Memorial

Plaque: Napoleon III

Inscription

Napoleon III lived here, 1848.

{Almost hidden in the decorative border:}
Erected by the Society of Arts

Above the name an eagle is depicted.

SW1, King Street, 1b - 1c

This is the oldest surviving official blue plaque, erected in 1867, and is the only one erected during a subject's lifetime.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Napoleon III

Last monarch of France. Son of Louis Bonaparte (Napoleon I's brother) and Hor...

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Napoleon III

Founded by William Shipley as the "Society of Arts" in Rawthmell's Coffee Hou...