Only son of Henry VIII (with Jane Seymour who died 12 days after the birth), born Hampton Court. Became king aged 9 and died of consumption 6 years later, at Greenwich Palace. While king he was supported by three religious leaders: Bishop Hugh Latimer, Bishop Nicholas Ridley and Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, with his uncle, Edward Seymour, at its head as the Lord Protector of the Realm, until he (the uncle) was beheaded. In 1552/3 he founded two schools for poor boys: Christ's Hospital and Bridewell Royal Hospital, and reopened the medical hospital, St Thomas’ in 1551.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
King Edward VI
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1 Poultry - Frieze A - Edward VI
These panels, showing Royal Progresses through London, were originally placed...
Christ’s Hospital School - sculpture - front
The children are marching out of the background, become older and fully 3D at...
Dutch Church
HKH Irene Prinses der Nederlanden, legde de eerste steen van dit Kerkgebouw d...
Edwards VI and VII
At the time gilded lettering incised into granite was a popular technique. We...
Edward VI at the Bull & Mouth
This bust is at the top of the memorial along with the arms of Christ's Hospi...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
King Edward VI
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Sailors Home extension
This chief stone of the new building, in extension of the Sailors' Home was l...
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St Elizabeth of Hungary
Princess and saint. Born either in the castle of Sárospatak, or in Pozsony, both in the Kingdom of Hungary. She was married at the age of fourteen to Louis IV, the Landgrave of Thuringia, and wid...
William Duke of Cumberland
Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland. He was the third son and the sixth of the eight children of King George II and Queen Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach and was born on 15 April 1721 in Le...
Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert, Duke of Albany, K.G., K.T.,
Queen Victoria's youngest son, delivered at Buckingham Palace with the aid of chloroform. A haemophiliac he died aged 30. Married Helena and had two children: daughter Alice and son, Charles Edward...
Prince of Wales's typhoid recovery
In 1871 the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) suffered an attack of typhoid fever (the illness of which his father had died 10 years earlier) while at his home, Sandringham in Norfolk. To everyon...
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Frieze of Parnassus - Homer
SW7, Kensington Road
The monument, commissioned by Queen Victoria and designed by George Gilbert Scott, was built 1864-72, and the statue of Albert was instal...
Aldermanbury water conduit
Erected under the will of Sir W. Eastfield. Destroyed in the Great Fire but rebuilt. Finally removed in the 18th century. 2023: A London Inheritance has a very informative post, with photos of t...
Tallulah Bankhead
Actor. Born and died America. Unsuccessful on Broadway so in 1923 came to London and was very successful on the West End stage. She returned to America and worked in both movies and on the stage. H...
Frederick William Lumsden, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 3 April 1917, age 44, while serving in the Royal Marine Artillery. "For retrieving six enemy field guns under intense enemy fire. By force of example, utter determ...