Person    | Male  Born 1203  Died 1268

Peter of Savoy

Ninth Earl of Savoy and first earl of Richmond. Uncle to Eleanor of Provence, Henry III's wife. Henry gave him the land on which, in 1263, he built the Savoy Palace.

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Peter of Savoy

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Savoy - crown

SH Within these precincts stood the Palace of Savoy, the erection of which w...

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Savoy Peter Statue

The magnificent Ornamental Passions explain that the statue was created in 19...

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Savoy - rose

We can add nothing to this tale of 13th century upper crust marriage brokerage.

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Mrs Irene Kathleen Mathews
1 memorial
Sir William Prichard

Sir William Prichard

Alder President associated with St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1702. A director of the slave trading Royal African Company and a governor of the colonial Irish Society.

Person, Medicine, Politics & Administration, Race Issues

1 memorial
Stanley G. Shaw

Stanley G. Shaw

Worked for the St. Pancras Housing Society from 1929 to 1958.

Person, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare

1 memorial
Mary E. E. James

Mary E. E. James

JP. Member of Housing Committee, Diss Street 1922.

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
James Hulbert

James Hulbert

Died while Primewarden of the Fishmongers Company.

Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Shridath Ramphal

Shridath Ramphal

Born in New Amsterdam, British Guyana as Shridath Surendranath Ramphal and known as 'Sonny'. He served as Assistant Attorney General of the West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962, Foreign Ministe...

Person, Politics & Administration, South America

1 memorial
George Eliot - SW18

George Eliot - SW18

SW18, Wimbledon Park Road, 31, Holly Lodge

She lived at this address with George Henry Lewes from early 1859 until late 1860, and supposedly completed ‘Adam Bede’ and wrote ‘The Mi...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Graham Thomson Lyall, VC

Graham Thomson Lyall, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 27 September 1918, age 26, while serving in the 102nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. "Through two days of operations he captured 185 prisoners and 27 gun...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Sunlight Wharf

Sunlight Wharf

EC4, Trig Lane

The wonderful A London Inheritance have a 1982 photo of the area before the current buildings were erectred.  It shows the crane and LEP'...

2 subjects commemorated
Rick Hunter

Rick Hunter

N16, Northwold Road

On a re-visit, 10 years later in 2021, the plaque had been firmly screwed to its backing panel and that panel together with its stake was...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator