Plaque: Holy Trinity Sloane Square - Cadogan
Erection date: 30/5/1889
A. M. D. G. {stands for ‘Ad maiorem Dei gloriam or ad majorem Dei gloriam’, Latin motto of the Society of Jesus, in English ‘For the greater glory of God’.}
This corner stone of ye church of the Holy Trinity erected by George 5th Earl Cadogan was laid by Beatrix Countess Cadogan on Ascension Day May 30 1889.
J. D. Sedding - Archt.
Robert Eyton - Rector
Geo. F. Oakshott
T. Dickinson - Church Wardens
Site: Holy Trinity Sloane Street (2 memorials)
SW1, Sloane Street
Neither of these plaques can be seen in our photo. They are arranged symmetrically low down on either side of the entrance: Cadogan to the left and Willes to the right.
When built in 1888-90 this became the widest church in London, wider than St Paul's by 9 inches. The architect, Sedding, died suddenly in 1891 and Henry Wilson took over the completion of the interior decoration, some of which is still not finished, 2012.
Narrowly escaped demolition in the 1970s by the intervention of The Victorian Society and John Betjeman.
