Established by Herzen in London 1853. See our plaque page for its various addresses around Bloomsbury. See the picture source for much more information.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Free Russian Press
Commemorated ati
Alexander Herzen
Alexander Herzen, 1812 - 1870, operated the Free Russian Press from this buil...
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Hearst Corporation
Company created by William Randolph Hearst's father and made extremely successful and powerful by WRH.
1 memorial
Mark Lemon
Co-founder and first editor of "Punch". Born Oxford Street. Aged 8, when his father died he was sent to live with his paternal grandparents at Church Farm House. Also founded "The Field" and was in...
1 memorial
Sir Jocelyn Stevens
Publisher and newspaper executive. Born Jocelyn Edward Greville Stevens in Marylebone. In 1957 he bought the high society publication 'The Queen' and revamped it as 'Queen'. In the 1960s he provide...
1 memorial
Frost Fairs
There are records of the Thames freezing over as far back as CE 250. The piers of old London Bridge were broad and close together, meaning that they could get easily blocked creating a dam which wo...
1 memorial
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King George VI
Became king when his brother, Edward VIII, abdicated. Like his father George V, he was born a second son and rather unexpectedly ascended to the throne. Like his grandfather, Edward VII, he was bor...
26 memorials
Oddfellows
Odd Fellows (or Oddfellows, Odd Fellowship, Oddfellowship) is an international fraternity consisting of lodges first documented in 1730 in London. Similar in concept to Freemasonry.
2 memorials
London Salvage Corps
The London Salvage Corps was set up after the Tooley Street Fire of 1861. Their job was to rescue valuables from fire, protect goods from damage by water, etc. to minimise the claims submitted to ...
1 memorial
French Protestant Church - St Martin's le Grand
EC1, St Martin's le Grand, Nomura House
Site of the French Protestant Church, demolished 1888. The Corporation of the City of London
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Ruy Barbosa
W14, Holland Park Gardens, 17
Ruy Barbosa, 1849 - 1923, eminent Brazilian statesman and jurist lived here, 1895. Anglo-Brazilian Society
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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