United Secession minister. Born Berwickshire, Scotland. Moved to London in 1782 and served the Wells Street church for the rest of his life. Co-founder of the London Missionary Society and supported a number of other groups including the British and Foreign Bible Society. Died at home in Salisbury Place. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
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Alexander Waugh, DD
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Bunhill burial ground - 2
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Father Basil Jellicoe
Anglican vicar. Born Sussex, his father being a cousin of Lord Jellicoe. Worked in the slums of Somers Town, north London in the 1920s. He set up the St Pancras House Improvement Society and persu...
3 memorials
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Bishop and opponent of apartheid and campaigner on many other causes: AIDS, homophobia, etc. Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. His Wikipedia page and obituary confirm that he died, aged 90 ...
Person, Peace, Race Issues, Religion, Seriously Famous, Social Welfare, South Africa
1 memorial
Reverend William Doveton Keith-Steele
Vicar of St Judes in 1911. Wikipedia (in 2023) has "I can't find more information about the then vicar, although he had two young children, Katherine and Archibald at the time {of the plaque}. His ...
1 memorial
John Whitgift
Elizabeth I's last Archbishop of Canterbury. The palace used as a summer retreat by the Archbishops of Canterbury was in Croydon and here in 1596 Whitgift founded an eponymous school. Memorable dat...
2 memorials
St Martin Outwich
A medieval parish church. The name comes from the family Oteswich who supposedly rebuilt it in the 14th century. Survived the Great Fire only to be demolished in 1796 and replaced with the church i...
1 memorial
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Nina Boucicault
English actor. Born into a theatrical family, she began acting as a child. She was the first to play the title role in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, beginning in 1904. Died Hamilton Road, Ealing.
1 memorial
John Cartwright
WC1, Cartwright Gardens
Bronze. This statue, considered Clarke's best work, belongs to the select group of seated London statues - see Peabody.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
J. Duff-Brown
Islington Librarian in 1906. We believe he also published books on librarianship.
1 memorial
Felix Slade
Collector of glass, books and engravings funded from the wealth he inherited from his father. Member of the Society of Antiquaries, he endowed 3 Slade Professorships of Fine Art at universities, an...
1 memorial