Hans Sloane and Henry VIII blue plaque
Hans Sloane · Benefactor of the British Museum
Inscription
“King Henry VIII’s Manor House stood here until 1753 when it was demolished after the death of its last occupant, Sir Hans Sloane. Nos. 19 to 26 Cheyne Walk were built on its site in 1759-65. The old manor house garden still lies beyond the end wall of Cheyne Mews and contains some mulberry trees said to have been planted by Queen Elizabeth I.”
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1660-1753
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23 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, SW3
SW3
Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
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Hans Sloane
benefactor of the British Museum, physician, President of the Royal Society, and Baronet Sloane of Chelsea · (1660-1753)
Henry VIII
father of Edward VI, father of Elizabeth I of England, husband of Anne of Cleeves, King of England, son of Henry VII, husband of Anne Boleyn, husband of Catherine of Aragon, husband of Jane Seymour, husband of Catherine Howard, son of Elizabeth of York, husband of Catherine Parr, Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Wales, father of Mary I of England, and father of Henry, Duke of Cornwall · (1491-1547)
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