Plaque

Peter Sellers

Inscription

Peter Sellers, 1925 - 1980, Goon and comic actor, lived here, 1936 - 1940.
The Dead Comics Society

This was the first plaque erected by the Dead Comics Society. From BCS: "A modest profit was made and funds given to St Aloysius' College {local school attended by Sellers} to fund an annual Peter Sellers prize for humorous writing, which continues to this day {2017}."

Site: Peter Sellers (1 memorial)

N6, Muswell Hill Road, 10

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Peter Sellers

Subjects commemorated i

Peter Sellers

Goon and comic actor. Born Portsmouth to a couple of variety entertainers. Th...

Read More

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

Created by i

British Comedy Society / Dead Comics Society

Originated in the front room of John Gatenbys' family home in Highgate, durin...

Read More

Nearby Memorials

W. G. Grace - Lord's

W. G. Grace - Lord's

NW8, St John's Wood Road, Lord's Cricket Ground

{On the plaque on the gate pier:} To the memory of William Gilbert Grace, the great cricketer, 1848 - 1915, these gates were erected by t...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
W. S. Gilbert's death

W. S. Gilbert's death

HA3, Old Redding, Pond in grounds of Grim's Dyke

We thank Matt Brown of Londonist for the photo of the plaque, taken in about 2007. Recently both we and Matt have, separately, failed to ...

1 subject commemorated
Croydon airport opening

Croydon airport opening

CR0, Purley Way

There are two versions of this plaque, identically worded, attached to either side of the entrance; this one, to the right, photographs b...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
John Templeton

John Templeton

TW12, High Street, Templeton Lodge, 114

John Templeton, 1802 - 1886, opera singer, lived here. Refurbishment by Berkshire Securities Limited.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
T. S. Eliot - WC1

T. S. Eliot - WC1

WC1, Russell Square, 23-24

Friends of Russell Square Newsletter no 1 contains a lovely story about Philip Feril Renault Saillard (1839-1916) who lived in this house...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator

Previously viewed

Thomas Cobden-Sanderson

Thomas Cobden-Sanderson

Bookbinder and printer. Born Thomas James Sanderson at Alnwick, Northumberland. He married Anne Cobden (suffragette daughter of Richard) in 1882 and added her surname to his. He was a friend of Edw...

Person, Art, Craft / Design

1 memorial
F. Bourne

F. Bourne

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial