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had a house built for her at 5 New Burlington Street, London, by Nicholas Hawksmoor
, former associate of her father
's architect, Vanbrugh
.
Downes, Kerry. Hawksmoor. Praeger, 1970.
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Susan Miles
The Robertses were succeeding a clergyman who also had liberal views. He had caused some offence by holding the funeral of Emily Davison
, the suffragist who was killed on the Derby racecourse.
Miles, Susan. Portrait of a Parson. George Allen and Unwin, 1955.
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9 June 1705 : John Vanbrugh was officially appointed architect,...
Building item
9 June 1705
John Vanbrugh
was officially appointed architect, with the assistance of Nicholas Hawksmoor
, to build Blenheim Palace at Woodstock in Oxfordshire as a national thank-offering to the Duke of Marlborough
.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
