Texas Legation

When Texas sought to join the United States in 1845, the British Empire supported keeping it independent.

Nonetheless, an independent Texas was probably inviable for financial reasons, and when the republic became a state in 1845, the legations were shut down.

London 51°30′20″N 0°08′17″W / 51.5056°N 0.1380°W / 51.5056; -0.1380 The Texas Legation in London was located in Pickering Place, an alley off the east side of St. James's Street near St. James's Palace in a building that also houses Berry Bros. & Rudd, a prestigious wine merchants' firm that has been at that site since 1698.

Anglo-Texan Society member Alfred Bossom led the effort to erect the plaque and the honour of its unveiling went to then-Governor Price Daniel.

One of these locations, a Pennsylvania Avenue boarding house, sat on or near the grounds of the United States Navy Memorial.