Person    | Female  Born 1536  Died 12/2/1554

Lady Jane Grey

Married to Lord Guilford Dudley.  Her husband’s father persuaded the dying Edward VI to declare his two sisters Mary and Elizabeth illegitimate, which left Jane, on Edward's death, the queen.  Mary and her supporters were having none of this and within days Mary was proclaimed queen.  Dudley was beheaded at Tower Hill shortly followed by Jane on Tower Green.

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Lady Jane Grey

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Tower of London execution site

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Tower of London execution site - c.1910

This image came from Twitter via Londonist, and from the children's clothes m...

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Tower scaffold - 1946

See Anne Boleyn's plaque for when/how this plaque was displayed.

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Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel

Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel

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Person, Execution, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
William Exmewe

William Exmewe

Monk at London Charterhouse. Executed at Tyburn.

Person, Execution, Religion

1 memorial
Rosa Luxemburg

Rosa Luxemburg

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Person, Execution, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, Germany, Poland, Russia

1 memorial
Ensign Madeleine Léonie Zoé Damerment, Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre

Ensign Madeleine Léonie Zoé Damerment, Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre

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Person, Espionage, Execution, France, Germany

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Ralph Jackson

Ralph Jackson

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Person, Execution, Religion

1 memorial

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Robert Edward Ryder, VC

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Person, Art, Artists' Model

War served, WW1
2 memorials