Erection date: 1959
London County Council
F. E. Smith, Earl of Birkenhead, 1872 - 1930, lawyer and statesman, lived here.
SW1, Grosvenor Gardens, 32
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Earl Birkenhead
Lawyer and politician. Born Frederick Edwin Smith in Pilgrim Street, Birkenhe...
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Earl Birkenhead
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