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
The first Asian elected to the House of Commons, representing Central Finsbur...
London County Council Sir George Cayley, 1773 - 1857, scientist and pioneer of aviation, lived here.
The blue plaque is below the Palladian window to the left of our photo. Before 2011 the square blue plaque was where the red information ...
English Heritage Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, 1841 - 1917, colonial administrator, lived and died here.
The development of the southern side of Great Queen Street is complex: it's a story of overlapping rebuildings and extensions to the Free...
