Held in in the Methodist Central Hall, Westminster. Eleanor Roosevelt was a delegate at this and subsequent assemblies.
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First United Nations General Assembly
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United Nations 50th Anniversary
50 This plaque was unveiled by the UN Secretary-General Dr Boutros Boutros-...
United Nations First meeting
To the glory of God and in prayer for peace on Earth this tablet commemorates...
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Lucy Parsons
Labour organizer, anarchist communist. Born Texas or Virginia, as Lucy Eldine Gonzalez, possibly to slaves and had a mixed ancestry. Married Albert Parsons, a white socialist and this interracial m...
1 memorial
William Rees-Mogg
Editor of The Times 1967-81. Also High Sheriff of Somerset in the late 1970s. Chairman of the Arts Council in the 1980s. Vice-Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors. In 1988 he became Baron Rees-Mo...
1 memorial
Edward Hess
Mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 1997-8.
1 memorial
Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk
Brought up at the court of Henry VII. A favourite of King Henry VIII. Took possession of the family's estate in Southwark following the death of his uncle Thomas Brandon, in 1510. Henry VIII create...
2 memorials
Houses of Parliament
Also known as the Palace of Westminster, it comprises the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Following a fire in 1834 which destroyed most of the old parliament, a competition was held for th...
3 memorials
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London County Council
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the first directly elected strategic local government body for London. Replaced by the Greater London Council, covering a la...
281 memorials
Portman Estate
Wikipedia has a very useful map showing "Estate (freehold) ownership of land in Central London as of 2023". The Portman Estate is shown in yellow.
3 memorials
Ghana High Commission
Ghana is in West Africa. Colonised and gained independence in 1957, the first West African colony to do so.
1 memorial
Guy Fawkes
Born a protestant in York but became a Catholic when his widowed mother married a Catholic. A professional soldier, he fought for Spain but when he realised that Spain would not invade Britain and ...
1 memorial
John Heartfield
Born Helmut Herzfeld in the outskirts of Berlin. Changed his name in 1917 in protest at the anti-British feelings in Germany. Fleeing the Nazis in 1938 he came to England where he was interned for ...
1 memorial
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