Plaque

Royal Free Hospital - development

Inscription

The Royal Free Hospital was founded by William Marsden MD in Greville Street in 1828 and was removed to this site in 1842.

The Sussex Wing was erected in 1855 by the Freemasons of England as a memorial to HRH the late Duke of Sussex.

The Victoria Wing was erected in 1877 and named in honor of her gracious majesty Queen Victoria.

The front central block was rebuilt in 1895 and publicly opened on July 22nd 1895 by the Prince and Princess of Wales and named the Alexandra Building.
{later to be Edward VII and Queen Alexandra}.

President: the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava
Chairman of Committee: Mr Justice Gainsford Bruce
Chairman of Weekly Board: Charles Burt Esq. JP
Architect: William Harvey FRIBA
Secretary: Conrad W Their

The spelling of "honor" is not a mistake on our part.

Site: Royal Free Hospital (3 memorials)

WC1, Gray's Inn Road, Royal Free Hospital

What luck that a dental hospital should be housed in a building sporting dentile cornicing! There is a lot of history about this building and institute at UCL Eastman Dental Institute.

A caretaker told us these buildings used to be a barracks - there was a ramp for the horses to access the basement and posts to which they were tied still exist down there. He also said it is scheduled for redevelopment. We confirm that in 1842-4 the Royal Free Hospital moved here into ex-Army Barracks - see the splendid Lost Hospitals for more information and photographs.

The development plaque is in the entrance passage. The fountain and Sussex wing memorial are in the courtyard.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Royal Free Hospital - development

Subjects commemorated i

Grand Lodge of England

By 1717 the Masonic lodges were already clubs having no connection to stone-m...

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Royal Free Hospital

Founded by William Marsden as the London General Institution for the Gratuito...

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Queen Alexandra

Wife of Edward VII, mother of George V. Born at the Amalienborg Palace, Copen...

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Gainsford Bruce

Judge. Chairman of Committee at the Royal Free Hospital in 1895.

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Charles Burt, JP

Chairman of Weekly Board at the Royal Free Hospital in 1895.

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Royal Free Hospital - development

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Lord Riddell - fountain

Lord Riddell - fountain

A cherub stands atop the fountain clutching a dolphin which appears capable o...

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Royal Free Hospital - Sussex wing

Royal Free Hospital - Sussex wing

The Duke of Sussex had died just 3 years before this plaque was erected. We ...

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Nearby Memorials

Philip Noel-Baker

Philip Noel-Baker

SW1, South Eaton Place, 16

Philip Noel-Baker, 1889 - 1982, Olympic sportsman, campaigner for peace and disarmament, lived here. English Heritage 

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Second Lord's Cricket Ground - Lisson Grove

Second Lord's Cricket Ground - Lisson Grove

NW8, Lisson Grove

MCC The second Lord's Cricket Ground, 1811 - 1813, home of MCC, was located on part of Lisson Green Estate.

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Sir Henry Rider Haggard

Sir Henry Rider Haggard

W14, Gunterstone Road, 69

Sir Henry Rider Haggard, 1856 - 1925, novelist, lived here 1885 - 1888. Greater London Council.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Melanie Klein

Melanie Klein

NW8, Clifton Hill, 42

Klein moved here in 1933 and stayed till 1953 when she moved to a flat in 20 Bracknell Gardens, West Hampstead.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Sir Arthur Crosfield

Sir Arthur Crosfield

NW3, Kenwood House

This unusual EH plaque is the work of Richard Kindersley.

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators