Jazz and blues singer and writer. Born Liverpool. Died at home in London.
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George Melly
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Spirit of Soho Mural
Interesting that Coca Cola are specifically mentioned on the panel but not as...
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Pimlico Tavern & Pimlico Pleasure Gardens, Hoxton
It seems likely that this tavern and pleasure gardens took the name of a publican with the foreign name 'Pimlico'. There were many places of entertainment nearby and the whole area became known as...
1 memorial
Frédéric Chopin
Composer. Born Zelazowa Wola, Poland of a French emigrant father and Polish mother. Left Poland aged 20, never to return. Despite his long romantic liaison with novelist George Sand (Aurore Dudevan...
3 memorials
Jack Buchanan
Actor-manager, song-and-dance entertainer. Born Helensburgh near Glasgow. Died in the Middlesex Hospital. His ashes were scattered from the deck of a Cunard Liner in recognition of his 50+ trans...
1 memorial
George Grossmith, Snr
Born London. Entertainer and author. Created a number of the great Gilbert and Sullivan roles, including Bunthorne, possibly modelled on Oscar Wilde. With his brother Weedon wrote the comic novel '...
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
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William de Morgan
Potter, tile designer and novelist. Born 69 Gower Street as William Frend de Morgan, to the mathematician Augustus de Morgan. Lifelong friend of William Morris, he designed tiles, stained glass an...
23 memorials
Thames Navigation Commission
Created in 1751 with responsibility for locks on the river down to Staines. Subsumed into the Thames Conservancy in 1866. Three generations of the Treacher family held senior positions in the Tha...
2 memorials
Sadiq Khan
Politician. Born Sadiq Aman Khan in Tooting. Elected as Member of Parliament for Tooting in 2005. In the government of Gordon Brown, he was Minister of State for Communities, and later Minister of ...
4 memorials
Lady Emma Hamilton
Mistress of Lord Nelson. Born Amy, Emma or Emy Lyon at Ness, Cheshire. Her early life was spent in poverty, but her beauty proved to be her fortune. She became the mistress of Charles Greville and ...
2 memorials
Samuel Wesley (musician)
Eminent musical composer and organist, second son of Charles and Sarah Wesley. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
3 memorials
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