Erection date: 28/5/2009
Behind these premises stood Hayes Place, the home of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708 - 1778, British Prime Minister, and the birthplace of William Pitt the Younger, 1759 - 1806, British Prime Minister.
The London Borough of Bromley
BR2, Hayes Place
Thanks to Gordon for telling us about this plaque and thanks to Alan Patient for the photos.
Credit for this entry to: Gordon Barclay
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Pitts in Bromley
From the picture source: "Site of a house since the 15th century, in 1754 Wil...
Born Westminster. Earl of Chatham and Prime Minister. Father of William Pitt ...
Born Hayes, Kent. Son of William Pitt the Elder. Tory. Entered parliament in ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Pitts in Bromley
Formerly part of Kent, it has been part of Greater London since 1963.
London County Council Sir Hans Sloane, 1660 - 1753, physician, benefactor of the British Museum, lived here, 1695 - 1742.
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Two rather sad tree boxes, one empty and the other containing a dead commemorative tree.
In a house formerly standing on this site lived Samuel Pepys, 1633 - 1703, diarist & Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, 1661 - 1724, stat...
Soldier and politician. Born Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Lieutenant-general in the army. Served in the Napoleonic Wars. Died following a hit at a battle, a victory, near Alexandria.
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Egypt, Scotland
'Sesquicentenary' is such a great word - it's not even in the Microsoft dictionary. As you can work out it means the 150th anniversary.
{Below an image of a Victoria Cross medal:} Lieutenant Charles Pope, Australian Imperial Force (Western Australia), 15th April 1917.
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