"Old John of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaster" - first line in Shakespeare's Richard II. Fourth son of Edward III. Younger brother to the Black Prince. Uncle to Richard II. Born in Ghent. Lived at the Palace of the Savoy 1362 - 1381. Through his first wife's inheritance became the richest nobleman in England. His third wife was Chaucer's wife's sister. Powerful military leader and virtual regent for Richard II. Died Leicester Castle, aged 59, so not really that old.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
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Savoy - feathers
SH Here, John of Valois, King of France, when brought to England as a captiv...
Savoy - flowers
SH In the Palace of the Savoy lived for many months Simon de Montfort, found...
Other Subjects
Sir Robert Wroth
Lord of the Manor of Hamstede in the last quarter of the 16th Century.
1 memorial
John Carpenter
Town Clerk. Endowed the City of London School in 1442. Our picture is of his statue high up on the wall of the City of London School's glassed ceiling atrium standing over the door to the balcony...
2 memorials
C. Gilpin
C. Gilpin MP. Associated with St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate in 1800. We can find a Charles Gilpin MP, but he was a Quaker born in 1815 so not our man.
1 memorial
Thomas Bentley Westacott
Deputy Chairman of the St Pancras Vestry General Purposes Committee in the late 1800s. The birth of Thomas Bentley Westacott was registered in the 4th quarter of 1839 in the South Molton Registrat...
3 memorials
Leo Tolstoy
Novelist. Born to an aristocratic Russian family. 1870s had a spiritual awakening and become a fervent Christian anarchist and pacifist.
Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Religion, Seriously Famous, Russia
1 memorial
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Lewisham Borough Council
The Borough of Lewisham was formed as an amalgamation of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Deptford and Lewisham.
27 memorials
Coram statue
WC1, Brunswick Square, Foundling Museum
The base of the statue is inscribed "Wm. MacMillan Sc. 1963". The pose is taken from Hogarth's portrait. Unveiled by Princess Anne.
1 subject commemorated,
4 creators
1 memorial
Hampden Bomber P4399 crash
DA1, East Hill
Researching the names on the plaque Andrew Behan found the addresses of the civilians which gave us the site of the crash. This is a litt...
War dead, Civilian war dead | WW2
10 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
10 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
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