John was sent to Margate in 1811 to try to help his illness and it was here that he became involved with a woman called Maria Preston. Soane agreed reluctantly to John's and Maria's marriage on 6 June, on the agreement that her father would produce a dowry of £2000, which failed to happen.
John was sent to Margate in 1811 to try to help his illness and it was here that he became involved with a woman called Maria Preston. Soane agreed reluctantly to John's and Maria's marriage on 6 June, on the agreement that her father would produce a dowry of £2000, which failed to happen.
Gravesite Details
Buried in St. Giles' Burial Ground, now part of St. Pancras Gardens. Soane designed the tomb above the vault his wife, and later his son, were buried in.
Source: Survey of London 1952
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