in 1532 Sir William Portman of Somerset, Lord Chief Justice to Henry VIII acquired land covering an area of 270 acres stretching from Oxford Street to Regents Canal. A large part of this land, now known as the Portman estate, is still owned by the Portman family. The current head of the family is the 10th Viscount Portman, born 1958.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Portman family
Commemorated ati
Portman Square Garden
This rather dull plaque is in the garden close to the Hamilton fountain.
Other Subjects
Gospel Lighthouse Mission
Our drawing, from Exploring Southwark,shows the building to the right of the Mission before the Club building arrived.This website also gives the history of the construction of the two buildings, a...
1 memorial
Geoffrey Mills
Valuation surveyor involved in the creation of Burgess Park. He was piloting a Cessna 172 light aircraft when it crashed in a field near Biggin Hill Airfield, Kent. Three colleagues from work were ...
1 memorial
Red Lion House
Spitalfields Life, our picture source, says: "Becoming the Red Lion Tavern after his {Culpeper's} death, the building was demolished in the eighteen-forties as part of road widening when Commercial...
1 memorial
Henry Budd
Property speculator and investor, and builder of the Budd mausoleum. Youngest son of Richard Budd, Married Charlotte Swain in Brighton in 1805. Bought several properties in Brighton after Richards ...
1 memorial
Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford
In 1631 commissioned Inigo Jones to build the residential square at Covent Garden, with a piazza at the centre.
2 memorials
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Terence MacSwiney
Playwright, author and politician. Born Terence James MacSwiney in Cork. Elected as MP for Mid Cork in 1918, and as Lord Mayor of Cork in 1920. On 12th August 1920, he was arrested by the British f...
1 memorial
L. G. Morgan
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Shakespeare bust - Wyndham's
WC2, Charing Cross Road, Wyndham's Theatre
This bust, high up in the pediment, is supported on each side by a muse, in the usual flimsy garb.
1 subject commemorated
Holloway Road bus garage - WW1 memorial - lost
N19, Holloway Road
The photo (© TfL from the London Transport Museum collection) of the plaque is from the 'News of T.O.T.' article which is held by the Lon...
War dead | WW1
41 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
41 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
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