Erection date: 1987
Greater London Council
Major Walter Clopton Wingfield, 1833 - 1912, father of lawn tennis, lived here.
SW1, St George's Square, 33
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Walter Clopton Wingfield
Invented, developed and patented by Wingfield. The Wimbledon championships b...
Born at Rhysnant Hall, Montgomeryshire, Wales. Served in the 1st Dragoon Guar...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Walter Clopton Wingfield
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
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The quotation is from the Song of Solomon, either chapter 2:17 or 4:6.
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