USA President 1829 - 1837. Officially recognised Texas as an independent republic on 3 March 1837 by appointing an ambassador.
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1 memorial
H. N. B. Spink
A Commissioner for the 1892 Westminster Public Library. The plaque gives him "M.L.S.B." after his name but we don't recognise the qualification.
2 memorials
Sir Eric Salmon
Eric Cecil Heygate Salmon. He was educated at Malvern College and the Malvern Society Archives carry an obituary from which we learn... Awarded the MC in WW1. Then worked in the Ministry of Health...
1 memorial
Lord Mountevans
Shipbroker and peer. Born Jeffrey Richard de Corban Evans. Lord Mayor of London 2015/16.
1 memorial
Lord Ritchie of Dundee
Chairman of the Port of London Authority in 1935.
1 memorial
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Sanctuary - king on left - Edward the Confessor
SW1, Broad Sanctuary, The Sanctuary, 1-8 Broad Sanctuary
Have we correctly identified this king?
1 subject commemorated
Croydon atmospheric railway
An experiment by the London and Croydon Railway. Pumping stations were built which created a vacuum in a pipe laid between the rails. Each carriage had a piston that entered a slot in the tube, sea...
2 memorials
William Harris, butcher
EC1, St John Street
{Crammed in above the hog:} Rebuilt by Wm Harris 1897 {In a monogram lower down on the building:} W H
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Middlesex Hospital and Barnato and Joel
W1, Nassau Street
We had not heard of the Barnato-Joel family before coming across this plaque. If the web can be believed they are a tragic family. Do ...
3 subjects commemorated,
10 creators
Approved extension
NW1, Balcombe Street, 9
A misunderstanding? A joke? Do the owners now claim they have an English Heritage blue plaque on their house? See Tufnell Park Road for a...
2 subjects commemorated
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