GR IV
1829
The college was founded by King George IV in 1829.
WC2, Strand, King's College
This King's College's Strand Building designed by E. D. Jefferiss Mathews in the Brutalist style opened in 1972.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Kings College - Strand
Founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington (then PM). In 1836 Kings...
Regent: 1811 - 1820. Reigned: 1820 - 1830. After secretly marrying Mrs Fitzhe...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Kings College - Strand
As often happens with memorials of this period the 'G's and 'C's are difficult to distinguish - we think we've got them right. The body...
Our image of the building (bomb-damaged and demolished in the late 1960s) is a zoomed-in section of a photo we found at the excellent Bey...
This small area contain 4 memorials: a statue, a bench a well and a large plaque.
The coat of arms is supported by cannons and what must be cannonballs (despite appearing to have finger holes like those used in ten-pin ...
The foundation stone is below the window on the right; the clock projects from the wall even further to the right, outside our photo.
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