Writer and national hero of the Philippines during the Spanish colonial times. Born Laguna. Executed by firing squad in Manila. He was in London, working at the British Library, May 1888 to January 1889. We learn from Filipino Home that Rizal is a Jack the Ripper suspect - his initials are the clincher.
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Henry Courtenay, Earl of Devon
Grandson of King Edward IV. 1st Marquess of Exeter. Accused of Catholic loyalties when this was not in favour. Executed by decapitation with a sword on Tower Hill. We have taken his dates from t...
1 memorial
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham
Born Wales. His father was executed by Richard III. Buckingham was part of the court of Henry VII and Henry VIII but his Plantagenet heritage made Henry suspicious of him and so following a trial...
1 memorial
John Warne
Burnt at the stake in Smithfield for his Protestant beliefs. Upholsterer, husband of Elizabeth.
1 memorial
Elizabeth Warne
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for her Protestant beliefs. Gentlewoman. Widow of John Warne, mother of Joan and a son. Taken at a prayer meeting.
1 memorial
Thomas Darcy, Lord Darcey of Templehurst
Known as Lord Darcy de Darcy or Darcy of Templehurst or Temple Hirst. Early success as a soldier, and then at court but his involvement in Aske's rebellion, known as the 'Pilgrimage of Grace', led...
1 memorial
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Somerset House - 2, unknown lady
WC2, Strand, Somerset House - Strand Block
The three central first floor windows of the Strand Block of Somerset House are each topped, below their pediment, with a relief portrait...
Thomas Colyer-Fergusson, VC
SW1, Victoria Embankment, Victoria Embankment Gardens
Reading right to left: De Pass; Rhodes-Moorhouse; Keysor; Campbell; Dunville; Colyer-Fergusson; Hewitt; Elliott-Cooper; Watson; Drummond;...
War dead | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
George Webb
Pianist and band leader. Born George Horace Webb. His enthusiasm for jazz prompted him to found the George Webb's Dixielanders band in the early 1940s who performed at the Red Barn public house in ...
1 memorial
Sue Garner
WC1, Queen Square
In memory of Staff Nurse Sue Garner (1959 - 2001) from her friends and colleagues in the Clinical Neurophysiology Department, the Nationa...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Thomas Becket
EC2, Cheapside, 87-90
Note the appropriately named current occupants of the premises, Church's Shoes.
2 subjects commemorated
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