Anti-slavery and civil rights campaigner. Born Trinidad. After the USA he arrived in London in 1896 to study. Qualified in law. Elected in 1906 for Church Street Ward, the first black councillor in Westminster. Returned to Trinidad in 1908, where he died. The plaque's birth year disagrees with the ODNB.
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Henry Sylvester Williams
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Henry Sylvester Williams
Henry Sylvester Williams, 1867 – 1911, anti-slavery and civil rights campaign...
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Jeremy Simons
Chairman of the Hampstead Heath Management Committee, in 2012. From our Picture source, June 2015: "Outgoing chairman of the Hampstead Heath Committee, Jeremy Simons, has planted a tree in Golders...
1 memorial
Vere Harmsworth
One of Viscount Rothermere's three sons, of which the elder two died in WW1.
War dead, WW1
2 memorials
Colonel Sir Neil Gordon Thorne OBE
Trustee of The Memorial Gates Trust. In addition to our Picture Source and his Wikipedia page, our research shows that Colonel Sir Neil Gordon Thorne, OBE, TD, DL, was born on 8 August 1932 the so...
Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
1 memorial
Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort
Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times 1654-67, when he succeeded his father as 3rd Marquess of Worcester. He was styled Lor...
1 memorial
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Keith McCarter
Sculptor. Born Scotland. More of his work can be seen at the picture source website.
1 memorial
Tony Nind
Anthony Michael Nind was born on 2 January 1957, the second child of Albert E. Nind (b.1929) and Doris Lilian Nind née Pantry (b.1930). His birth was registered in the Islington registration distri...
1 memorial
Royal Free Hospital - development
WC1, Gray's Inn Road, Royal Free Hospital
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12 subjects commemorated
Mile End mural
E1, Mile End Road, 31, Charis
Murals are often rather fun puzzles so do have a go identifying what you can before reading further. A key given at Ponyhide helped us w...
War dead | WW1
20 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
20 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Abraham Lincoln statue
SW1, Parliament Square, Canning Green
Copy of the statue in Lincoln Park, Chicago (other copies being in Mexico City, Los Angeles and Cambridge, Mass.). This is not the first...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
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