Composer
With W. S. Gilbert wrote the Savoy Operas, including The Mikado and The Pirates of Penzance.
Sullivan also wrote Onward Christian Soldiers and The Lost Chord, which was the first phonograph record made in the UK.
Born 8 Bolwell Terrace (no longer standing), Lambeth. Died at home, 1 Queen's Mansions, Victoria Street.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Leaning against the pedestal there is a crying woman. The guitar, score and m...
Composer. Born Queen's Ride, Barnes, son of an American businessman. Wrote the music for the 1936 film Things to Come. Died at home, 8 The Lane, Marlborough Place, St John's Wood.
Playwright, lyricist & poet. Born 17 Southampton Street as William Schwenck Gilbert. The Savoy Operas were written by Gilbert, with Sullivan providing the music and Richard D'Oyly Carte providi...
The line up has included: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Ian Stewart, Mick Taylor, Ronnie Wood. The first public performance with Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts...
Musician, singer-songwriter. Born Robert Allen Zimmerman in Minnesota. He was invited to appear in a BBC TV drama ‘The Madhouse on Castle Street” and consequently he was in London December 1962 –...
Lead vocalist with the Southern Syncopated Orchestra. Born in Barbados, he joined the orchestra initially as a banjo player. He died with seven other members of the band in the sinking of the SS Ro...
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 25-30 September 1915, aged 34, while serving in the Duke of Cambridge’s Own, (Middlesex Regiment). "Displayed the greatest bravery and untiring energy, setting a m...
Officially, the Fourteenth Summer Paralympic Games. A major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities, governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) that took place ...
Chairman of Committee for letting the City lands of the Corporation of London when the monument to Temple Bar was erected in 1880. Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894 and a Deputy...
The Savoy Theatre opened in 1881. Despite this date it is a delightful example of Art Deco, explained on the Savoy Theatre website as follows: The theatre closed on 3 June 1929 to be internally com...
Widow of Peter. We think she was born Dolores Douglas and, with Peter, had children Francesca and Maximilian.
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