Born Mbizana, in what is now Eastern Cape.
President of the African National Congress. Fled to the UK from South Africa in 1960 to run the ANC abroad. Returned to South Africa after the collapse of apartheid, but died there from a stroke.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Oliver Tambo
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Nelson Mandela - bust
The original sculpture was offered to the Greater London Council in 1984 and ...
Other Subjects
John James Baddeley
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894. The photo shows him as Mayor of London, 1921. 2022: Spitalfields Life has splendid post all about Baddeley and his work. Aged 14 he was appre...
1 memorial
London Borough of Bexley
London Borough. Formed under the London Government Act of 1963 from the municipal boroughs of Bexley and Erith, Crayford Urban District and part of Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District.
2 memorials
Thomas Smith (Tottenham)
From British History Online we've learnt that lordships are something that could be bought and sold. The Tottenham lordships were tied in with Bruce Castle, until Thomas Smith got involved. Smith l...
1 memorial
Frederick Nicholas Charrington
Renounced a brewing fortune to help the East End poor. Born Bow Road, the heir to Charrington’s Brewery in Stepney. He entered the business but, aged 19, experienced a religious conversion and be...
Person, Food & Drink, Jack the Ripper suspects, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare
2 memorials
John Sewell
Co-church warden of St Botolph Without Aldersgate in 1868.
1 memorial
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Reginald Ruggles Gates
Husband to Marie Stopes, botanist and geneticist. Born Nova Scotia, Canada. His marriage to Marie Stopes was a very public failure. Co-authored a book entitled "The Inheritance of Hairy Ear Ri...
1 memorial
4 memorials
Winston Churchill - Epping 1
CM16, Epping High Street, 237 - 243
The blue plaque is beneath the third set of windows from the left. The other plaque is on the right above the woman with the pram.
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
Jane Austen Society
Formed initially to preserve Jane's cottage in the village of Chawton, Hampshire. This was purchased in 1947 and is now open to the public.
1 memorial
Punch and Judy
Punch's Puppet Show was first performed in England and witnessed by Samuel Pepys 1662, in Covent Garden. And still popular in 2015.
2 memorials
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