Born Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Germany, as Albert Francis Augustus Charles Emanuel. Married his first cousin, Victoria, in 1840. President of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. Generally in charge of any large and/or cultural project around, such as the 30 year rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament after the fire of 1834.
The picture is a watercolour by Victoria.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Prince Albert
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Albert Memorial - Prince Albert
Albert is shown holding the catalogue of the Great Exhibition, held in this p...
Coburg Dwellings
Coburg Dwellings This block was built by the Mercers Company in 1904. It was ...
Cromwell Buildings
The Prince Regent (later King George IV) had died more than twenty years befo...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Prince Albert
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Jenner statue
{On a red granite panel laid into the front of the stone plinth:} Jenner {On...
Prince Albert's words of wisdom
What do you think Albert might be on about? We doubt many people would guess ...
Other Subjects
Bridewell Palace / Prison
Built by Henry VIII, who lived there 1515-23. It deteriorated so that Edward VI gave it to the City of London who then used it as a prison, hospital (actually school) and workrooms. "Bridewell" was...
2 memorials
Princess Charlotte of Wales
As the only child of George, Prince of Wales (later George IV) and Caroline of Brunswick Charlotte was second in line to the throne. Born Carlton House (where Carlton House Terrace now stands) and ...
1 memorial
Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II. This was celebrated all year but particularly on the weekend of 4 and 5 June 1977, the following week and the weekend of the Qu...
30 memorials
Queen Eleanor’s Cross
The last of 12 Eleanor Crosses erected to celebrate Eleanor's last journey. Queen Eleanor of Castile died near Lincoln, with her husband, King Edward I, at her bedside, and was to be buried in Wes...
2 memorials
1 memorial
Previously viewed
National Theatre
First proposed in 1848, the gestation of the NT is complex (see the NT's own site). The first site for the NT was acquired in 1913, immediately behind the British Museum, at the corner of Gower Str...
4 memorials
Tin Pan Alley
‘Tin Pan Alley’ originally, 1885, referred to the section of New York City where music publishers and songwriters were based. In 1920s London music shops congregated in Denmark Street and the term...
1 memorial
Ewer Street Burial Ground
St Saviour's Southwark has some good reports describing this burial ground at various times: 1822 - a report of a body-snatching incident; 1839 - a report of its over-filled "repulsive" condition; ...
1 memorial
Hilary Peters
Peters took out a lease on the derelict wharf and a house on Ballast Quay in 1963. Here she created a communal riverside garden from which grew a landscape business, Union Wharf Nursery Garden. Pr...
1 memorial
Denmark Place arson attack
The ground floor of 18 Denmark Place was used for storing hotdog carts. Above were two unlicensed nightclubs with no emergency exits: The Colombian, a Salsa club, was on the first floor; The Spanis...
1 memorial
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