Whig politician. Grandson of the first Baron, and nephew of Charles James Fox. Born Wiltshire and orphaned by the age of 5.
Owned 401 slaves. Express Informer provides "‘By the unexpected death of his wife’s first husband in 1800, Holland found himself the reluctant, but effectual proprietor of the Vassall plantations in Jamaica." He claimed to abhor slavery, but apparently not enough to free the slaves as soon as they came into his ownership.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Lord Holland, Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland
Yet anonther lazy London statue - see Peabody for our log of all the seated s...
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest. Maybe we missed it but we did not record her name as being on the mural.
Politician and diplomat. Born Edward Frederick Lindley Wood at Powderham Castle, Devon. He served in parliament from 1910, until he became Lord Irwin in 1925. Viceroy of India from 1926 to 1931. In...
Politician. Born Yorkshire as Alec Ewart Glassey. Wikipedia explains: "Glassey was an important figure in the Congregational Church. He was Chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wale...
Labour and Co-operative politician. President of the Stratford Co-operative and Industrial Society in 1919. Minister of Transport, 1945-51. Born North Woolwich. Lost a leg in a fairground accident...
First name was Thomas but he did not use it. The first Provost of University College London, 1904–1929. Vice-Chancellor of the University of London from 1928 to 1930.
On Park Street there's a plaque for the Globe but behind that, and possibly missed by some people, is the actual Globe, or rather marking...
Novelist. Born Rosamond Nina Lehmann in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire. An associate of the Bloomsbury Group, she achieved great success with her first novel 'Dusty Answer' in 1927. Her subsequent wor...
This page brings together all the memorials that we have for civilians killed in London by acts of war, including terrorism. It is related to a very interesting campaign for a Citizens Memorial "to...
The Lumières' friend, Felicien Trewey, a French music hall entertainer already popular in London, brought the Lumière Cinématographe mach...
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