'The Ring', boxing venue near Blackfriars Road, London mb-code IH125174 and Lieutenant-General Walter Congreve VC

and Lieutenant-General Walter Congreve VC (1862-1927)

This relates to a speech that Disraeli had given to his constituents at the end of May 1858

He shewed much complacency upon finding that the mistress of the house was so attentive to his singular habit

Front view of Basing Manor House

'The Ring', boxing venue near Blackfriars Road, London mb-code IH125174 and Lieutenant-General Walter Congreve VC'The Ring', boxing venue near Blackfriars Road, London, 1926 1927. The Ring began life as the Surrey Chapel (closed 1881), and from 1910 was a boxing arena. It was destroyed in the blitz during World War II. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926 1927).