Name panel

De la Beche at IC

Inscription

De la Beche

Site: Imperial College (34 memorials)

SW7, Prince Consort Road, Imperial College

This building, the Royal School of Mines, (1906, Aston Webb). has 34 memorials: a foundation stone, 2 busts and 30 scientists' surnames plus Prince Albert, inscribed above the first floor windows.
The Beit bust is to the right of the entrance, Wernher's to the left. The foundation stone is on the front of Wernher's plinth.

The names read, left to right, starting in Exhibition Road: Tredgold, Rankine, Hopkinson, Watt, Whitworth, Wolfe Barry, Fairbairn, Armstrong, Stephenson, Brunel, Hawksley, and on Prince Consort Road: Bateman, White, Froude, Smeaton, Telford, Rennie, Unwin, Baker, Coode, Wheatstone, Kelvin, (entrance), Siemens, Percy, Murchison, HRH Prince Albert, De la Beche, Lyell, Bessemer, Ramsey, Judd

The names for Wolfe Barry, Unwin and Prince Albert are presented in decorative cartouches.

Apart from their association with this building and the surname we have no information about who these men are. The archivist at Imperial College could not help so we have done the best we can to identify them. Siemens was a large and successful family but we believe we have chosen the right one. We are very open to corrections, so let us know if you think we've got any of these names wrong.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
De la Beche at IC

Subjects commemorated i

Sir Henry De la Beche

Born Welbeck Street. An unusual childhood: his father changed their name from...

Read More

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
De la Beche at IC

Also at this site i

Nearby Memorials

Previously viewed

Lieutenant Nicholas Taylor, R.N.

Lieutenant Nicholas Taylor, R.N.

Nicholas Taylor was born on 28 May 1949 in Lynton, Devon, the eldest of the three children of Henry Thomas Taylor (1913-1992) and Edith Peggy Taylor née Colvin (1921-1990). His birth was registered...

Person, Armed Forces, South America

War dead, Other war
2 memorials
Sir Roy Watts

Sir Roy Watts

Chief Executive of British Airways and then Chairman of Thames Water. Obituary at the Independent. The Independent of 4 May 1993 reported that his body was spotted 50 yards down river of Westminst...

Person, Politics & Administration, Tragedy

1 memorial
John Wright

John Wright

Puppeteer. Born in South Africa. He started work as a farmer in Cape Town, before moving to England in 1935 where he became assistant stage manager for the Ballet Rambert. He toured Europe and Sout...

Person, Theatre, South Africa

1 memorial
Great Central Railway Engineers Office Staff

Great Central Railway Engineers Office Staff

NW1, Melcombe Place, Marylebone Station

These 3 plaques are in the place previously occupied by the John Betjeman and Marylebone Station plaques, which have been moved to a loca...

War dead | WW1
6 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Animation Editing and Recording Studios

Animation Editing and Recording Studios

We are not convinced that this organisation is/was any more real than "Monty Python, film maker".

Group, TV & Radio

1 memorial