Daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Born Greenwich Palace. Succeeded her half-sister Queen Mary I. Reigned: 1553 - 1603. Never married, no children, so followed by James I.
Elizabeth I sponsored the slave trading voyages of John Hawkins.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Queen Elizabeth I
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Elizabeth I statue - Harrow
Harrow School was founded in 1572 under a Royal Charter of Elizabeth I so thi...
Forest Hill mural
{Panel 1:} A Brief Local History In medieval times this area was known as The...
Friary House
Friary House Friary Park opened to the public on Saturday 7th May 1910 after ...
Other Subjects
William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme
Soap magnate and philanthropist, founder of Port Sunlight, near Liverpool. Born 6 Wood Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Known for his patronage of the arts and paternalistic social policies, he was also...
1 memorial
Carl Linnaeus
Born Stenbrohult, Småland in southern Sweden. Inventor of a system for naming, ranking, and classifying organisms. One of the great collectors of the 18th century. At his death Joseph Banks tried b...
2 memorials
James Stephen
Anti-slavery campaigner. Born Dorset. Trained in law and worked for a time in the Carribean where he saw the cruelty to slaves and became an abolitionist. The death of his first wife deepened hi...
Person, Law, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion, Caribbean Islands
1 memorial
Sir Julius Wernher
Co-founder and funder (with Alfred Beit) of the Royal School of Mines building. Born Damstadt, Germany, came to London in 1871, and, acting as a diamond agent, went to Kimberly in South Africa. Re...
Person, Industry, Philanthropy, Race Issues, Germany, South Africa
1 memorial
Robert, Lord Clive, Clive of India
Soldier and administrator. Born Shropshire. With the East India Company he effectively founded the British Empire. Spent much of his adult life in India, making his fortune there and becoming Gover...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Bengal, India
2 memorials
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Charing Cross Station - reopening
WC2, Strand, Charing Cross Station
There are two plaques below the clock. The upper, smaller one is for the reopening, the lower one is for the US President. Ian Visits h...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Terrence Cuneo statue
SE1, Waterloo Station
See that book on the floor behind Cuneo? It hides a wee mouse, like those often found in Cuneo's paintings. July 2014 Kent Online info...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
RNH - Philip Hill
N7, Manor Gardens, Royal Northern Gardens
In 1997, as a condition of developing the RNH site, Bellway Homes (the developer) was required to create one acre of public open space - ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
J R Ackerley
Writer and literary editor. Born as Joe Randolph Ackerley at 4 Warmington Road, Herne Hill. He was appointed as private secretary to the Maharajah of Chhokrapur which served as a basis for his 'Hin...
1 memorial
Samuel Palmer
W8, Douro Place, 6
Samuel Palmer, 1805 - 1881, artist, lived here, 1851 - 1861. Greater London Council
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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