Westminster City Council
Voltaire, 1694 - 1778, French philosopher, playwright and satirist, lodged in a house on this site, 1727 - 1728.
Voltaire Foundation
The plaque was stolen some years ago. In 1994 (300th birthday) the Voltaire Foundation got it put back.
WC2, Maiden Lane, 10
The building is inscribed with the name "Vaudeville Theatre". It is now, 2013, used by the Hungarian Cultural Centre.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Voltaire
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Voltaire
The Voltaire Foundation is a research department in the University of Oxford,...
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
The Listing text says the statue and the relief are of copper, not the more usual bronze. The front of the plinth below the seated lady s...
The plaque is inside the school building. The photograph was taken at the unveiling.
This house is on the corner of the street in which Ida Mann was born, Fordwych Road, number 67. She lived in Minster Road aged 9 - 41.
The "Lord Mayor of the City of Westminster" was present but no name is given. In Westminster the Mayors change over in May, the month of...
