Erection date: 1998
City of Westminster
John William Polidori, 1795 - 1821, poet & novelist, author of 'The Vampyre'. Born & died here.
1998
W1, Great Pulteney Street, 38
This house was once the family home of the Polidoris.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Dr John William Polidori
This entry has kindly been written for us by Franklin Bishop, expert on Polid...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Dr John William Polidori
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
The Barton, Porter & Wilkinson plaques are on the left hand wall of the porch, Chain, a later addition, is facing them on the right h...
The dates given on the plaque are about the time that the church ceased functioning and was demolished but we can't explain the exact dates.
This group of plaques is in the ground floor seating area.
We were interested to find a drawing of this memorial in the 1915 book 'Memorials and Monuments' by Lawrence Weaver, where we learn that ...
Clive lived here from 1761 until his death, from an overdose of laudanum.
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