Chairman of the statue Committee at Woolwich town hall in 1905.
The Church Bells of Kent refers to an Alderman George Kelham of Riverston, Wrottesley Road, funding a bell for St Margarets church, Plumstead in 1903. There is a Wrottesley Road in SE18 and the Land Registry puts Riverston at number 15, a substantial house.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
George Kelham
This is a marble copy of the bronze statue in Chester. "R & I" was a suf...
Eleanor Harvey was born on 2 September 1907 in Merton, Surrey, (now the London Borough of Merton), the second of the three daughters of William George Harvey (b.1874) and Winifred Harvey née Gunner...
After Texas won its independence from Mexico in 1836, Britain was one of the first countries in the world to recognize the Republic of Texas as a nation. From Statesman: The United Kingdom enjoys ...
Banker, stockbroker and politician. Born and died in London. Son of Solomon Sebag and his wife Sarah Montefiore. In 1885 his surname was supplemented with royal permission with that of his mother's...
Baptised November 1671 in Newmarket. Treasury official and MP 1716-52. Bought the estates of Sundon in Ardagh, Ireland in 1716 and was raised to the Peerage of Ireland in 1735 as Baron Sundon.
There are four surviving original copies of Magna Carta - two in the British Library, one at Lincoln Cathedral and one at Salisbury Cathedral. The British Library is the place to go to learn about...
The 13th Battalion (West Ham) of the Essex Regiment, raised by the mayor of the borough. Volunteers from all over east London answered the call, leaving their families, jobs and their favourite foo...
Rock band. Members: Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle and Keith Moon.
Poet and writer. Born Pennsylvania, moved to London in 1911 as an Imagist poet. Her work was often infused with Greek mythology and she had a particular interest in the poetry of Sappho. Spent mu...
In 2012 he was the Mayor of Olympia, a town in Greece, close to the archaeological site of the same name.
Made for the portico of St Mary-le-Strand but it was never erected there. It has been in Queen Anne's Gate since at least 1708. Sculptor ...
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them