Not only that, was rewarded with some items of architectural merit.
Early Georgian houses on Albury Street:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...--location.jpg
St Pauls Church.
http://www.thomasford.co.uk/images/d...?crc=126857019
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
http://media.cool-cities.com/laban_c..._mob.jpg?h=530
Also, I learned that Peter the Great had wild parties.