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Wednesday, October 28
by
Andrew Beard
on Wed 28 Oct 2009 02:17 PM GMT
Fredrick Augustus was, believe it or no,t the Duke of York and Albany. He was the 2nd son of George II and married a daughter of Fredrick William of Prussia. Of course he was in the army, nothing else to do, but his career there was marred by a scandal involving a certain Mary Ann Clark, AND, bribery! -nothing much to do there either! It is therefore amazing that the burghers of Bristol allowed a road to be named after him, but they did! The flat that I saw today was at the bottom end of the property and was in reasonable condition, but I suspect that my Client will be instigating a full program of renovation so that it will become an eminently enviable garden flat in a very convenient location… more »
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