Old Devonshire House at 48 Boswell Street, was located between Theobald's Road in Bloomsbury, and Queen Square, London. William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire had the house built in 1668 for his son, also called William Cavendish, who was MP for Derby at that time and eventually became the 1st Duke of Devonshire in 1694. This house was later sold by William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, who built Devonshire House in fashionable Piccadilly. Major George Henry Benton Fletcher bought Old Devonshire House in 1932, to display his keyboard collection. He donated the house and his collection to the National Trust in November 1937. The house was destroyed in May 1941 by a Luftwaffe bombing raid on Holborn during the Blitz. Most of his keyboard instruments had been evacuated to Gloucestersh
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| - Old Devonshire House in der Boswell Street Theobald’s Road Nr. 48 war ein Herrenhaus im Stadtviertel Bloomsbury in der britischen Hauptstadt London. (de)
- Old Devonshire House at 48 Boswell Street, was located between Theobald's Road in Bloomsbury, and Queen Square, London. William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire had the house built in 1668 for his son, also called William Cavendish, who was MP for Derby at that time and eventually became the 1st Duke of Devonshire in 1694. This house was later sold by William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, who built Devonshire House in fashionable Piccadilly. Major George Henry Benton Fletcher bought Old Devonshire House in 1932, to display his keyboard collection. He donated the house and his collection to the National Trust in November 1937. The house was destroyed in May 1941 by a Luftwaffe bombing raid on Holborn during the Blitz. Most of his keyboard instruments had been evacuated to Gloucestersh (en)
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- William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby
- Bloomsbury
- Derby
- Holborn
- Peter Lely
- Vita Sackville-West
- Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)
- Devonshire House
- Cotswolds
- Criterion Restaurant
- Mary of Teck
- Member of Parliament
- Glorious Revolution
- Gloucestershire
- Great Fire of London
- The Listener (magazine)
- The Times
- Theobald's Road
- Anne, Queen of Great Britain
- Benton Fletcher
- Luftwaffe
- Lyme Park
- House of Commons of England
- Trinity College of Music
- British Museum
- William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire
- William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire
- William III of England
- William Talman (architect)
- Duke of Devonshire
- Edgar Hunt
- Fenton House
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- Queen Square, London
- Hampstead
- James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
- The Blitz
- Rebuilding of London Act 1666
- Red Lion Square
- William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire
- Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
- Chatsworth House
- Cheshire
- Buildings and structures in the United Kingdom destroyed during World War II
- 1668 establishments in England
- Piccadilly
- Hugh Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley
- National Trust
- Nicholas Barbon
- Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Camden
- St George the Martyr, Holborn
- Richard Legh
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| - Old Devonshire House in der Boswell Street Theobald’s Road Nr. 48 war ein Herrenhaus im Stadtviertel Bloomsbury in der britischen Hauptstadt London. (de)
- Old Devonshire House at 48 Boswell Street, was located between Theobald's Road in Bloomsbury, and Queen Square, London. William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire had the house built in 1668 for his son, also called William Cavendish, who was MP for Derby at that time and eventually became the 1st Duke of Devonshire in 1694. This house was later sold by William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, who built Devonshire House in fashionable Piccadilly. Major George Henry Benton Fletcher bought Old Devonshire House in 1932, to display his keyboard collection. He donated the house and his collection to the National Trust in November 1937. The house was destroyed in May 1941 by a Luftwaffe bombing raid on Holborn during the Blitz. Most of his keyboard instruments had been evacuated to Gloucestershire before the raid. These survived and are currently on display in Fenton House, Hampstead. (en)
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