Founded in 1681 by a land charter granted by Charles II to William Penn.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Pennsylvania
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Tower Liberty
We normally rotate our memorial pictures as necessary to make sure the statue...
William Penn
William Penn, quaker, born on Tower Hill, baptised in + All Hallows Church, 2...
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William Bradley
Elected to Brentford Council in 1901 and vice chairman in 1903 but that does not explain why he was honoured with being placed on Andrew Carnegie's immediate right in this group shot. He certainly ...
1 memorial
John Robinson
Past Prime Warden of The Worshipful Company of Basketmakers and son of Dennis Robinson.
0 memorials
E. E. Woods
Alderman in the Borough of Hammersmith in 1948. Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man (and found the wonderful photo) : Edward Ernest Woods was born on 13 February 1896 in Chelsea, th...
1 memorial
Institute of Taxation
In 1932 the Institute was formally incorporated and also created the first widely accepted professional qualification in the subject. In 1994 it was granted a Royal Charter.
1 memorial
David Grant
Borough Councillor. He was Mayor of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in 2012.
1 memorial
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Florence Nightingale
Nurse, statistician, author. Born in Italy (go on, guess which city) while her parents were on the grand tour. Her sister was born one year earlier in Naples, and named Frances Parthenope, the Gree...
6 memorials
King George III
Born in St James's Square (not the public garden, one of the houses, obviously). Crowned in 1760, the first monarch since Queen Anne to be truly British. It was during his rule that many of the Ame...
16 memorials
J. Kingwell-Cole
Architect active in 1902 and second cousin of John Reynold Roberts.
1 memorial
Marie Stopes Clinic
W1, Whitfield Street, 108
The first birth control clinic was opened by Dr. Marie Stopes in 1921 at Holloway and removed here in 1925.
1 subject commemorated
Royal Marine Light Infantry
The history of the Royal Marines that were formed on 28 October 1664 and whom are still serving to the present day can be found on their Wikipedia page. In 1804 the Royal Marine Artillery (RMA) w...
Group, Armed Forces, Belgium, China/Hong Kong, Egypt, France, Japan, South Africa, Turkey
1 memorial
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