1827

George Canning

Prime Minister 1827-1827 (only 119 days, the shortest PM tenure). Born Marylebone. 21 September 1809, Putney Heath, fought a duel with Lord Castlereagh, Secretary of State for War, over the deployment of troops. Should they go to the Netherlands or Portugal? Castlereagh was a crack shot, Canning wasn't and was wounded in the thigh. Died Chiswick House, Middlesex, whilst in office.

October 2022: Liz Truss resigned as PM after just 45 days, easily beating Canning who, after 119 days, died in office, which is cheating really, isn't it? The next shortest is Canning's replacement, F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (me neither) who resigned after only 144 days.

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George Canning

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George Canning

Canning became Foreign Secretary whilst living here. (from modern information...

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Thomas Ainger M.A.

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Lord Sandberg CBE

Trustee of The Memorial Gates Trust. Michael Graham Ruddock Sandberg was born on 31 May 1927, the youngest of the three children of Gerald Arthur Clifford Sandberg (1882-1954) and Ethel Marian Cli...

Person, Armed Forces, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

Sir Alan Herbert

Author and politician. Born Alan Patrick Herbert at Ashtead Lodge, Ashtead, Leatherhead. He was called to the bar, but never practised. Joined Punch magazine as a writer in 1924 and went on to writ...

Person, Literature, Music / songs, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

County of Middlesex

Former county. It became a shire in the 10th century, but most of the area was lost to the County of London with the passing of the Local Government Act of 1888. It officially ceased to exist in 19...

Place, Politics & Administration

2 memorials

William John Noy

Elected to Brentford Council in 1904, his name is in the list of councillors in 1917.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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St John's Clerkenwell graveyard & garden

In 1714 John Michele gave the ground to St John’s Church in St John’s Square for use as a graveyard. About 100 years later Rev. William Dawson arranged that the church donate the graveyard as a pub...

Place, Gardens / Agriculture, Religion

2 memorials

William Evans

Businessman and Sheriff of London and Middlesex, 1839-40. The image of Evans has a small drawing at the bottom captioned: "Interior of the room in which Mr Sheriff Evans was confined". This set u...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

Coborn Girls School

From the picture source website: "Prisca Coborn, the widow of a brewer, founded a School for both boys and girls in 1701, as a result of the terms of her will published in the year of her death. Th...

Group, Children, Education

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Royal Avenue

SW3, St Leonard's Terrace, 14

The plaque is actually in Royal Avenue on the side of this building. Note: Unusually traffic travels anti-clockwise around Royal Avenue.

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William Congreve

Playwright and poet. Born Yorkshire, died at the home of his friend, Edward Porter, in Surrey Street.

Person, Poetry, Theatre

1 memorial