Historian, essayist, poet. Born Leicestershire but brought up in the Clapham home. Spent four years (1834 - 8) as an administrator in India, during which he showed little interest in Indian culture but began thinking about his masterpiece 'The History of England' which he began on his arrival back in London, via Italy, in 1939. Co-founder of the National Portrait Gallery. Died at home at Holly Lodge, Campden Hill, which he had bought in 1856.
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Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay
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Two Macaulays
Zachary Macaulay (1768 - 1838), philanthropist, and his son Thomas Babington ...
Wine Office Court
The Rhymers' Club is not specifically mentioned on the plaque but Ye Olde Che...
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Rev. Thomas Hugo
British antiquary and collector. Curate at St Botolph without Bishopsgate 1851-8. Rector at St Pauls West Hackney 1872. Member the Society of Antiquaries of London, the Linnean Society and the Roy...
1 memorial
Wandsworth Society
A community group with the aim of safeguarding the character, quality and integrity of the environment around Wandsworth.
1 memorial
Black British Heritage
They have an address at 182 Hammersmith Road, but the only website we can find (Dec 2011) is in Japanese. Something fishy going on.
1 memorial
Ananda Coomaraswamy
A Tamil philosopher and art historian. Born in Ceylon of a Tamil father and an English mother, brought up in England. Studied at University College, London.
1 memorial
English Hedonists
The artist Carrie Reichardt is part of this group, probably its main artist, "Mad in England" being her trademark. 2018: Via Facebook Carrie kindly confirmed that she had made this series for a co...
7 memorials
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Alderman Charles Fisher Yates
Mayor of Hackney 1933-34. The picture shows him (the mayor on the left) at the 1934 ceremony to bury a 'time capsule', a brass canister, below the foundation stone of the current Town Hall in Mare ...
1 memorial
Colonial Office - S06 - Derby
SW1, Whitehall, Foreign Office
Statues Hither and Thither has been invaluable in identifying some of the busts and most of the statues. The statues are not labelled and...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
William Henry Barlow
Engineer. Born Charlton. Best known for the St Pancras railway shed. Died at home, High Combe, 145 Charlton Road, SE7, not far from his place of birth.
2 memorials
Sir Edmund Stockdale
Born into the landed gentry. Began his career with the Bank of England in 1921. Knighted in 1955 for services to banking. Lord Mayor of London 1959-60.
1 memorial