MP and journalist. Born London of a rich banking family; Baron Taunton was his uncle. Married an actress. Responsible for the criminalisation of all male homosexual activity; prior to his efforts only sodomy was illegal. Retired to Florence, where he died.
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Henry Labouchere
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Henry Labouchere
Henry Labouchere, 1831 - 1912, radical MP and journalist, lived here 1881 - 1...
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Nessie Stewart-Brown
Suffragist and Liberal Party politician. Co-founder of Liverpool Women’s Suffrage Society, and led Women’s Liberal Federation branches in Liverpool. Born as Nessie Muspratt near Liverpool. 1888 Mar...
1 memorial
Margaret Ashton
Chairperson of the North of England Society for Women’s Suffrage. Manchester’s first woman councillor. Active in women’s peace campaigns during First World War. The photograph shows her at the Manc...
1 memorial
Sophia Jex-Blake
Physician and teacher. Born Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake in Hastings. She studied at the University of Edinburgh and led the campaign to give women access to university education. She was the first prac...
1 memorial
Matchgirls' strike
A strike of the women and teenage girls working at the Bryant and May Factory. Annie Besant had published an article about the poor working conditions at the factory, 'White Slavery in London'. Thi...
5 memorials
Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners
Formed in 1984 by Mark Ashton and his friend Mike Jackson, this group was only wound down in 2015. The London group used the bookshop Gay's the Word as their HQ. The largest fund-raising event was ...
1 memorial
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Indira Gandhi and Lord Paul
W1, Portland Place, 9, Pavement Features
Two rather sad tree boxes, one empty and the other containing a dead commemorative tree.
3 subjects commemorated
1 memorial
Alexandra Palace
The materials used in the construction of the 1861 International Exhibition were sold and re-used in this building. Named after Princess Alexandra, newly married to the Prince of Wales, opened as "...
2 memorials
The Vintners
EC4, Little Trinity Lane
Believed to be the first public sculpture in London commissioned by a Livery Company. We would have expected the inscriptions (WDR and W...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
Benjamin Britten
Composer. Born Lowestoft on St Cecilia's Day (patron saint of music). Royal College of Music, Founder of English Opera Group 1946 and the Aldeburgh Festival. Composer of opera Peter Grimes and othe...
3 memorials
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