Subject: Lord Elcho
Died 12/7/1937, 88 years ago
Politician. Born Hugo Richard Charteris in Scotland. Entered parliament first in 1883 and again in 1886. He gained the titles 11th Earl of Wemyss and 7th Earl of March.
2 memorials
Subject: Desiderius Erasmus
Died 12/7/1536, 489 years ago
Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian. Born Rotterdam, date approximate. First visited London in 1499 and often stayed with Thomas More in Chelsea, a friend for over 30 years.
3 memorials
Memorial: Fieldgate Street Synagogue
Erected 12/7/1959, 66 years ago
E11, Fieldgate Street, Fieldgate Street Synagogue
The Grodzinski plaque can be seen in our photo just to the right of the 'one way' sign. The synagogue inscription is on the cream upright...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Subject: J. E. Flaherty
Died 12/7/1918, 107 years ago
Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment. Age 24. A 1851.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Subject: Lady Emily Fortescue
Died 12/7/1929, 96 years ago
With one clue from a Council document related to the impressive Time Flies clock tower, we searched high and low for a "Mrs Galpin" who could have been the donor but found nothing to substantiate t...
2 memorials
Subject: Karl Ghattas
Died 12/7/2007, 18 years ago
Born Khaled Ghattas in Egypt. He trained in several hospitals in London and Chester graduating in medicine London University 1982, but then took an MSc in philosophy at the London School of Economi...
1 memorial
Subject: C. Hartman
Born 12/7/1864, 161 years ago
Catharine Gutheil was born on 12 July 1864 in St Johannisberg, Rhine Province, Germany, the daughter of Freidrich Gutheil (1836-1920) and Elisabetha Gutheil née Schwenk (1842-1916). Her brother, P...
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Subject: Thomas Hawksley
Born 12/7/1807, 218 years ago
Civil engineer, particularly with water projects. Born near Nottingham. Died at home at 14 Phillimore Gardens.
2 memorials
Memorial: Hornsey Y.M.C.A. - extension
Erected 12/7/1958, 67 years ago
N8, Tottenham Lane, 184, Hornsey Young Mens Christian Association
The Cloutman plaque is above the one about the extension, to the left of the bus. In 1995 Donald H. Dakin wrote a book “A Story Told in ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Subject: Serjeant Herbert Hyde
Died 12/7/1942, 83 years ago
Herbert Hyde was born in 1906, the youngest of the seven children of John William Hyde (1866-1910) and Maria Hyde née Field (1867-1930). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1906 in the P...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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