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85:), Jongy sits next to Virginia, on the arm of her chair. Jongy's memorial consisted of a banded obelisk (in imitation of his tail) and a lead relief of the lemur. It was initially located at Eltham Palace but is now at the Courtaulds’ last home, 49:, Greenwich, in 1938. Jongy had his own room there, which, like the rest of the house, was centrally heated – an innovation for its time. The room had a bamboo ladder that accessed the entrance to the house. 45:, one of London's most upmarket department stores, in 1923 and lived with the Courtaulds for fifteen years, accompanying the couple on their travels and changes of residence. Jongy died at their home, 113:, the expedition's wireless operator, puncturing an artery. Iodine was provided, to which Lemon proved allergic. It took Lemon three months to recover, delaying the expedition. 109:
served as metereologist. On the morning of the expedition's departure, the Courtaulds held a farewell lunch on board the yacht. Jongy bit the hand of
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mansion for entertaining, and had Jongy's likeness incorporated into artistic details. In the Billiard Room, a mural of
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The Courtaulds refurbished Eltham Palace in the 1920s into an
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ring-tailed lemur
Stephen Courtauld
a family of industrialists
Harrods
Eltham Palace
Art Deco
St Cecilia
Mary Adshead
roof bosses
Leonard Campbell Taylor
London townhouse
Grosvenor Square
La Rochelle
Southern Rhodesia
British Arctic Air Route Expedition
Augustine Courtauld
Percy Lemon
"Mah-Jongg, the Eltham Palace Lemur"
Frommer's London with Kids
ISBN
978-0-470-16545-4
Categories
Lemurs
1938 animal deaths
Individual primates
Courtauld family
Individual animals in England

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