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Arthur 'Peggy' Bettinson, John Fleming, The National Sporting Club, and Hugh Cecil Lowther green plaque
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Arthur 'Peggy' Bettinson, John Fleming, The National Sporting Club, and Hugh Cecil Lowther green plaque

Arthur 'Peggy' Bettinson

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Inscription

“This building was once known as The National Sporting Club March 1891-October 1929 which under its president Hugh Cecil Lowther the Fifth Earl of Lonsdale and co-founders Arthur 'Peggy' Bettinson and John Fleming became the home of modern glove boxing”

Details

43 King Street, Covent Garden

WC2E

Erected 2015

City of Westminster

Organisation

People & Places Honored

  • Arthur 'Peggy' Bettinson

  • John Fleming

  • The National Sporting Club

    club · (1891-1929)

  • Hugh Cecil Lowther

    Earl of Lonsdale · (1857-1944)

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Within walking distance