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Book Synopsis
Marylebone has been home to its fair share of rogues, villains and eccentrics, and their stories are told here. The authors also want to remind the reader that alongside the glamour of Society, there has also been hardship and squalor in the parish, as was graphically illustrated in Charles Booth's poverty maps of London in 1889.

Over the past 10 years the Marylebone Journal has printed historical essays on the people, places, and events that have helped shape the character of the area. Some are commemorated with a blue plaque, but many are not. This is not a check-list of the grandees of Marylebone, though plenty appear in these pages.

The essays have been grouped into themes of: history, politicians and warriors, culture and sport (from pop music and television to high art), love and marriage (stories from romance to acrimonious divorce), criminals, science and medicine, buildings and places, and the mad bad and dangerous to know ‒ those whose stories don't fit a convenient box but are too good not to tell.

Table of Contents
  • INTRODUCTION
  • A brief history of Marylebone
  • POLITICIANS & WARRIORS
  • Edwin James, the dishonourable member
  • Leo Marks and the code wars
  • The lonely demise of Benedict Arnold
  • The very model of a modern major general
  • Profile: Earl Charles Stanhope (1753-1816)
  • Profile: Talleyrand (1754-1838)
  • Profile: William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806)
  • Profile: Lord George Bentinck (1802-1848)
  • Profile: Earl Frederick Sleigh Roberts (1832-1914)
  • Profile: Emily Faithfull (1835–1895)
  • Profile: Emma Cons (1838-1912)
  • CULTURE & SPORT
  • John Ruskin's tea shop
  • The tragi-comedy of Edward Lear
  • The bitter end of Anthony Trollope
  • Wilkie Collins: Marylebone man
  • The ghost of Sarah Siddons
  • The Hollywood tale of Edgar Wallace
  • The urban idyll of Patrick Lichfield
  • George Stubbs and the equine obsession
  • James Figg, king of Marylebone Plains
  • Thomas Lord and the MCC
  • Profile: Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934)
  • Profile: John Buchan (1875-1940)
  • Profile: Douglas Jardine (1900-1958)
  • Profile: Edward R Murrow (1908-1965)
  • Profile: Victor Weisz (1913-1966)
  • Profile: Kenneth Williams (1926-88)
  • Profile: Jacqueline Du Pré (1945-1987)
  • LOVE & MARRIAGE
  • The Barrett-Browning story
  • St Marylebone: for better, for worse
  • The mismatches of St Mary's
  • The public undoing of Mrs Mary Evans
  • The Earl of Orkney and the burlesque dancer
  • The old lady and her Buttons
  • The scandalous life of Lady Jane Digby
  • The Wallace Collection's dirty laundry
  • The loveless marriage of Edward James
  • CRIMES & MISDEMEANOURS
  • The revolution at Cato Street
  • The Great London Diamond Robbery of 1871
  • The public destruction of Dr Stephen Ward
  • Jacob Henriques and the body in the barrel
  • The lady thief of Portman Square
  • The memoirs of a Marylebone judge
  • Viscount Galway and the gambling den
  • The US ambassador's deception
  • The suspicious death of Dr Gordon Ley
  • SCIENCE & MEDICINE
  • A brief history of Harley Street
  • Dr Allinson's big mouth
  • Sydney Ringer's heartfelt solution
  • Dr Hunter's miracle cure
  • The US dentist and the British smile
  • The medical men of Wimpole Street
  • Dr Richardson and the awkward bequest
  • The eccentric genius of Charles Babbage
  • Profile: Sir Francis Beaufort (1774-1857)
  • Profile: Charles Lyell (1797-1875)
  • Profile: Mary Seacole (1805-1881)
  • Profile: Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)
  • MAD, BAD & DANGEROUS TO KNOW
  • The death of St George Henry Lowther
  • Lady Mary Jeune, the real Lady Bracknell
  • William Wellesley's final humiliation
  • The strange legacy of Joanna Southcott
  • The distinguished failure of Francis of Teck
  • The horse banquet at the Langham Hotel
  • The green door of Reverend and Mrs Haweis
  • The Baker Street mad dog
  • Ye Ancient Order of Froth Blowers
  • The ladies of Lower Jerome Place
  • Debenham & Freebody v Alfred Mellon
  • BUILDINGS & PLACES
  • The genius of John Nash
  • The architects' architecture
  • Marylebone's garden squares
  • The parks and gardens of Marylebone
  • The mystery of the Fitzpatrick Mausoleum
  • The rise and fall of Marylebone station
  • John Castles and Grotto Passage
  • The Marylebone street fight
  • The workhouse of St Marylebone
  • Profile: Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905)
  • Index

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      Publisher: Spiramus Press
      Publication Date: 15/06/2015
      ISBN13: 9781910151037, 978-1910151037
      ISBN10: 1910151033
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Marylebone has been home to its fair share of rogues, villains and eccentrics, and their stories are told here. The authors also want to remind the reader that alongside the glamour of Society, there has also been hardship and squalor in the parish, as was graphically illustrated in Charles Booth's poverty maps of London in 1889.

      Over the past 10 years the Marylebone Journal has printed historical essays on the people, places, and events that have helped shape the character of the area. Some are commemorated with a blue plaque, but many are not. This is not a check-list of the grandees of Marylebone, though plenty appear in these pages.

      The essays have been grouped into themes of: history, politicians and warriors, culture and sport (from pop music and television to high art), love and marriage (stories from romance to acrimonious divorce), criminals, science and medicine, buildings and places, and the mad bad and dangerous to know ‒ those whose stories don't fit a convenient box but are too good not to tell.

      Table of Contents
      • INTRODUCTION
      • A brief history of Marylebone
      • POLITICIANS & WARRIORS
      • Edwin James, the dishonourable member
      • Leo Marks and the code wars
      • The lonely demise of Benedict Arnold
      • The very model of a modern major general
      • Profile: Earl Charles Stanhope (1753-1816)
      • Profile: Talleyrand (1754-1838)
      • Profile: William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806)
      • Profile: Lord George Bentinck (1802-1848)
      • Profile: Earl Frederick Sleigh Roberts (1832-1914)
      • Profile: Emily Faithfull (1835–1895)
      • Profile: Emma Cons (1838-1912)
      • CULTURE & SPORT
      • John Ruskin's tea shop
      • The tragi-comedy of Edward Lear
      • The bitter end of Anthony Trollope
      • Wilkie Collins: Marylebone man
      • The ghost of Sarah Siddons
      • The Hollywood tale of Edgar Wallace
      • The urban idyll of Patrick Lichfield
      • George Stubbs and the equine obsession
      • James Figg, king of Marylebone Plains
      • Thomas Lord and the MCC
      • Profile: Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934)
      • Profile: John Buchan (1875-1940)
      • Profile: Douglas Jardine (1900-1958)
      • Profile: Edward R Murrow (1908-1965)
      • Profile: Victor Weisz (1913-1966)
      • Profile: Kenneth Williams (1926-88)
      • Profile: Jacqueline Du Pré (1945-1987)
      • LOVE & MARRIAGE
      • The Barrett-Browning story
      • St Marylebone: for better, for worse
      • The mismatches of St Mary's
      • The public undoing of Mrs Mary Evans
      • The Earl of Orkney and the burlesque dancer
      • The old lady and her Buttons
      • The scandalous life of Lady Jane Digby
      • The Wallace Collection's dirty laundry
      • The loveless marriage of Edward James
      • CRIMES & MISDEMEANOURS
      • The revolution at Cato Street
      • The Great London Diamond Robbery of 1871
      • The public destruction of Dr Stephen Ward
      • Jacob Henriques and the body in the barrel
      • The lady thief of Portman Square
      • The memoirs of a Marylebone judge
      • Viscount Galway and the gambling den
      • The US ambassador's deception
      • The suspicious death of Dr Gordon Ley
      • SCIENCE & MEDICINE
      • A brief history of Harley Street
      • Dr Allinson's big mouth
      • Sydney Ringer's heartfelt solution
      • Dr Hunter's miracle cure
      • The US dentist and the British smile
      • The medical men of Wimpole Street
      • Dr Richardson and the awkward bequest
      • The eccentric genius of Charles Babbage
      • Profile: Sir Francis Beaufort (1774-1857)
      • Profile: Charles Lyell (1797-1875)
      • Profile: Mary Seacole (1805-1881)
      • Profile: Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)
      • MAD, BAD & DANGEROUS TO KNOW
      • The death of St George Henry Lowther
      • Lady Mary Jeune, the real Lady Bracknell
      • William Wellesley's final humiliation
      • The strange legacy of Joanna Southcott
      • The distinguished failure of Francis of Teck
      • The horse banquet at the Langham Hotel
      • The green door of Reverend and Mrs Haweis
      • The Baker Street mad dog
      • Ye Ancient Order of Froth Blowers
      • The ladies of Lower Jerome Place
      • Debenham & Freebody v Alfred Mellon
      • BUILDINGS & PLACES
      • The genius of John Nash
      • The architects' architecture
      • Marylebone's garden squares
      • The parks and gardens of Marylebone
      • The mystery of the Fitzpatrick Mausoleum
      • The rise and fall of Marylebone station
      • John Castles and Grotto Passage
      • The Marylebone street fight
      • The workhouse of St Marylebone
      • Profile: Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905)
      • Index

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