Erection date: 28/6/1989
To commemorate the visit by Their Majesties Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands to the Dutch Church in Austin Friars on 28th June 1989, to mark the tercentenary of the coronation of William and Mary, Austin Friars House, after restoration was opened on the same day by The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor Sir Christopher Collett GBE.
EC2, Austin Friars, Austin Friars House
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Austin Friars & the Queens
The original Austin Friars monestery dates from about 1250. In 1550 Edward VI...
Our picture shows part of this building in 1970, before the restoration.
King William and Queen Mary reigned jointly from 1689 until Mary died in 1694...
Daughter of James II. Reigned from 1689, jointly with her husband William III...
Son of William II, Prince of Orange, and Mary Stuart (daughter of Charles I)....
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Austin Friars & the Queens
She had a busy time on her visit to England in June 1989 to help us celebrate...
Chairman of the Temple Bar Trust, 1993 - 2004. Lord Mayor of London in 1989....
Born 17 Bruton Street, to the Duke and Duchess of York. For information on wh...
See Spitalfields Life for a good post on the Caslon Foundry. April 2017: John Whitehead told us the plaque has been removed by developer...
The plaque is at the bottom of the escalators and stairs.
William Wilkie Collins, 1824 - 1889, novelist, lived here. London County Council
The inscription is weather-worn particularly at the right so the words "men", "house", "at the", "Vicar" and "43" are all uncertain. Sta...
Stanfield House - Hampstead Clarkson Stanfield, 1793 - 1867, theatrical scenic artist, marine and landscape painter, Royal Academician, ...
We note that the plaque, twice refers to 'Angel', not 'the Angel', and realise that we are not sure which usage is correct.
Physician, benefactor of the British Museum and an early benefactor to the Chelsea Physic Garden. Responsible for the addition of milk to chocolate to produce a palatable drink. Born Killyleagh, Ir...
Person, Benefactor, Medicine, Museums / Libraries, Race Issues, Science, Ireland
A 2016 BB2 television series called Black and British - A Forgotten History, traced the history of black people in Britain. Following on from this, a series of plaques are being erected around Brit...
Poet and writer. Born Siegfried Loraine (also spelt Lorraine or Louvain depending on source) Sassoon at Weirleigh, Brenchley, near Paddock Wood, Kent. Grandson of Thomas Thornycroft and cousin of S...
Person, Armed Forces, Literature, Poetry, Seriously Famous, France
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