Erection date: 20/2/2013
Frederick Douglass 1818 - 1895, American social reformer, author, orator and statesman, stayed in a house on this site, 1846.
Embassy of the United States
Nubian Jak Community Trust
The house was 5 Whitehead's Grove - you can see a short terrace of houses here on this 1865 map.
SW3, Sloane Avenue, Nell Gwynn House
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Frederick Douglass
Social reformer, writer and statesman. Born Frederick Augustus Washington Bai...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Frederick Douglass
The first US Minister to the Court of St James, John Adams, rented No 9 Grosv...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Frederick Douglass
The bronze plaque is at the entrance to the building which is the third bay to the right of these two blue plaques.
We have visited the address twice, but can see no sign of the plaque. So we have taken our image of the plaque from the Music Hall Guild ...
The plaques read left to right chronological by birth date. We've taken the dates on each plaque to be date of birth and date of death bu...
Sir Michael Balcon, 1896 - 1977, film producer, worked here, 1938 - 1956. English Heritge
Number 12, the eastern half of the building on this concave corner is, 2014, occupied by Leon, but it used to be the pub The King Lud. Bu...
Founded: AD 1549. Rebuilt: AD 1923 The Ship Tavern This tavern was established in the year 1549. During the proscription of the Roman Catholic religion it was used as a shelter for priests and se...
Born in Dublin. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force, becoming a leading aircraftman in 220 squadron, transferring to 90 bomber squadron when WW2 broke out. On 12th March 1940 at RAF Upwood, two Ble...
Playwright, novelist and short story writer. Born of British parents in Paris, in the maternity ward set up within the British embassy. This arrangement enabled babies to be born without becoming F...
Died, aged 39, when a construction crane crashed. See Martin Burgess for details of the crash.
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