Albany (London)
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Albany, sometimes referred to as the Albany, is an English apartment complex in Piccadilly, London. The three-storey mansion was built in the 1770s and divided into apartments in 1802.
Albany at dusk (May 2014)
Drawing by Thomas H. Shepherd, c. 1830
Portrait of Thomas Babington Macaulay by Edward Matthew Ward, 1853. Macaulay is shown in his study at the Albany.
Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne, known as Sir Peniston Lamb, 2nd Baronet, from 1768 to 1770, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1793. He was the father of Prim
Albany (London)
…mansion was built in the 1770s and divided into apartments in 1802. Albany was built in 1771–1776 by Sir William Chambers for the newly created Viscount Melbourne, who had bought the land and residence (Piccadilly House) it was to replace from Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, for £16,500. It was called Melbourne…
Detail from The Milbanke and Melbourne Families by George Stubbs, 1769
Lady Melbourne with her eldest son
Portrait of Lord Melbourne by John Partridge.