Consul General of Spain.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Don Joseph Alonzo Ortiz
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Burdett-Coutts Memorial Sundial
This elaborate piece of high Victoriana was designed by George Highton of Bri...
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Henry W. Budd
A Commissioner for the 1892 Westminster Public Library.
Stanley Bean Atkinson
Barrister-at-law, Stepney Borough Councillor, guardian of the poor, member of Metropolitan Asylums Board. On top of his legal qualifications he also studied medicine at St Bartholomew's. Died aged ...
Dame Heather Rabbatts
Lawyer, business woman and broadcaster. Born Jamaica, came to England aged 3. Chief Executive of London Boroughs of Merton and Lambeth, she has been a campaigner against corruption and for human ri...
Sir George Grey
Whig politician. Home Secretary 1846-52, 1855-58, 1861-66.
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
Politician. Born Dublin to a land-owning politician. Entered government in 1798, first in Ireland, and then from 1801 in Westminster. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1812 - 22. 1821 became ...
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International Brigade
SE1, Jubilee Gardens
The quote “they went….other way” is a paraphrase of two lines from C. Day Lewis’s 1938 poem, The Volunteer. “Yet, Freedom… against the wi...
Borough Market Bell (2)
SE1, Middle Road, Borough Market
The bell says 'Since 1754', whilst the accompanying plaque says the market opened in 1756. We have tried to establish which of the dates ...
Sir Ambrose Fleming
W9, Clifton Gardens, 9
Sir Ambrose Fleming, 1849 - 1945, scientist and electrical engineer, lived here. Greater London Council
Chelsea Embankment
Designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette. Apart from providing a pleasant riverside walk, it was built with the dual purpose of providing a flood barrier and as a covering for the main low level sewer for...
Atlas Dyeworks
The Simpson, etc. plaque commemorates the Dyeworks which were at Victory Place 1859 - 68. This page refers to that site but also refers to the Hackney Dyeworks to which Atlas expanded. The photo sh...