1685

King Charles II

Categories: Race Issues, Royalty, Seriously Famous

Reigned: 1660 - 1685. Born at St James's Palace. The son of the beheaded Charles I, he was the king "restored" to the throne after the civil war.

Married Catherine of Braganza in 1662 but she produced no children that survived. Meanwhile, with his many mistresses, including Nell Gwynne and Louise De Keroualle, Charles sired at least 13 illegitimate children. Died Whitehall Palace. Succeeded by his brother James II.

He was a founder member of a company, the Royal African Company, set up for trade with Africa which quickly moved into the slave trade. He invested in the company and bought at least one slave himself.

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King Charles II

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1 Poultry - Frieze C - Charles II

Relief

Anchor Iron Wharf - history

{On the base of the monument:} Anchor Iron Wharf In 964 King Edgar granted th...

Charles II - Sloane Square

{Running around the urn near the top:} Sweet Thames run softly till I end my ...

Charles II statue - Soho Square

Erected in the King's lifetime - see Fenner Brockway for our list of other su...

Charles II trampling Cromwell

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The Monument - east and south

{East face - Latin inscription with a bronze plaque below:} Translation of th...

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League of coloured peoples

Founded by Doctor Harold Moody. A civil-rights organisation with the aim of racial equality around the world. Although its primary purpose was black rights in Britain, it was also involved in other...

Group, Community / Clubs, Race Issues

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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford

Statesman. Harley Street was named after him. Responsible for the creation of the South Sea company and was the first governor. This company later became a major player in the Atlantic slave trade.

Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues

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Lord Teignmouth, John Shore

Anti-slavery campaigner. Born St James Street, Piccadilly but brought up in Romford. 1769 went to work in Bengal where he was one of the first to learn a number of the local languages. Like many...

Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion, Indian Sub-continent

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Henry Ford

American industrialist, business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production. By creating the first automobile that middle-clas...

Person, Commerce, Industry, Race Issues, Seriously Famous, Transport

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St Mary Woolnoth

Has a strong historical connection with the abolitionist movement of the 18th and 19th centuries. Rev John Newton, a slave-trader turned preacher and abolitionist, was rector 1780 – 1807. Carolin...

Building, Race Issues, Religion

1 memorial

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Hugo Manning

NW3, Belsize Square, 46

Hugo Manning, poet, 1913 - 1977, lived here from 1965 - 1977.

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Marc Bolan shrine - plaque - Finn

SW13, Queen's Ride

This site has evolved over the years from flowers place around the tree to become the shrine that it is today. The steps were probably i...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator

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PP - 3K - Yarman

EC1, Edward Street

The surname was actually Jarman, and the woman that Mrs Jarman tried to save was not her mother, but her mother-in-law.

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators

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Colin MacRae

Co-churchwarden of St Jude's in 1871. He was born in 1805 in Scotland. On 10 June 1847 he married Ann Reader (1823-1897) in St Peter and St Paul Church, East Milton Road, Milton-Next-Gravesend, Ke...

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Scotland

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Millstream House - gargoyle

SE16, Jamaica Road, Millstream House

See the plaque at this site for more details.

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