Elliot Terrace, The Hoe, Plymouth

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Elliot Terrace, The Hoe, Plymouth

Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 17 Aug 2018

Elliot Terrace was erected in 1860 by "Honest John" Pethick, a leading Victorian property developer (who eventually became its Lord Mayor and a city Alderman). The property was acquired by Waldorf Astor, who had come to Plymouth as a Unionist Parliamentary Candidate, in 1908. Astor was successful in the second General Election of 1910 and was returned again in 1918. However, following the death of his father Viscount Astor, he was forced to surrender his seat in the Commons when elevated to the House of Lords. In the resulting by-election in 1919, his wife, Nancy, became the MP for Plymouth Sutton making history as the first woman MP to sit in the Commons. Waldorf Astor died in 1952 and Nancy in 1964. However, before her death she gave 3, Elliot Terrace to the city and today it is used for civic and other hospitality purposes, by visiting VIPs, and by circuit judges.

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.365477
Longitude
-4.144732