Greater London Council
Major-General William Roy, 1726 - 1790, founder of the Ordnance Survey, lived here.
Site: Major-General William Roy (1 memorial)
W1, Argyll Street, 10
Greater London Council
Major-General William Roy, 1726 - 1790, founder of the Ordnance Survey, lived here.
W1, Argyll Street, 10
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Major-General William Roy
Military engineer, surveyor, antiquary. Born South Lanarkshire. Founder of t...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Major-General William Roy
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
The first set of plaques erected for these TV stars were replaced with this set, at the riverfront.
This plaque raises some questions. Firstly, how could he have 'died a pauper', when,in 1718 he married a gentlewoman with a £20,000 fortu...
Smaller than your average plaque, this is probably the bluest one in London.
July 2023 - We have now visited the site 3 times, but on each occasion the garden has been padlocked. We found the two other memorials cl...
Referring to the plaques, as viewed by the people in our photo who are reading them the right way up: At the left: George V Silver Jubile...