Person    | Male  Born 12/2/1809  Died 15/4/1865

Abraham Lincoln

16th President of the USA. Born Kentucky. Assassinated while watching a very popular British play "Our American Cousin" in Ford's theatre, Washington, by John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer.

For a list of all the US presidents that appear on London Remembers see John F. Kennedy.

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Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln statue

Copy of the statue in Lincoln Park, Chicago (other copies being in Mexico Cit...

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Christ Church, Lincoln Tower

From Pastscape: "... the octagonal spire ... is decorated by two groups of in...

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President Lincoln bust

{Inscribed on the red granite plinth:} Lincoln by Andrew O'Connor Presented t...

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Colonel William Stephens-Smith

Colonel William Stephens-Smith

First Secretary of the Legation and an officer in the Revolution Army on Washington's staff. Married Abigail Adams, daughter to John Adams, second President of USA.

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, USA

1 memorial
College of Minor Canons in St Paul’s Cathedral

College of Minor Canons in St Paul’s Cathedral

In existence before 1066.  Richard II formalised the structure.  At that time they were 12 in number but are now down to three, responsible for singing services and organising large and small scale...

Building, Music / songs, Politics & Administration, Religion

1 memorial
John Henry Brass

John Henry Brass

President of the Chelsea Temperance Society from 1885 to 1894.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg

Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg

Born Bengal, his father being Chairman of the East India Company.  Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1835-39.  Never married.  Died at Cannes where he had lived his final years.

Person, Politics & Administration, Indian Sub-continent, Scotland

1 memorial
Major General, Lord Cheylesmore

Major General, Lord Cheylesmore

Herbert Francis Eaton, 3rd Baron Cheylesmore.  Born London.  Chairman of the London County Council, 1912-13. Soldier in WW1, specialising in court-martials. Died in hospital at Englefield Green, fr...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

3 memorials