Historic Site
The first Asian elected to the House of Commons was Dadabhai Naoroji. He represented Central Finsbury for the Liberal Party from 1892 - 1895.
EC1, Rosebery Avenue, Finsbury Town Hall
Silver Tiger has a good post on Naoroji.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Dadabhai Naoroji - Finsbury Town Hall
The first Asian elected to the House of Commons, representing Central Finsbur...
As far as we know (and we have walked the full length) this is the only such plaque on the New River. Finsbury Park was created in 1869 ...
This difficult-to-photograph memorial is placed, to the left, inside the railings at the west front of the abbey, and we think we would h...
The inscription in the stone is merely functional but the overlapping children's heads adorning the entrance are a delight. The "hair" o...
Cherry Dorothy Groce, 1948 - 2011, innocently shot in this house by police which sparked the 1985 Brixton uprising. A heroine to her chil...
Pembroke Park Pembroke Park takes its name from the World War II base HMS Pembroke V. From 1943 to 1945 it was an outstation of the Gover...
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