Beau Brummell – London’s first dandy Posted by Katherine on June 7, 2013 in 18th Century, 19th Century, Television On this day in 1778, George Bryan Brummell (known as Beau Brummell) was born in Downing Street London. His father was private secretary to the prime minister, Lord North, and his family was very upwardly mobile, living at The Grove, in Donnington,…