Erection date: 1970
Greater London Council
Prince Metternich, 1773 - 1859, Austrian statesman, lived here in 1848.
SW1, Eaton Square, 44
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Prince Metternich
Politician and statesman. Born Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Fürst Vo...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Prince Metternich
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
Israel Zangwill, 1864 - 1926, writer and philanthropist, lived here. London County Council
The ideograms are Japanese Kanji characters forming the word Heiwa which is one way of expressing 'peace' in Japanese.
A much less interesting circular plaque above this one reads: The restoration of this shelter in 1987 for the Cabmen's Shelter Fund was ...
Herzen started his press at nearby 38 Regent Square (where Rodmell House now stands) in spring or early summer 1853. In December 1854 H...
This corner is well-supplied with water. To the left of our photo, closer to the flower stall there is a granite horse trough, very simil...
Publisher and newspaper executive. Born Jocelyn Edward Greville Stevens in Marylebone. In 1957 he bought the high society publication 'The Queen' and revamped it as 'Queen'. In the 1960s he provide...
Photographer, inventor and pioneer of cinematography. Born Bristol as William Edward Green. Married the Swiss Helena Friese in 1874 and added her name to his. (It's not clear where the extra "e" ca...
Physician, political theorist, scientist, radical journalist and politician from the French Revolution. Murdered in his bath by Charlotte Corday.
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Medicine, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, France, Switzerland
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