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...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Henry Sylvester Williams
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
Plaque unveiled by Paul Merton (a short video with some appropriate clips of Chaplin edited in).
The feet of all the customers visiting "this house" have, over the years, softened the image and lettering beautifully. The "him" in the ...
Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister in 1868 and 1874 - 1880, worked in this building, 1821 - 1824. The Corporation of the City of London
Frederick Douglass 1818 - 1895, American social reformer, author, orator and statesman, stayed in a house on this site, 1846. Embassy of ...
Boiler House, this building was originally used as a boiler house during the construction of Marc Isambard Brunel's Thames tunnel between...
