Event    From 1776  To 1947

British rule in India

Categories: Politics & Administration

Countries: India

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
British rule in India

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Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Readymoney

{On a modern plaque:} This fountain erected by the Metropolitan Drinking Fou...

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Richard Garbrar

Richard Garbrar

Co-churchwarden of St Peter and St Matthew Friday Street in 1712.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Stephen Woodbridge

Stephen Woodbridge

Brentford Town Clerk in 1909.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Federica Montseny

Federica Montseny

Anarchist and writer. Born Spain. As Minister of Health during the social revolution she was the first woman to be a minister of a Western European country. During Franco's rule, she lived in Franc...

Person, Politics & Administration, France, Spain

1 memorial
Pensions campaign

Pensions campaign

From British History On-line “…. the campaign which culminated in the Old Age Pensions Act of 1908 was begun at a conference held there {Browning Hall  - see Robert Browning Settlement} by Charles ...

Event, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy

Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy

Vinegar factory owner, philanthropist and politician. MP for Hackney. Born Switzerland. The family's brewery (first gin and then vinegar) was at Cuper's Gardens, Lambeth - demolished when Waterloo ...

Person, Food & Drink, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Switzerland

1 memorial

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Noor Inayat Khan

Noor Inayat Khan

WW2 spy and member of the French resistance.  A descendant of the 18th century south Indian ruler Tipu Sultan, Khan was a follower of the Sufi faith and believed in non-violence. Born Moscow to pa...

Person, Espionage, France, Russia

War dead, WW2
4 memorials
Fm. Charles George Gadd

Fm. Charles George Gadd

Firefighter who died as a result of a fire at Langley St, WC2. Gadd, Hawkins and Rawden died 11-23 May 1954.

Person, Emergency Services

1 memorial
Eric Gill

Eric Gill

Sculptor. Born Brighton. One of thirteen children of a clergyman, he remained religious all his life. Passionate believer in the "carving direct" method. His sculptures would sometimes depict contr...

Person, Art, Craft / Design, Sculpture

4 memorials
Arthur Waley

Arthur Waley

Poet, translator and orientalist. He never actually visited China nor Japan.

Person, Poetry, China/Hong Kong, Japan

1 memorial
St Gabriel Fen(church)

St Gabriel Fen(church)

Dating back to at least 1331, the church was destroyed in the Great Fire after which the parish united with that of St Margaret Pattens, in 1670 and then in 1954 was included in that of St Edmund t...

Building, Religion

3 memorials