Gresham College (founded in 1597 under the will of Sir Thomas Gresham) is financially managed by the City of London and Mercers Company. These two bodies interact with the College through the Joint Grand Gresham Committee. We think this is the reference on the plaque.
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Gresham Committee
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President Lincoln bust
{Inscribed on the red granite plinth:} Lincoln by Andrew O'Connor Presented t...
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East India Company
Formed as a trading company but went on to effectively rule India, on behalf of the British. Was involved in the slave trade.
Group, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Indian Sub-continent
Ramsay MacDonald
Born at Lossiemouth, on the Moray Firth, Scotland. The first Labour Prime Minister: 1924, 1929-35. The first prime minister to give cabinet office to a woman (Margaret Bondfield). Died on the lin...
Spencer Perceval
Prime Minister - and the only one, so far, to have been assassinated. Born Audley Square (now a car park). Appointed by George III as PM in 1809. Shot in the lobby of the House of Commons, at about...
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford
Statesman. Harley Street was named after him. Responsible for the creation of the South Sea company and was the first governor. This company later became a major player in the Atlantic slave trade.
Francis Percy Hodes
Justice of the Peace and Chairman of the Penge Urban District Council 1921 - 22. In 1937, when was elected as one of the County Aldermen for Kent he was described as a retired engineer and his add...
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Walter Abraham Wilson
Killed as a result of a 13 October 1944 air raid on Coronation Avenue. Walter Abraham Wilson was born on 16 June 1882 in Hoxton, Middlesex (now Greater London), one of the seven children of Edward...
Kensington Library - clock
W8, Philimore Walk, Kensington Central Library
The clock can be seen in our site picture and you'll undestand why we chose to honour the plaque with a photo, in preference to the clock.
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