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John Edmund Gardner was the youngest son of Thomas Gardner who described himself as an Oilman.    The Gardners had been selling lamp oil at No.484 Strand for more than thirty years when John Edmund was born in 1819.    They were also considerable property owners.    Thomas's will made in 1837 with codicils in 1838 and 1840 mentions 35 houses both freehold and leasehold in various parts of London, including No 4 Leicester Square.   John was baptised, like all his siblings at St Mar Read more »