Wharton Street
The Wharton Street is a street in London's City district, Pentonville, which the district since 1965 Islington belongs.
The street runs between King's Cross Road to the west and Fernsburg Street to the east, where Wharton Street is extended by Lloyd Square . There are only two branches off Wharton Street: Granville Street to the south and Prideaux Place to the north.
Famous residents
George du Maurier
The writer and draftsman George du Maurier, born in Paris in 1834, lived in house number 44, Wharton Street, between 1851 and 1856, first with his father and later with his mother and sister.
But George du Maurier aka Kicky never felt comfortable here and missed the familiar surroundings of Paris. In her family chronology , The Du Mauriers , his granddaughter Daphne du Maurier wrote : Number 44, Wharton Street, Pentonville, was a very different place from the Rue du Bac in Paris, and Kicky wondered how one could even stand here.
His father suffered severe professional setbacks and George du Maurier had still not found a job, so that the family was dependent on his mother's meager income and accordingly in debt. In this respect, George du Maurier fundamentally questioned the family's place of residence: Since we've been in London, we've had nothing but trouble and trouble. All went wrong. It was a constant battle against the tide. We were all so happy in Paris. In my mind I will always hate this house. It was just bad luck for us from the start. Number 44. I will always remember: 44 is an unlucky number. Oh my god why did we ever leave Paris and come here?
His negative emotions against this place of residence were intensified after his father became seriously ill: If only we could go back and live in the Rue de Passy again and everything would be the same as before. Soon after, his father died in house number 44 and the rest of the family immediately moved out after his death. George du Maurier returned to Paris and studied art there. He returned to London in 1860 and lived there until his death in 1896 .
Other people
Sir Charles Lilley (1827-1897), who was Prime Minister of Queensland from 1868 to 1870 , lived on Wharton Street in Lloyd Square in the 1850s.
Between at least 1881 and 1895, the aquatint artist Henry A. Papprill (1816–1903) lived at number 37, Wharton Street.
Individual evidence
- ^ Daphne du Maurier: The Du Mauriers , Heron Books, p. 183
- ^ Daphne du Maurier: The Du Mauriers , Heron Books, p. 224
- ^ Daphne du Maurier: The Du Mauriers , Heron Books, p. 230
- ^ Daphne du Maurier: The Du Mauriers , Heron Books, p. 233
- ^ Daphne du Maurier: The Du Mauriers , Heron Books, p. 237
- ↑ Sir Charles Lilley in his own words ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ Biographical data on Henry A. Papprill (English)
