Fauconberg House
Fauconberg House was a house in Soho Square, in Soho in the City of Westminster, London.[1] It was occupied from 1683 to 1700 by Thomas Belasyse, 1st Earl Fauconberg. The last member of the Fauconberg family to live at the house was Mary Cromwell; she was the third daughter of Oliver Cromwell and the wife of the 1st Earl Fauconberg.[2]
Subsequently it was occupied by Arthur Onslow, the Speaker of the House of Commons.[1] The lease was sold by Onslow to John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll.[1] The Duke of Argyll lived at Fauconberg House until his death in 1770; following his death, it was sold to John Grant, a Scottish lawyer. Grant was the owner of sugar plantations in the West Indies.[1] The neo-classical architect Robert Adam was commissioned by Grant to improve the house.[1] After Grant's death Fauconberg House became Wright's Hotel and Coffee House.[1]
The house belonged to a company of musical instrument makers at the start of the 19th century, and was owned by Crosse & Blackwell from 1858.[1] Fauconberg House was demolished by Crosse & Blackwell in 1924, and their new headquarters was built on the site.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Christopher Hibbert Ben Weinreb; John & Julia Keay (9 May 2011). The London Encyclopaedia (3rd Edition). Pan Macmillan. pp. 287–. ISBN 978-0-230-73878-2.
- ^ John Heneage Jesse (1871). London: its celebrated characters and remarkable places. pp. 326–.