Queen of Castile and León. Married to Ferdinand. Together they financed Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage. Their daughter Catherine was Henry VIII's first wife. Their grandson (not Catherine's child, sadly), Charles V Holy Roman Emperor, unified Spain.
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King Charles III
One-time patron of the Goon Show Preservation Society. On the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022, Charles, the longest-serving British heir apparent, went from Prince of W...
27 memorials
King George V
Reigned: 1910 - 1936. Born third in line to the throne, after his father (who became King Edward VII) and his elder brother Prince Albert Victor, who died early. Crowned on 22 June 1911. Married ...
51 memorials
Edward the Black Prince
Edward, Duke of Cornwall and Prince of Wales and Aquitaine. Eldest son of King Edward III, born at the Palace of Woodstock, Oxfordshire. In his lifetime he was known as Edward of Woodstock; the sou...
10 memorials
Countess of Wessex, Sophie
Born Oxford as Sophie Rhys-Jones. Worked in PR. Married Prince Edward in 1999.
3 memorials
Silver Wedding of Queen & Prince Philip
At the time of their wedding Philip's title was Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, not Prince, and the Queen was still Princess Elizabeth. If their family names had not been Anglicised earlier ...
2 memorials
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Sir Arthur Pearson
Newspaper publisher and philanthropist. Born in Wookey, Somerset. In 1898 he founded the Daily Express, which was innovative in printing news instead of adverts on its front page. When he started t...
1 memorial
Christopher Buckmaster
Councillor and Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea, 2003 - 2004.
1 memorial
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E1, Thames Path, King Edward VII Memorial Park
This memorial is, oddly, erected very close to, and land-side of, the Wapping cupola which disguises a ventilation shaft for the Rotherhi...
5 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Samuel Stennett, DD
Baptist minister and hymnwriter. Born Exeter. His father was appointed minister at Little Wild Street chapel from 1737 so the family moved to London. See Andrew Gifford for the rather unsavoury ...
1 memorial
Keats House at Guy's - bust 2 - Thomas Guy?
SE1, St Thomas Street, 24-26, Keats House
We are not certain of the identification.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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