Henry Sylvester Williams, 1867 – 1911, anti-slavery and civil rights campaigner. First black councillor in Westminster.
City of Westminster
Elected 1906 for Church Street Ward
NW8, Church Street, 38
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Henry Sylvester Williams
Anti-slavery and civil rights campaigner. Born Trinidad. After the USA he a...
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Henry Sylvester Williams
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The image of this plaque has, incorrectly, been taken to represent the first 'blue plaque' erected to Lord Byron in Holles Street.
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Ernest Christopher Dowson, poet, 1867 - 1900. lived in a house which stood on this site. London Borough of Lewisham
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