Dr Sir Hans Sloane PRS 1st Baronet
(1660-1753)
benefactor of the British Museum, physician, 1st Baronet Sloane of Chelsea (from 1716), and 13th President of the Royal Society (1727-1741)
Commemorated on 3 plaques
Sir Hans Sloane 1660-1753 Physician, benefactor of the British Museum lived here 1695-1742
4 Bloomsbury Place, Camden, WC1, London, United Kingdom where they lived (1695-1742)
King Henry VIII’s Manor House stood here until 1753 when it was demolished after the death of its last occupant, Sir Hans Sloane. Nos. 19 to 26 Cheyne Walk were built on its site in 1759-65. The old manor house garden still lies beyond the end wall of Cheyne Mews and contains some mulberry trees said to have been planted by Queen Elizabeth I.
23 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, SW3, London, United Kingdom where they lived -1753)
To celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II 1952-1977 and the Golden Jubilee of the Chelsea Society 1927-1977 the old burial ground given by Sir Hans Sloane in 1733 was laid out anew by the Chelsea Society in collaboration with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and named Dovehouse Green
250 King's Road, London, United Kingdom where they was