Tomb Of John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton De Gyfford is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 2001. Tomb.

Tomb Of John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton De Gyfford

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Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Kensington and Chelsea
Country: England
Date first listed: 13 June 2001
Type: Tomb
Source: Historic England listing

Description

KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA

TQ2382NW HARROW ROAD W10 249/80/41 Kensal Green Cemetery 13-JUN-01 Tomb of John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton De Gyfford GV II

Tomb of John Cam Hobhouse (deceased 1869). By Lander and Co., masons. Carrara marble. Massive eared sarcophagus with ridged roof on four squat colonettes, standing on a stepped base, placed on slab of York stone. History: Hobhouse, a close friend of Byron's in his youth, became a writer, Whig MP and minister. Inscribed `He was eminent alike in political and literary life and after a public career of success and honour found unbroken happiness in domestic repose'.

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