Daughter Celia is in London today. She sent me this. In Soho Square Gardens. Wiki which is interesting. Is from 1681. Soho Square was once called Monmouth square I think so people thought it was him. Monmouth House was here. Soho was a battle cry of Monmouth rebels.
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the development of Soho |
| Soho Square in 1700 looking south. It was originally called King’s Square after Charles II whose statue stood in the centre. At the rear of the square in this illustration stands Monmouth House, a mansion completed in 1682 by Sir Christopher Wren for the Duke of Monmouth, the illegitimate son of Charles. He had little time to enjoy his house before he was arrested in 1684 and subsequently executed after staging an unsuccessful coup against his father. |
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| Monmouth House designed by Christopher Wren. Demolished in 1773 |
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