Erection date: 12/3/1996
Dr J. H. Hertz CH, 1872 - 1946, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, lived here, 1913 - 1946.
City of Westminster
The United Synagogue
Site: Rabbi Hertz (1 memorial)
NW8, Hamilton Terrace, 103
Erection date: 12/3/1996
Dr J. H. Hertz CH, 1872 - 1946, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, lived here, 1913 - 1946.
City of Westminster
The United Synagogue
NW8, Hamilton Terrace, 103
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Rabbi Hertz
Chief Rabbi of the British Empire. Born Slovakia, then part of Hungary. Whe...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Rabbi Hertz
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
The architects of the 1933 building were Mewes & Davis (inscribed on a stone near the entrance), and of the 1964 building, Julian Sof...
The (working) clock is at the centre of the decorative panel that you can see in the photo, above the columns flanking the entrance. The ...
Almost all of the lettering (lead letters pinned into stone) has dropped off, or been taken off, so most of the names are illegible - the...
We imagine the serrated edge is meant to resemble a silver coin but it makes us think of a bottle cap. Doesn't the inscription conjure u...
Diplomat, poet, hedonist and traveller. Born Petworth House, Sussex. Advocated anti-Imperialism, and supported Irish nationalism. Legendary womaniser, one being William Morris's wife, Jane. Married...
2023: Esther Jung asked us about a date discrepancy on this inscription: both the Oxford DNB and Wikipedia give Tyndale's date of birth a...
Sculptor. Born Westmorland. Other work in London: 'Lioness and Lesser Kudu' (1993) in Grosvenor Gardens.
French politician. 1983 -2014 mayor of Douai in northern France, which, in 1979, twinned with Harrow. 1984 -1993 Member of the European Parliament. 1993 - 1997 member of the National Assembly of Fr...
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