Built the first planned Admiralty Office in 1695. Became Navy Board Purveyor.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Evans
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Old Admiralty Building
In the mid 16th century this site was the timber yard for the nearby Whitehal...
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Joseph Aloysius Hansom
Architect, founder/editor of The Builder and inventor of the Hansom cab. Born York as Josephus Aloysius Handsom(e) into a Roman Catholic family. Made a habit of snatching failure from the jaws o...
Hammersmith and Fulham Historic Buildings Group
Founded to focus attention on the historic environment of the borough and to record, preserve and enhance its historic buildings.
Wilfred Mangan
Architect. Born Wilfred Clarence Mangan. He worked extensively in the Portsmouth diocese, and was an enthusiast for round-arched, predominantly Byzantine, styles which were highly popular for Roman...
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Roper's Garden
SW3, Cheyne Walk, Corner of Old Church Street
Parachute mines were used in the early 40s; the end of the war was characterised by the use of V-1s and V-2s. Parachute mines are recorde...
Lord Drogheda
SW1, St James's Street
If this rather barren 60s paved area looks familiar perhaps you recognise it from the first scene in Antonioni's Blowup, from 1966.
D. H. Lawrence
Novelist and poet (also painter). Born Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. Died Vence, France. Novels include: Lady Chatterley's Lover, Sons and Lovers, Women in Love.
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