This plaque features Harriot Mellon. It's located at Holly Lodge Gardens, Highgate.
This plaque features Harriot Mellon. It's located at Holly Lodge Gardens, Highgate.
Harriot Mellon 1777-1837 Famous actress, who came from a family of Irish strolling players, married banker Thomas Coutts, then Duke of St Albans and built up the Holly Lodge estate. She defied convention by bequeathing her wealth to her step-granddaughter Angela (Burdett-Coutts).
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Harriot Mellon was born on 1 January, 1777. They died on 1 January, 1837. They lived to the age of 60.
Connection of type 'located' between Harriot Mellon, Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, and Thomas Coutts plaque and Holly Lodge Gardens, Highgate