Subject: Sir William McArthur
Born 6/7/1809, 216 years ago
Born Ireland, brother to Alexander. Moved his drapery business to London in 1857. Liberal MP 1868-85. Lord Mayor of London 1880-1. Supported a Methodist College in Ireland.
1 memorial
Memorial: Milos Crnjanski
Erected 6/7/2004, 21 years ago
W2, Queensway, Flats 31 - 155, Queens Court
Miloš Crnjanski, 1893 - 1977, Serbian author, lived and wrote here, 1953 - 1965. Serbian Council of Great Britain
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Subject: Monmouth Rebellion
Ended 6/7/1685, 340 years ago
The Monmouth Rebellion, also known as the Pitchfork Rebellion, the Revolt of the West or the West Country rebellion, was an attempt to depose James II. A group of dissident Protestants led by the D...
1 memorial
Subject: John, 2nd Duke of Montagu
Died 6/7/1749, 276 years ago
Courtier. Born at Boughton, Northamptonshire. In 1709 he became Master of the Great Wardrobe and officiated at the coronation of King George I in 1714. Wife was Mary Churchill. A benevolent person...
1 memorial
Subject: Sir Thomas More
Died 6/7/1535, 490 years ago
Born Milk Street. In conflict with Henry VIII over religion he was imprisoned in the tower, found guilty of treason and beheaded on Tower Hill. Final words: "The King's good servant, but God's Firs...
Person, Execution, Literature, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous
16 memorials
Memorial: Morland Estate WW2 bomb
Erected 6/7/2019, 6 years ago
E8, Richmond Road, Morland Estate
The inscription reference to "war everywhere" was chosen in recognition of the fact that many people living on the Morland Estate now are...
3 subjects commemorated
Memorial: Olympic Way - 1948 plaque
Erected 6/7/1948, 77 years ago
HA9, Olympic Way - station end
Unveiled in its new location on 19 April 2023, the same day that a plaque at the other end of Olympic Way was unveiled.
1 subject commemorated,
4 creators
Subject: Mary Gray Ratray
Died 6/7/1873, 152 years ago
Miss Mary Gray Ratray of 41 Tavistock Square. Died St Pancras leaving a legacy of £23,000 to the charities of the metropolis. This was administered by her executors Edwin Bedford and Charles Jellic...
1 memorial
Subject: Private Thomas Henry George Reid
Died 6/7/1944, 81 years ago
Thomas Henry George Reid was born late in 1890, the youngest of the three children of Thomas Harrison Reid (1860-1945) and Eliza Jane Reid, née Burrows (1860-1894), his birth being registered in th...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Subject: Granville Sharp
Died 6/7/1813, 212 years ago
Anti-slavery campaigner. Born Durham. 1757 became Clerk in the Ordnance Office. Became involved with the anti-slavery campaign by a personal involvement with an injured slave, Jonathan Strong, a...
1 memorial
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