Credit for this entry to:
Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
To the memory of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. President of the Royal Society and of the College of Physicians who in the year of our lord 1753 the 92nd of his age without the least pain of body and with a conscious serenity of mind ended a virtuous and beneficent life. This monument was erected by his two daughters Eliza Cadogan and Sarah Stanley.
SW3, Cheyne Walk, 64, Chelsea Old Church
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Sloane tomb
Founded by Thomas Linacre in 1518 with a charter granted by Henry VIII. Thei...
Also known as the Royal Society of London (for the Improvement of Natural Kno...
Physician, benefactor of the British Museum and an early benefactor to the Ch...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sloane tomb
Born after 1695. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Hans Sloane. Married General Cha...
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