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Eltham Palace is a large house at Eltham (/ ˈ ɛ l t əm / EL-təm) in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The house consists of the medieval great hall of a former royal residence , to which an Art Deco extension was added in the 1930s.
Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld MC FRGS (27 February 1883 – 9 October 1967) was an English philanthropist associated with geographical exploration, the restoration of Eltham Palace in south-east London, and cultural and education causes, both in the UK and in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where he and his wife Virginia also donated to organisations promoting racial equality.
Mah-Jongg or Jongy was a ring-tailed lemur owned by Virginia and Stephen Courtauld, wealthy English philanthropists from a family of industrialists.. Jongy was purchased at Harrods, one of London's most upmarket department stores, in 1923 and lived with the Courtaulds for fifteen years, accompanying the couple on their travels and changes of residence.
Seely & Paget was the architectural partnership of John Seely, 2nd Baron Mottistone (1899–1963) and Paul Edward Paget (1901–1985).. Their work included the construction of Eltham Palace in the Art Deco style, and the post-World War II restoration of a number of bomb-damaged buildings, such as houses in the Little Cloister (Westminster Abbey), the London Charterhouse and the church of St ...
John was born in 1316 at Eltham Palace, Kent, the second son of Edward II of England and Isabella of France. [1] On 6 October 1328, at the age of twelve, he was created Earl of Cornwall . [ 2 ] Caught in the throes of the war between his father, Edward II, and his mother, Isabella, his growing years were turbulent.
Eltham Palace. Eltham lies on a high, sandy plateau which gave it a strategic significance. That, and the fact of its position close to the main route to the English Channel ports in Kent, led to the creation of the moated medieval Eltham Palace, still its most notable landmark. Daniel Lysons [3] described its origins.
The Dining Room at Eltham Palace by Malacrida: Black marble and ebonised panels with geometric marquetry inlays. Marchese Piero Luigi Carlo Maria Malacrida de Saint-August (also known as Pier or Peter Malacrida; 1889–22 April 1983) [1] was an Italian aristocrat, playboy and London-based interior designer.
Samuel's younger brother, Stephen Courtauld, was also an arts patron and is remembered for his work on restoring Eltham Palace. Augustine Courtauld (1904–1959), Samuel's cousin, was an explorer, noted for his pioneering observations of the climate of the ice cap of Greenland. [4]