Came to London in 1958, lived in Notting Hill and worked as a carpenter. Murdered by a group of white youths. The race riots the previous year, the increase in racist activities by Fascist groups and finally this murder prompted an investigation into race relations, chaired by Amy Garvey.
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Kelso Cochrane
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Kelso Cochrane murder
Kelso Cochrane, 1927 - 1959, Antiguan carpenter, was fatally wounded on this ...
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Composer. Born 15 Theobalds Road, of a mixed race couple, his father being a Sierra Leonean Creole, and brought up in Croydon. His surname was Taylor and he was given the names Samuel Coleridge in ...
3 memorials
James Stephen
Anti-slavery campaigner. Born Dorset. Trained in law and worked for a time in the Carribean where he saw the cruelty to slaves and became an abolitionist. The death of his first wife deepened hi...
Person, Law, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion, Caribbean Islands
1 memorial
Charles Grant
Anti-slavery campaigner. Born Scotland. Made a fortune working for the British East India Company of which he became Chairman. The death of two of his children brought about a religious conversi...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion, Scotland
1 memorial
Sir Francis Galton
Biostatistician, human geneticist and eugenicist. Born at The Larches, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, a half-cousin of Charles Darwin. An enthusiastic traveller, particularly in Africa. Darwin's publicati...
1 memorial
Joaquim Nabuco
Writer and statesman. Born Joaquim Aurélio Barreto Nabuco de Araújo in Recife, Brazil. In 1878 he began to fight against slavery through his political activity and writings. It was eventually aboli...
Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Brazil, USA
1 memorial
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Royal Free Hospital - Sussex wing
WC1, Gray's Inn Road, Royal Free Hospital
The Duke of Sussex had died just 3 years before this plaque was erected. We have competing information about the architect of this wing....
3 subjects commemorated
Lesnes Abbey
Pronounced Lez-ness. Founded by Richard de Lucy, as a penance for his role in the murder of Thomas Becket. It never grew to any great size, and was closed by Cardinal Wolsey under a licence to supp...
1 memorial
Queen Victoria
Reigned: 1837-1901, 64 years. Born Kensington Palace. Daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg. Niece of her predecessor, King William IV. Her first name was Alexandrin...
77 memorials
Royal Hospital Chelsea
A retirement and nursing home for British soldiers who are unfit for further duty due to injury or old age. They are popularly known as ‘Chelsea Pensioners’. Founded by King Charles II in 1682 and...
Building, Armed Forces, Gardens / Agriculture, Social Welfare
6 memorials
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