London County Council
Quintin Hogg, 1845 - 1903, founder of the Polytechnic, Regent Street, lived here, 1885 - 1898.
W1, Cavendish Square, 5
See Royal Polytechnic Institute for some of the history of this building.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Quintin Hogg at Cavendish Square
Initially known as the Young Men's Christian Institute this was founded by Qu...
Born London. Merchant, philanthropist, social reformer, and, in 1882, founder...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Quintin Hogg at Cavendish Square
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
We captured the plaque in 2011 but failed to take a photo of the building showing the plaque in situ. It was 2017 before we managed to re...
We think Whittingham's first name might be given as Rob. or ?ch. but it's lost in shadow. And there might be a fourth Overseer, or not. W...
Greater London Council Bruce Bairnsfather, 1888 - 1959, cartoonist, lived here.
We can't find an image of the school that was bombed. An early school appears on this 1895 map, occupying the northern part of the site, ...
Philip Matthew Beer was born on 27 February 1983 in Barnet the youngest of the three children of Philip C. Beer and Kim Lilian Beer née Richardson (1958-2019). His two sisters were Michelle Linda B...
Founded as the Labourer's Friend Society by Lord Shaftesbury intending to improve working class conditions. It was keen on the provision of allotments. 1844 it changed its name to the Society for I...
The shape of the monument suggests a railway carriage cut in two. 2020:Wikipedia names the sculptor as Richard Healy and we are informed...
A local resident said that this plaque (and the one next door, to William McMillan) is spurious and was erected by developers purely to b...
Frederic Thomas Atkinson was born in Crewkerne, Somerset, the sixth of the nine children of William Joseph Atkinson (1859-1903) and Selina Atkinson née Lowman (1860-1911). His birth was registered ...
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