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16 unusual facts about South Kensington


1979 Khuzestan uprising

One of the consequences of the Arab uprising in Khuzestan was the Iranian Embassy siege, which took place from 30 April to 5 May 1980, after a group of six armed men stormed the Iranian embassy in South Kensington, London.

Alfred Edgar Wigg

He died of heart failure at Harrington Gardens, South Kensington in London, where he was attempting a rest cure, with his wife and daughter, Phyllis.

Burlington Fine Arts Club

The club had its roots in the informal Fine Arts Club, a gathering of amateur art enthusiasts that met in Marlborough House in 1856, moving to South Kensington from 1857.

Charbagh

A charbagh garden is located on the roof top of the Ismaili Centre in South Kensington, London.

Elias Childe

He particularly excelled in moonlight effects, and an example of that style went to the National Gallery of British Art at South Kensington.

Gilbert Spencer

Gilbert married Margaret Ursula Bradshaw (1898–1959) on 31 December 1930 at Holy Trinity church, Prince Consort Road, London.

Gustave Barnes

Barnes obtained employment at the Doulton pottery works as a designer, painter and modeller, and during his evenings studied at the Royal College of Art, South Kensington.

Harry Dickson

At age 20 or about, Dickson enrolled as a student at the University of South Kensington in London and became acquainted with Jean Ray’s armchair detective Mister Triggs.

Joseph Bosisto

Having represented Victoria at the Calcutta Exhibition in 1883, he was appointed President of the Royal Commission of that colony at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, held at South Kensington in 1886, for his services at which he was created C.M.G. on June 28th of that year.

Kensington, California

The area was named "Kensington" that year by Robert Brousefield, a surveyor who had lived in the London borough of South Kensington at one time.

Mary Anne Barker

This last title led to her being appointed Lady Superintendent of the National Training School of Cooking in South Kensington.

Mary Emily Eaton

She attended private schools in London, and received formal tuition in art at the Taunton School of Art, also attending classes at the Royal College of Art in South Kensington, and the Chelsea Polytechnic.

Short SC.1

The first SC-1 (XG900) was used until 1971 for VTOL research and is now part of the Science Museum's aircraft collection at South Kensington, London.

Southwark Park

The bandstand dates from 1884 and was originally sited in the Royal Horticultural Society grounds at South Kensington.

The Waterson Family: A Mighty River of Song

A Mighty River of Song was a unique concert performance by various members of the Waterson family on 12 May 2007 at the Royal Albert Hall in the South Kensington area of London, England.

William Spencer Bagdatopoulos

He was elected a member of the Royal Society of Arts, England in 1909, and was a medalist at the National Competition of 1913 in South Kensington.


Anthony R. Montalba

Henrietta was a noted sculptor who studied first at what was to become the Royal College of Art in South Kensington, and then in the Accademia di Belle Arti at Venice.

Embassy of Thailand, London

Thailand also maintains an Office of the Air Attaché at 2 Victoria Road, South Kensington, an Office of Commercial Attaché at 11 Hertford Street, Mayfair and an Office of Educational Attaché at 28 Prince's Gate, South Kensington.

George Pole

At the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool in 1970, he submitted on behalf of the London South Kensington Conservative Party Constituency Association, the following motion: "That this conference calls for immediate withdrawal of sanctions against Rhodesia and supports Her Majesty's Government in negotiating with the Rhodesian regime to normalise relations".

Robert S. de Ropp

The Vaughan Williamses paid for Robert’s further education at the Royal College of Science in South Kensington, where he eventually specialized in biology.

Tara Browne

On 18 December 1966, Browne was driving with his girlfriend, model Suki Potier, in his Lotus Elan through South Kensington at high speed (some reports suggesting in excess of 106 mph/170 km/h).