Thomas Cubitt
As many of you know, Valkyrie are based at 15 Belgrave Square, London. Thomas Cubitt, a master builder, was commissioned in 1824 by Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, to create a great swathe of building in Belgravia centred on Belgrave Square, in what was to become his greatest achievement in London. The son of a Norfolk carpenter, he journeyed to India as …