Relief

French Protestant Church - Soho Square

Inscription

To the glory of God & in grateful memory of H. M. King Edward VI who by his charter of 1550 granted asylum to the Huguenots from France.
This tympanum was set up in the year of our Lord 1950.

Site: French Protestant Church - Soho Square (1 memorial)

W1, Soho Square, French Protestant Church

Eglise Protesante Francaise de Londres, founded 24 July 1550 by a Royal Charter from Edward VI.

The current building was designed by Aston Webb in 1891-93.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
French Protestant Church - Soho Square

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The Huguenots

French Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. The name emerged in 1560 b...

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King Edward VI

Only son of Henry VIII (with Jane Seymour who died 12 days after the birth), ...

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French Protestant Church - Soho Square

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French Protestant Church

Persecuted in France, about 50,000 Huguenots fled to Britain where Edward VI ...

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