City of Westminster
William Terriss, 1847 - 1897, hero of the Adelphi melodramas, met his untimely end outside this theatre, 16 Dec 1897.
The Adelphi Theatre Co. Ltd
WC2, Maiden Lane, 19
This is the back of the Adelphi Theatre.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Terriss
Actor-manager, owner of the Adelphi Theatre. Born in London as William Charl...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Terriss
Founded as the Sans Parail by John Scott, and his daughter Jane, who was an e...
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
Unveiled by Sir Williams’ son, Jake Empson. At no 71 Empson lived in the the first floor flat.
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In the photo the memorial is partly hidden by the rubbish bin.
The house behind is Vanburgh Castle which he built for himself while Surveyor to the nearby Royal Naval Hospital in Greenwich. He lived h...
The building behind is the former Air Ministry. We thank Jamie Davis for finding this link to the British Pathe news film of the unveili...
