Philanthropist. He was a wealthy benefactor, particularly to Lewisham and Christ's Hospital, where he had attended school. In 1840 he built and endowed the almshouses in Lewisham which bear his name, in order to provide shelter for ‘six aged females’.
The painting is held by Christ's Hospital Foundation.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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John Thackeray
This plaque must have initially been erected without the last section of text...
Collector of glass, books and engravings funded from the wealth he inherited from his father. Member of the Society of Antiquaries, he endowed 3 Slade Professorships of Fine Art at universities, an...
International Christian movement. Named after Talbot House, using the army's signaling code for "T". Founded by Tubby Clayton.
William Cotton FRS was an inventor, merchant, philanthropist, and governor of the Bank of England 1842-5. He helped build St John's Church Leytonstone in 1833, and 75 other churches in London. He ...
Charity founded by Richard Carr-Gomm, providing support to deprived people.
A charity founded by Sir John Morden, to accommodate merchants who had lost their estates by accidents and perils of the seas. Initially, only single or widowed men were admitted, but in the 20th c...
Clerk for the managers that ran the 1873-75 changes at Aske’s Hospital. May be "Jnd.", either way we can't think what it might stand for.
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Andrew Joseph Bailey was born on 20 April 1972 in Birmingham, West Midlands, a son of Vincent H. Bailey an...
In our photo Keane's is the plaque to the left (east), Treloar to the right, just above the cyclist's head. The cyclist may look as if he...
An Assistant Electrician on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, Above...
We can find nothing about this but guess it is some offshoot of the Russian embassy.
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