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Henry Vassall-Fox, Third Baron Holland (1773 – 1840)

In Holland Park, the largest park in the London Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.

". . . with 22.5 hectares of gardens, children’s play facilities, sports areas, a cafeteria and large areas of woodland abundant with wildlife. Contained within the park is the beautiful Kyoto Garden; a Japanese garden donated by the Chamber of Commerce of Kyoto in 1991. — Holland Park provides facilities for tennis, football, golf practice nets, cricket practice nets and netball. Health walks and other activities are also run in the park. For more information see sports facilities in parks or to book the facilities call: 020 7602 2226. — Holland Park is also the base of the borough's Ecology Service. The Ecology Centre at Holland Park runs a series of events, activities and educational visits and workshops for schools. We also run a wildlife club for children, holiday activities, and a full programme of events for all ages." — Source: <a href="https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/parks/holland-park" rel="nofollow">Kensington & Chelsea website</a>.

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§ Sculpture by George Frederick Watts. § Left-click on the photo to enlarge and pan. § <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_Park" rel="nofollow">Wikpedia page on Holland Park</a>. For both the Park itself and the surrounding District.) § A better photo in August 2009, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_Park#/media/File:Holland_park_lord_holland.jpg" rel="nofollow">by Piotr Zarobkiewicz</a>. It shows the statue in the small pond which surrounds it. Also with a pigeon perched on his head.

§ As far as I know, Lord Holland is not related to King Oliver, Lady Day, Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, Count Basie, or Lord Kitchener the Calypsonian.
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Author Alan Stanton
Camera location51° 30′ 17.31″ N, 0° 12′ 13.39″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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