‘The Lawn’, No.51 South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, was the home of Henry Fawcett and his wife, the notable suffragist Millicent (1847\u20131929), whom he married in 1867. He was a statesman, Postmaster General and professor of political economy. The house was demolished and site used for Vauxhall Park, which was first proposed in 1887. A statue by George Tinworth of Henry Fawcett was erected on the site of the house, but was demolished by the council in 1959. Watercolour by J.V.Thompson, dated 1885
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‘The Lawn’, No.51 South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, was the home of Henry Fawcett and his wife, the notable suffragist Millicent (1847\u20131929), whom he married in 1867. He was a statesman, Postmaster General and professor of political economy. The house was demolished and site used for Vauxhall Park, which was first proposed in 1887. A statue […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,107,20,31,272,46,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1876-1900","category-fawcett-henry","category-housing","category-open-spaces","category-surrey_","category-vauxhall","category-watercolour-painting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n