Erection date: 24/3/2015
Joseph Haydn, 1732 - 1809, composer, lived in a house on this site, 1791.
The Haydn Society of Great Britain
W1, Great Pulteney Street, 18
The Conversation points out that this house was convenient for 3 addresses frequented by Hayden: Hanover Square Concert Rooms (where he performed), the King’s Theatre in the Haymarket (for which he wrote an opera) and the Catholic chapel in Golden Square, where he worshiped.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Joseph Haydn
Composer of the Classical period - prominent and prolific. Born Austria as F...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Joseph Haydn
Brought to our attention by John Arnold who believes the building was the Medical Superintendent's house.
Elsie Naisbett MBE, 22nd September 1926 - 3rd December 2009. This memorial plaque is to commemorate Elsie Naisbett's outstanding services...
Alexis Soyer, 1810 - 1858, chef, author of cookbooks, inventor, lived here. City of Westminster
Plaque-wise this is a busy little corner. Just to the south of this plaque there are three other mildly interesting, non-memorial, plaque...
Plaque 1 incorrectly states that there were 64 people killed in this incident. The Wandsworth Guardian carries the story of how it was di...
Barrister and civil rights activist. Born Rahasya Rudra Narayan in British Guiana (now Guyana). Arrived in Britain in 1953, where he served in the army for seven years, before reading for the bar. ...
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