In 1793 the author of Memoires D'Outre-Tombe,
Chateaubriand, 1768 - 1848, lived as an émigré in a garret close to this site and began his literary career. He returned in 1822 as French Ambassador when he resided in Portland Place.
W1, Paddington Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Chateaubriand
Born Saint-Malo, Brittany. Died Paris. Went to America in 1791, returned t...
The Freemasons commissioned this memorial to mark the 300th anniversary of The United Grand Lodge of England in 2017 and the centenary of...
These were the first flats built by the Bethnal Green and East London Housing Association. Designed by Ian Hamilton, the key architect fo...
National Art Collections Fund John Everett Millais, 1829 - 1896, Emil Otto Hoppe, 1878 - 1972, Francis Bacon, 1909 - 1992, and other ...
The names, given on the other plaque, are not Chinese (being Smith, etc.) so by "Chinese members" they must mean something like "working ...
In 1903-10 the Savoy Hotel was built by Colcutt and Macmurdo. The magnificently Art Deco Savoy Theatre is in the western section. The sho...
Sculptor. Born Glasgow. Specialised in portraits. Died Charing Cross Hospital. The picture source is very informative.
The two stations are at either end of the Dutchflyer rail-ferry service, via Harwich.
Spies, basically (but see below), working for the UK in WW2. Formed by Churchill and variously known as "Churchill's Secret Army", "The Baker Street Irregulars", the Pythonesque "Ministry of Ungent...
Singer. Born Frank Fruim Abelson at Liverpool Maternity Hospital. Known as 'Mr Moonlight' because of his signature tune 'Give Me The Moonlight'. He had some success with cover versions of American ...
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
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