Erection date: 11/7/1962
To mark the centenary of the founding of the Peabody Donation Fund by George Peabody, London banker and American citizen, this plaque was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother on the eleventh July 1962.
SE1, Blackfriars Road
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Peabody Fund - Centenary
Philanthropist. Born Massachusetts, USA, descended from English immigrants to...
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Peabody Fund - Centenary
In 1923 Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (descended from the Royal House of Scotland...
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Peabody Fund - Centenary
Siegfried Sassoon, MC, poet, novelist, biographer, 1886-1967, lived and worked in a house on this site, 1919-1925. The Thorney Island Soc...
This house was erected in 1760 for the Earl of Egremont. Occupied by Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, it became known as Cambridge House. ...
Plaque unveiled by Don Wales, grandson of Sir Malcolm and nephew of Donald.
Let's cover the easy bit first: The German at the end translates as “The old falls, the times are changing and new life blooms from the r...
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