22-512: Gloucester Road may refer to: Gloucester Road, London Gloucester Road tube station Gloucester Road, Hong Kong Gloucester Road, Bristol , the A38 through Horfield Gloucester Road, Singapore Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gloucester Road . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
44-579: A Knight of the Garter in 1883. In 1892 he was created Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . Argyll was also an amateur scientist dedicated to many areas of science. Aside from his own work in ornithology , he wrote on anthropology , evolution , glaciology and economics . He was a leader in the scholarly opposition against Darwinism (1869, 1884b) although he was not against
66-480: Is a street in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea , London . It runs north–south between Kensington Gardens (at which point it is known as Palace Gate ) and Old Brompton Road . At its intersection with Cromwell Road is Gloucester Road Underground station , close to which there are several pubs , restaurants, and hotels. St Stephen's Church was built in 1867: one of its former churchwardens
88-745: The Liberal side in parliamentary politics via the Peelite Conservative Party faction. He was a frequent and eloquent speaker in the House of Lords. A close associate of Prince Albert , he served as Lord Privy Seal between 1852 and 1855 in the cabinet of Lord Aberdeen , and then as Postmaster General between 1855 and 1858 in Lord Palmerston's first cabinet. He was again Lord Privy Seal between 1859 and 1866 in
110-674: The Second Afghan War . Argyll's wife (née Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Leveson-Gower ), served as Mistress of the Robes in this government. Argyll also played a key role in the establishment of the Royal Indian Engineering College which functioned from 1872 to 1906. This college which was located on the Coopers Hill estate, near Egham was set up in order to train civil engineers for service in
132-570: The Campbell family: Lord George and Lady Sybil Campbell (son and daughter-in-law of George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll ) held the estates in the early twentieth century. Their only son, Ivar Campbell, was killed in action in World War I. The Campbell estates were sold in the early 1960s, following the deaths of his sisters, to satisfy inheritance taxes. There are 21 other streets in London with
154-519: The Duchess had acquired in 1797. The site is opposite the present day tube station. The Duchess, who had been widowed in 1805, lived at Gloucester Lodge with her unmarried daughter, Princess Sophia . The Duchess died in 1807. By 1809, Princess Sophia had sold Gloucester Lodge to George Canning . It later became known as Canning Villa. The house was demolished in about 1851. Gloucester Road, between Kynance Place and Canning Place, formed one boundary of
176-645: The Indian Public Works Department . In 1871, while actually serving in the Cabinet, his son and heir, Lord Lorne , married one of Queen Victoria's daughters, Princess Louise , enhancing his status as a leading grandee. In 1880 he again served under Gladstone, as Lord Privy Seal , but resigned on 31 March 1881 in protest at Gladstone's Land Bill, claiming it would interfere with the rights of landlords and had been brought in response to terrorism. In 1886, he fully broke with Gladstone over
198-683: The Right Reverend Thomas Claughton , Bishop of St Albans , and widow of Augustus Anson . She died aged 50 in January 1894. In 1895, Argyll married a third time, to Ina, daughter of Archibald McNeill. Ina survived the duke by a quarter of a century, dying in December 1925. There were no children from either the second or third marriages. Argyll died at Inveraray Castle in April 1900, six days before his 77th birthday, and
220-858: The Royal Aeronautical Society), and served as its president from 1866 to 1895. He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1869. In 1886, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society . Argyll was married three times. He married firstly Lady Elizabeth Leveson-Gower , eldest daughter of George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland , in 1844. They had five sons and seven daughters, being: The Duchess of Argyll died aged 53 in May 1878. In 1881, Argyll married Amelia Maria (born 1843), daughter of
242-753: The University of Glasgow . In 1849 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and served as its president from 1860 to 1864. In 1855 he became president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science . From 1872 to 1874 he was President of The Geological Society . In 1866, he was a founding member of Britain's first aeronautical society, the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain (later renamed
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#1732776685259264-493: The emerging Kensington New Town, built between 1837 and about 1843. The western section of Gloucester Road between Kynance Place and Southwell Gardens, was developed from 1862 to 1879. Stabling for the houses was provided in mews, including Kynance Mews, whose arched entrance from Gloucester Road remains as a listed building. A majority of the freeholds adjacent to Gloucester Road, south of the Cromwell Road, were owned by
286-498: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gloucester_Road&oldid=972652012 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Road disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Gloucester Road, London Gloucester Road ( / ˈ ɡ l ɒ s t ər / GLOST -ər ; B325)
308-473: The name "Gloucester Road". Addresses at these streets need to be distinguished by area names or postcodes . 51°29′41″N 0°10′58″W / 51.4948°N 0.1827°W / 51.4948; -0.1827 George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll George John Douglas Campbell, 8th and 1st Duke of Argyll KG , KT , PC , FRS , FRSE (30 April 1823 – 24 April 1900; styled Marquess of Lorne until 1847),
330-642: The only daughter of John Glassel. Argyll succeeded his father as Duke of Argyll ( Peerage of Scotland ) in 1847. With his death he became also hereditary Master of the Household of Scotland and Sheriff of Argyllshire . He owned 175,000 acres in Argyll and Dumbarton. By the time of his succession, Argyll had already obtained notice as a writer of pamphlets on the disruption of the Church of Scotland , which he strove to avert, and he rapidly became prominent on
352-599: The question of the prime minister's support for Irish Home Rule , although he did not join the Liberal Unionist Party , but pursued an independent course. Having been already Vice Lord Lieutenant from 1847, Argyll held the honorary post of Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire from 1862 until his death in 1900. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1853, appointed a Knight of the Thistle in 1856 and
374-744: The second Palmerston administration, and then under Lord Russell's second administration, in which position he was notable as a strong advocate of the Northern cause in the American Civil War . Argyll was a major catalyst of the Education (Scotland) Act of 1872. Under his leadership in 1866, the Argyll Commission looked into the Scottish schooling system and found it severely inadequate. The report – eventually finished in 1869 –
396-589: The theory of evolution, Argyll argued instead for theistic evolution. He did argue against the erosive capability of glaciers (1873) and was an important economist (1893) and institutionalist (1884a), in which latter capacity he was quite similar to his political opponent, Benjamin Disraeli . In 1851, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and was appointed Chancellor of the University of St Andrews . Three years later, he became additionally Rector of
418-478: Was a Scottish polymath and Liberal statesman. He made a significant geological discovery in the 1850s when his tenant found fossilized leaves embedded among basalt lava on the Island of Mull. He also helped to popularize ornithology and was one of the first to give a detailed account of the principles of bird flight in the hopes of advancing artificial aerial navigation (i.e. flying machines). His literary output
440-405: Was extensive writing on topics varying from science and theology to economy and politics. In addition to this, he served prominently in the administrations of Lord Aberdeen , Lord Palmerston , John Russell and William Gladstone . Argyll was born at Ardencaple Castle , Dunbartonshire , the second but only surviving son of John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll , and his second wife Joan Glassel ,
462-412: Was the poet T. S. Eliot . The road is named after Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh who had a new house, Gloucester Lodge, built there by 1805. The road was earlier called Hog Moore Lane (1612), that is 'lane through marshy ground where hogs are kept', a name that was still used until about 1850. Gloucester Lodge was built by William Tyler , on the site of the former Florida Gardens, which
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#1732776685259484-602: Was used to call for education reforms. As a result of this lobbying, the Education Act (Scotland) 1872 was passed making primary school education mandatory in Scotland for children aged between 5 and 13. In William Ewart Gladstone 's first government of 1868 to 1874, Argyll became Secretary of State for India , in which role his refusal to promise support against the Russians to the emir of Afghanistan helped lead to
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