Surveyor. Born Plymouth, godson of Samuel Johnson. Served in South Carolina. 1791 joined the Ordnance Trigonometrical Survey and became its director in 1798. Thus a very important figure in the work of the Ordnance Survey at this period. Lived at the Tower of London, and then at 4 Holles Street.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Captain William Mudge
Commemorated ati
General Roy's cannon - south
The cannon was installed in 1791 by Mudge. The plaque came later in 1926. Fr...
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Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
Born in Essex House. He was the son of Queen Elizabeth's Essex, and the last in the line.
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
A. H. Ellis
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
F. E. J. Hart
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Royal Garrison Church of St George
Built by Thomas Henry Wyatt, in the Italianate style. It became a royal garrison church in 1928, following a visit by King George V. It contains many mosaics, particularly one by Antonio Salviati, ...
1 memorial
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Thomas Carlyle statue
SW3, Chelsea Embankment
{Front of plinth:} Thomas Carlyle B Dec 4 1795 at Ecclefechan Dumfriesshire D Feb 5 1881 at Great Cheyne Row Chelsea {Right of plinth (...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
W. S. Gilbert's death
HA3, Old Redding, Pond in grounds of Grim's Dyke
We thank Matt Brown of Londonist for the photo of the plaque, taken in about 2007. Recently both we and Matt have, separately, failed to ...
1 subject commemorated
Friars of the Holy Cross, Crutched Friars
Their odd name is just a corruption of 'Crossed', a reference to the red cloth cross which they wore on their garments. The Crutched Friars House in the City was founded at the end of the 13th cen...
1 memorial
Charlie Sumner
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest. Given on the mural as ‘Edwin Summer’.
1 memorial
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