxford · (1661-1724)

  • William Etty

    painter, Royal Academician, and founder of the York Footpath Preservation Society · (1787-1849)

  • Clarkson Stanfield

    painter, marine painter, landscape painter, seaman, theatrical scenic artist, and Royal Academician · (1793-1867)

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