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Adolphe “Louis” Achard

Proprietor of the Queens Arms public house in Knightsbridge.

1850-1908

Adolphe Achard ("Louis") and his wife, Emily Pickett. After emigrating from Prussia, Louis started life in England as a footman and butler, was naturalised in 1874 (the same year he married Emily), and at the turn of the century was running the Queens Arms pub, at 38 Albert Gate, Kensington.

Achard's large granite memorial stands right in front of the cemetery's main entrance, on the corner next to the chapel. The dedication by his wife reads,

It was so hard to part with him
He was to me so dear
But harder still to part without
One farewell word to hear.
"Thy will be done" was hard to say
When him I loved was called away.

Brave, generous and just.

Queens Arms, 38 Albert Gate, Knightsbridge SW1

This public house stood on the north side of Knightsbridge, just east of the barracks, on the corner of Mills’ Buildings, close by Hyde Park. It was built as a private house by Ralph Mills in 1777, and became a pub in the early 1800s. It was rebuilt in 1894 and closed in the early 1930s when it was converted into two shops with offices and flats above.