Born Shrewsbury. Music historian. Father of Fanny Burney. In 1783 he was appointed organist at Chelsea College where he lived for the rest of his life, dying there in 1814.
See Caroline's Miscellany for his memorial in St Paul's Deptford.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Dr. Charles Burney
Commemorated ati
Sir Isaac Newton's house- detailed
plaque inside building at top of stairway directly facing entrance
Wine Office Court
The Rhymers' Club is not specifically mentioned on the plaque but Ye Olde Che...
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David Watkinson
From his X/Twitter page: "YES fan, historian, author, memorabilia collector, Bolton born, father/works in fine antiques/likes classic cars/the arts/history, now in West Sussex." Published 'Yes: Pe...
1 memorial
Friends of the Forgotten Irish
The Irish Post has a photo of a similar plaque erected by this group in Dublin.
1 memorial
Henry Hallam
Historian best known for his books on European history and English constitutional history.
1 memorial
1 memorial
Lord Ashcroft, Michael Anthony
Entrepreneur, philanthropist, Conservative politician, occasional tax-payer.
1 memorial
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Prince Albert - Regent's Park
NW1, Regent's Park, Broad Walk
The four pediments of this edifice contain: north - a clock face west - Prince Albert relief bust south - Jehangir relief bust east -...
1 subject commemorated
Fawcett frieze - 01, McLaren x 2
SW1, Parliament Square
Most statues have plinths, which often carry the identity of the statue but little more. The plinth for this Millicent Fawcett statue is ...
2 subjects commemorated
George Adam Sheldon
JP and Chairman of Bexley Urban District Council 1909-1917. George Adam Sheldon was born in 1855 in Bexley Heath, Kent, the eldest of the seven children of William Sheldon (1835-1887) and Martha S...
1 memorial
Sir Antony Mark David Gormley, OBE, RA
Known professionally as Antony Gormley, he is a sculptor and is most famous for 'The Angel of the North' in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. Almost all his work takes the human body as its subject, with h...
1 memorial
Chaplin mosaics 3
SE1, Lambeth Walk, Chandler Hall
We've numbered the mosaics left to right. The text plaque is to the right of the curved wall, just out of sight of our camera. Chaplin ce...
1 subject commemorated
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