Second President of USA. 1783 signatory to the Treaty of Paris. Minister to the Court of St James's: May 1785 to March 1788. Then Vice President to George Washington.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Adams
Commemorated ati
Diplomatic Gates
The spelling is probably a good indication of which country funded this memor...
John Adams
In this house lived John Adams, first American Minister to Great Britain, May...
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Alderman W. Crow
J.P. and member of the Electric Lighting and Tramways Committee, West Ham, 1905. 'Post-primary education in West Ham, 1918-39' by Kim Lorraine O'Flynn refers to an Alderman, and later, Councillor,...
Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, DCL, FRS
Naval officer and arctic explorer. Born Bath. The Canadian Encyclopedia says "He contributed much to the eventual discovery of the Northwest Passage and the North Pole." Lieut-Governor of Greenw...
Winston Churchill
Prime Minister 1940 - 45 and 1951 - 55. Born Blenheim Palace, near Woodstock, Oxford, into an aristocratic family. His father was the son of the Duke of Marlborough, and his mother was born in Broo...
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Benjamin Britten - NW8
NW8, St John's Wood High Street, 45
Benjamin Britten, composer, 1913 - 1976, and Peter Pears, singer, 1910 - 1986, lived and worked here, 1943 - 1946. City of Westminster In...
Samuel Pepys - Woolwich Town Hall
SE18, Wellington Street, Greenwich Town Hall
The Diary of Samuel Pepys confirms that Pepys moved his wife out to Woolwich away from the plague, but he does not himself appear ever to...