Plaque

Viscount Milton at Pimlico Grammar School

Erection date: 14/5/1830

Inscription

HUJUSCE AEDIFICII
PRIMUM LAPIDEM POSUIT
VIR HONORATISSIMUS UICECOMES MILTON
PRID ID MAII MDCCCXXX
OUOD OPUS SUSCEPTUM AD PUERORUM INSTITUTIONEM
CHRISTI FIDE MORIEUS ARTIBUS AC LITERIS
SPIRITUS SACROSANCTUS SECUNDET

{Translated from the Latin:}
The Right Honourable Viscount Milton laid the first stone of this building on 14 May 1830.  May the Holy Spirit direct this task, undertaken for the instruction of boys in Christ’s faith and moral and literary arts.

Site: Ian Fleming + Pimlico Grammar School (2 memorials)

SW1, Ebury Street, 22

Designed by J. P. Gandy-Deering in 1830 as a non-conformist school in what was then known as Watkins Place. It later housing the Pimlico Literary Institution. In about 1930 the building was divided into 4 flats, now called 'studios'. ‘Ian Fleming’ by Andrew Lycett says that Fleming took over the lease of 22b from Sir Oswald Mosley. This was the top half of the “chapel like interior”. He moved in c.1936.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Viscount Milton at Pimlico Grammar School

Subjects commemorated i

Pimlico Grammar School

Architect was J.P. Gandy Deering.  The British Museum's drawing is from 1832....

Read More

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Viscount Milton at Pimlico Grammar School

Created by i

Charles William Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam

We believe we've identified the right Viscount Milton. As the son of William...

Read More

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Viscount Milton at Pimlico Grammar School

Also at this site i

Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming, 1908-1964, creator of James Bond, lived here. English Heritage

Read More

Nearby Memorials

Alexander Herzen

Alexander Herzen

WC1, Judd Street, 61

Herzen started his press at nearby 38 Regent Square (where Rodmell House now stands) in spring or early summer 1853. In December 1854 H...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Victoria's Golden Jubilee - Tower Bridge

Victoria's Golden Jubilee - Tower Bridge

E1, Riverside walk

Although it doesn't specifically say, this is the foundation stone for Tower Bridge.

8 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
London Salvage Corps

London Salvage Corps

EC4, Watling Street

We came across a reference to this HQ in the memoir “My Candle at Both Ends” by John Carveth Wells (1911 – 1946).  Aged 12 his mother too...

1 subject commemorated
George du Maurier - WC1

George du Maurier - WC1

WC1, Great Russell Street, 91

London County Council George du Maurier, 1834 - 1896, artist and writer lived here, 1863 - 1868.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Keith Richards - Dartford

Keith Richards - Dartford

DA1, Spielman Road, 6

Wonder if Keith's parents were into topiary?

2 subjects commemorated